165 - PJ Duke
JD Rader's prediction of how the 165 lb weight class will look at the end of the year.
| RANK | GRADE | NAME | SCHOOL |
| 1 | SO | PJ Duke | Penn State |
| 2 | SO | LaDarion Lockett | OK State |
| 3 | JR | Nicco Ruiz | Arizona State |
| 4 | SR | Joey Blaze | Purdue |
| 5 | SR | Bryce Hepner | North Carolina |
| 6 | SO | EJ Parco | Stanford |
| 7 | SO | LJ Araujo | Nebraska |
| 8 | SR | Hunter Garvin | Transfer Portal |
| R12 | SO | Will Denny | NC State |
| R12 | JR | Connor Euton | Iowa State |
| R12 | SR | Ryder Downey | UNI |
| R12 | JR | Braeden Scoles | Illinois |
| R16 | SR | Noah Mulvaney | Bucknell |
| R16 | SR | Ty Whalen | Princeton |
| R16 | SO | Andrew Barbosa | Rutgers |
| R16 | SR | Cody Goebel | Wisconsin |