285 - Yonger Bastida
JD Rader's prediction of how the 285 lb weight class will look at the end of the year.
| RANK | GRADE | NAME | SCHOOL | PREVIOUS |
| 1 | SR | Yonger Bastida | Iowa State | 1 |
| 2 | SR | AJ Ferrari | Nebraska | 2 (197) |
| 3 | SR | Isaac Trumble | NC State | 2 |
| 4 | SR | Taye Ghadiali | Michigan | 3 |
| 5 | SO | Ben Kueter | Iowa | 4 |
| 6 | JR | Nick Feldman | Ohio State | 5 |
| 7 | SR | Luke Luffman | Illinois | 6 |
| 8 | FR | Cole Mirasola | Penn State | 7 |
| R12 | JR | Nathan Taylor | Lehigh | 8 |
| R12 | JR | Dayton Pitzer | Pittsburgh | R12 |
| R12 | SO | Jim Mullen | Virginia Tech | R12 |
| R12 | JR | Braxton Amos | Wisconsin | R12 |
| R16 | SR | Konner Doucet | Oklahoma State | R16 |
| R16 | SR | Josiah Hill | Little Rock | R16 |
| R16 | JR | Wyatt Voelker | UNI | R12 (197) |
| R16 | FR | Koy Hopke | Minnesota | NR |