165 - Mitchell Mesenbrink
JD Rader's prediction of how the 165 lb weight class will look at the end of the year.
| RANK | GRADE | NAME | SCHOOL | PREVIOUS |
| 1 | JR | Mitchell Mesenbrink | Penn State | 1 |
| 2 | SR | Michael Caliendo | Iowa | 2 |
| 3 | FR | Ladarion Lockett | Oklahoma State | 3 |
| 4 | JR | Joey Blaze | Purdue | 5 (157) |
| 5 | JR | Hunter Garvin | Stanford | 5 |
| 6 | SR | Max Brignola | Lehigh | 6 |
| 7 | JR | Peyten Kellar | Oklahoma | 8 (157) |
| 8 | SR | Matt Bianchi | Little Rock | R12 (157) |
| R12 | JR | Ryder Downey | UNI | R12 (157) |
| R12 | SO | Braeden Scoles | Illinois | 8 |
| R12 | SO | Connor Euton | Iowa State | NR |
| R12 | SR | Andrew Sparks | Minnesota | R12 |
| R16 | SO | Nicco Ruiz | Arizona State | R12 |
| R16 | JR | Drake Rhodes | SD State | R16 |
| R16 | SR | Maxx Mayfield | Missouri | R16 |
| R16 | FR | LJ Araujo | Nebraska | NR |