285 - Yonger Bastida
JD Rader's prediction of how the 285 lb weight class will look at the end of the year.
| RANK | GRADE | NAME | SCHOOL |
| 1 | SR | Yonger Bastida | Iowa State |
| 2 | SR | Isaac Trumble | NC State |
| 3 | SR | Taye Ghadiali | Michigan |
| 4 | SO | Ben Kueter | Iowa |
| 5 | JR | Nick Feldman | Ohio State |
| 6 | SR | Luke Luffman | Illinois |
| 7 | FR | Cole Mirasola | Penn State |
| 8 | JR | Nathan Taylor | Lehigh |
| R12 | JR | Dayton Pitzer | Pittsburgh |
| R12 | SR | David Szuba | Arizona State |
| R12 | SO | Jim Mullen | Virginia Tech |
| R12 | JR | Braxton Amos | Wisconsin |
| R16 | SR | Konner Doucet | Oklahoma State |
| R16 | SR | Josiah Hill | Little Rock |
| R16 | SO | Brady Colbert | Army |
| R16 | JR | Connor Barket | Duke |