149 - Shayne Van Ness
JD Rader's prediction of how the 149 lb weight class will look at the end of the year.
| RANK | GRADE | NAME | SCHOOL | PREVIOUS |
| 1 | JR | Shayne Van Ness | Penn State | 1 |
| 2 | FR | Jaxon Joy | Cornell | R12 |
| 3 | SO | Ethan Stiles | Ohio State | 3 |
| 4 | SO | Koy Buesgens | NC State | 8 |
| 5 | JR | Casey Swiderski | Oklahoma State | 4 |
| 6 | SO | Ryder Block | Iowa | NR |
| 7 | SO | Jacob Frost | Iowa State | NR |
| 8 | FR | Collin Gaj | Virginia Tech | NR |
| R12 | FR | Caleb Tyus | SIUE | NR |
| R12 | FR | Aden Valencia | Stanford | 5 |
| R12 | SR | Lachlan McNeil | Michigan | 2 |
| R12 | SR | Carter Young | Maryland | NR |
| R16 | SO | Cross Wasilewski | Penn | R12 |
| R16 | SR | Chance Lamer | Nebraska | R12 |
| R16 | SR | Caleb Rathjen | UNI | R16 |
| R16 | JR | Eligh Rivera | Princeton | R16 |