2025-26 High School Wrestling Rankings
285 lbs
Dozens of state tournaments over the past couple weeks shook up the rankings.
If you see anything we missed, email david.bray@flosports.tv.
285 lbs
Dozens of state tournaments over the past couple weeks shook up the rankings.
If you see anything we missed, email david.bray@flosports.tv.
| Rank | Year | Name | School | State | College | Previous |
| 1 | SR | Dreshaun Ross | Fort Dodge | IA | Oklahoma State | 1 |
| 2 | SR | Coby Merrill | JW North | CA | Iowa State | 2 |
| 3 | SR | Michael Mocco | Cardinal Gibbons | FL | Iowa | 3 |
| 4 | SR | Dean Bechtold | Owen J Roberts | PA | Lehigh | 4 |
| 5 | SR | Mark Effendian | Faith Christian | PA | Princeton | 5 |
| 6 | SR | Christian Alvarez | St. Joseph Regional | NJ | Delaware (football) | 6 |
| 7 | SR | Alex Taylor | Mount Vernon | OH | Oklahoma | 7 |
| 8 | JR | Lukas Zalota | Malvern Prep | PA | Rutgers | 9 |
| 9 | SR | James Bechter | Northfield Mount Herman | OH | Brown | 17 |
| 10 | JR | Cael Mielnik | Blair Academy | NJ | 8 | |
| 11 | SO | Kameron Hazelett | Lowell | IN | 10 | |
| 12 | SR | Preston Wagner | Fremont | NE | Virginia | 11 |
| 13 | SR | Mateo Vinciguerra | Woodstown | NJ | Maryland | 12 |
| 14 | SR | Colin Whyte | West Greene | PA | Kent State | 13 |
| 15 | SR | Alexander Bajoras | Wyoming Seminary | PA | Rutgers | HM |
| 16 | SR | Isaiah Taylor | AIM Academy | PA | American | 16 |
| 17 | JR | Ryan Schneider | Green Farms Academy | CT | 14 | |
| 18 | SR | Anderson Palian | Wyoming Seminary | PA | 15 | |
| 19 | SR | Jonathan Rulo | Belleville East | IL | Cincinatti (football) | 18 |
| 20 | SR | Zayne Candelaria | Sunnyside | AZ | 19 |