PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The NCAA has announced the second coaches ranking and first Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) for the 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
 
The coaches' rankings are determined by a vote of 16 coaches in each weight class with two head coaches from each of the eight conferences. For ranking purposes, coaches may only consider a wrestler that has been designated as a starter at a respective weight class. Wrestlers must have eight Division I matches in the weight class to be considered with at least one within the last 30 days.
 
The RPI is a calculation that consists of three factors: winning percentage, opponent winning percentage (strength of schedule) and opponent's opponent winning percentage (opponent's strength of schedule). Only matches against Division I opponents at the designated weight class count towards the RPI and a wrestler needs to have wrestled 15 matches to be ranked.
 
All 10 starters from Rutgers wrestling own an RPI and appear in the second coaches' rankings.
 
Rutgers in the Second NCAA Coaches' Rankings (2/13/2025)
125: No. 10 Dean Peterson
133: No. 9 Dylan Shawver
141: No. 13 Joseph Olivieri
149: No. 19 Andrew Clark
157: No. 28 Conner Harer
165: No. 24 Anthony White
174: No. 26 Jackson Turley
184: No. 17 Shane Cartagena-Walsh
197: No. 15 John Poznanski
HWT: No. 9 Yaraslau Slavikouski
 
Rutgers in the First RPI (2/13/2025)
125: No. 9 Dean Peterson
133: No. 8 Dylan Shawver
141: No. 14 Joseph Olivieri
149: No. 16 Andrew Clark
157: No. 29 Conner Harer
165: No. 16 Anthony White
174: No. 27 Jackson Turley
184: No. 12 Shane Cartagena-Walsh
197: No. 16 John Poznanski
HWT: No. 10 Yaraslau Slavikouski
 
The coaches' ranking and RPI are two of several criteria that will be evaluated by the NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee during the at-large selection and seeding process along with head-to-head competition, quality wins, conference tournament placement, results versus common opponents and win percentage.
 
The 2025 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships take place March 20-2 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. Rutgers looks to qualify all 10 starters for the national tournament for the first time since it brought its full lineup to the 2016 NCAA Championships at Madison Square Garden in New York City.