197 - Josh Barr
JD Rader's prediction of how the 197 lb weight class will look at the end of the year.
| RANK | GRADE | NAME | SCHOOL |
| 1 | SO | Josh Barr | Penn State |
| 2 | SR | AJ Ferrari | North Carolina |
| 3 | SR | Rocky Elam | Iowa State |
| 4 | FR | Cody Merrill | Oklahoma State |
| 5 | JR | Joey Novak | Wyoming |
| 6 | JR | Stephen Little | Little Rock |
| 7 | JR | Mac Stout | Pittsburgh |
| 8 | SO | Camden McDanel | Nebraska |
| R12 | JR | Wyatt Voelker | UNI |
| R12 | FR | Sonny Sasso | Virginia Tech |
| R12 | JR | Seth Shumate | Ohio State |
| R12 | SO | Michael Dellagatta | Cornell |
| R16 | SR | Evan Bates | Northwestern |
| R16 | SR | Gabe Sollars | Indiana |
| R16 | FR | Angelo Posada | Stanford |
| R16 | SO | Dillon Bechtold | Bucknell |