2025-26 High School Wrestling Rankings

285 lbs

Christian Alvarez beat Lukas Zalota in their Powerade final. Colin Whyte and Anderson Palian enter the top 20 with victories over Isaiah Taylor.

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RankYearNameSchoolStateCollegePrevious
1SRDreshaun RossFort DodgeIAOklahoma State1
2SRCoby MerrillJW NorthCAIowa State2
3SRMichael MoccoCardinal Gibbons FLIowa3
4SRDean BechtoldOwen J RobertsPALehigh4
5SRMark EffendianFaith ChristianPAPrinceton5
6SRChristian AlvarezSt. Joseph RegionalNJDelaware (football)6
7SRAlex TaylorMount VernonOHOklahoma7
8JRLukas ZalotaMalvern PrepPARutgers8
9SOKameron HazelettLowellIN
9
10SRPreston WagnerFremontNEVirginia10
11SRMateo VinciguerraWoodstownNJMaryland11
12JRCael MielnikBlair AcademyNJ
12
13SRColin WhyteWest GreenePAKent StateNR
14SRAnderson PalianWyoming SeminaryPA
NR
15SRIsaiah TaylorAIM AcademyPAAmerican13
16SRTrayvn BogerSouth SummitUTNorthwestern14
17SRJames BechterNorthfield Mount HermanOHBrown15
18SRJonathan RuloBelleville EastILCincinatti (football)16
19SRZayne CandelariaSunnysideAZ
17
20SRRyder SmithChattanooga ChristianTNLittle Rock18