125 - Luke Lilledahl
JD Rader's prediction of how the 125 lb weight class will look at the end of the year.
| RANK | GRADE | NAME | SCHOOL | PREVIOUS |
| 1 | SO | Luke Lilledahl | Penn State | 1 |
| 2 | SO | Vincent Robinson | NC State | 2 |
| 3 | JR | Nic Bouzakis | Ohio State | R12 |
| 4 | JR | Troy Spratley | Oklahoma State | 3 |
| 5 | SR | Eddie Ventresca | Virginia Tech | 4 |
| 6 | SR | Jett Strickenberger | West Virginia | 5 |
| 7 | SR | Sheldon Seymour | Lehigh | 6 |
| 8 | JR | Jore Volk | Minnesota | 7 |
| R12 | JR | Nico Provo | Stanford | 8 |
| R12 | SR | Dean Peterson | Iowa | R12 |
| R12 | JR | Maximo Renteria | Oregon State | NR |
| R12 | FR | Ezekiel Witt | NDSU | NR |
| R16 | SR | Stevo Poulin | Iowa State | R12 |
| R16 | FR | Marc-Anthony McGowan | Princeton | R12 |
| R16 | SR | Spencer Moore | Illinois | R16 |
| R16 | SR | Jacob Moran | Indiana | NR |