NCAA Rankings 2017-18
149: Loaded Like A Freight Zain
While neither flying like an aeroplane nor feeling like a space brain, Zain keeps rolling along like a freight train loaded with pain.
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| Rank | Grade | Name | School | Previous Rank |
| 1 | SR | Zain Retherford | Penn State | 1 |
| 2 | SR | Brandon Sorensen | Iowa | 2 |
| 3 | JR | Grant Leeth | Missouri | 3 |
| 4 | JR | Justin Oliver | Central Michigan | 4 |
| 5 | SO | Ke-Shawn Hayes | Ohio State | 5 |
| 6 | SO | Max Thomsen | UNI | 6 |
| 7 | FR | Ryan Deakin | Northwestern | 7 |
| 8 | SR | Troy Heilmann | North Carolina | 8 |
| 9 | SO | Matt Kolodzik | Princeton | 9 |
| 10 | SR | Colton McCrystal | Nebraska | 10 |
| 11 | SR | Eleazar DeLuca | Rutgers | 11 |
| 12 | SR | Jason Tsirtsis | Arizona State | 12 |
| 13 | SR | Beau Donahue | NC State | 13 |
| 14 | SO | Boo Lewallen | OK State | 14 |
| 15 | JR | Ryan Blees | Virginia Tech | 15 |
| 16 | SR | Ronnie Perry | Lock Haven | 16 |
| 17 | JR | Michael Sprague | American | 17 |
| 18 | SR | Malik Amine | Michigan | 18 |
| 19 | JR | Steve Bleise | Minnesota | 19 |
| 20 | JR | Cortlandt Schuyler | Lehigh | 20 |