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 | PREVIOUS |
| 1 | SO | Josh Barr | Penn State | 1 |
| 2 | SR | Rocky Elam | Iowa State | 2 |
| 3 | SO | Justin Rademacher | Oregon State | 3 |
| 4 | FR | Cody Merrill | Oklahoma State | 6 |
| 5 | JR | Joey Novak | Wyoming | 4 |
| 6 | JR | Stephen Little | Little Rock | 5 |
| 7 | JR | Mac Stout | Pittsburgh | 7 |
| 8 | JR | Bennett Berge | SD State | 8 |
| R12 | SO | Camden McDanel | Nebraska | R12 |
| R12 | SO | Luke Geog | Ohio State | NR |
| R12 | FR | Sonny Sasso | Virginia Tech | R12 |
| R12 | SR | Evan Bates | Missouri | R16 |
| R16 | SR | Gabe Sollars | Indiana | R16 |
| R16 | FR | Angelo Posada | Stanford | R16 |
| R16 | FR | Gavin Nelson | Minnesota | R16 |
| R16 | FR | Rune Lawrence | West Virginia | NR |