174 - Levi Haines
JD Rader's prediction of how the 174 lb weight class will look at the end of the year.
| RANK | GRADE | NAME | SCHOOL | PREVIOUS |
| 1 | SR | Levi Haines | Penn State | 1 |
| 2 | SO | Simon Ruiz | Cornell | 4 |
| 3 | SR | Patrick Kennedy | Iowa | 3 |
| 4 | SO | Christopher Minto | Nebraska | 2 |
| 5 | SR | Carson Kharchla | Ohio State | 6 |
| 6 | JR | Matthew Singleton | NC State | 5 |
| 7 | JR | Alex Facundo | Oklahoma State | 7 |
| 8 | SO | Carter Schubert | Oklahoma | NR |
| R12 | JR | Danny Wask | Navy | 8 |
| R12 | JR | Cam Steed | Missouri | R12 |
| R12 | SO | Beau Mantanona | Michigan | R12 |
| R12 | JR | MJ Gaitan | Iowa State | R16 |
| R16 | SR | Jared Simma | UNI | NR |
| R16 | SO | Moses Espinoza-Owens | SD State | NR |
| R16 | JR | Myles Takats | Bucknell | NR |
| R16 | JR | Brody Conley | West Virginia | NR |