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 |
| 1 | JR | Josh Barr | Penn State |
| 2 | SO | Cody Merrill | OK State |
| 3 | SR | Stephen Little | Little Rock |
| 4 | SR | Joey Novak | Wyoming |
| 5 | JR | Camden McDanel | Nebraska |
| 6 | SO | Angelo Posada | Stanford |
| 7 | JR | Branson John | Maryland |
| 8 | SR | Mac Stout | Pittsburgh |
| R12 | JR | Sonny Sasso | Virginia Tech |
| R12 | JR | Justin Rademacher | Oregon State |
| R12 | JR | Remy Cotton | Rutgers |
| R12 | JR | Luke Geog | Ohio State |
| R16 | SO | Rune Lawrence | West Virginia |
| R16 | JR | Andrew Reall | Brown |
| R16 | JR | Dillon Bechtold | Bucknell |
| R16 | SO | Wyatt Ingham | Wisconsin |