2013 165 lbs. Preview
| 165 | ||
| West 1 | Kulchytskyy | Oshkosh |
| West 2 | Schuler | St. John’s |
| West 3 | Bowland | Augsburg |
| Central 1 | Williams | Wartburg |
| Central 2 | Bonte | Luther |
| Central 3 | Kubica | Dubuque |
| Midwest 1 | Gibson | Whitewater |
| Midwest 2 | Schulte | Stevens Point |
| Midwest 3 | Myers | Olivet |
| Mideast 1 | Guidi | Waynesburg |
| Mideast 2 | Plummer | Messiah |
| Mideast 3 | Powell | Thiel |
| East 1 | Favia | Stevens |
| East 2 | Darling | TCNJ |
| East 3 | Vernon | Centenary |
| Northeast 1 | Crowell | Roger Williams |
| Northeast 2 | Longo | Springfield |
| Northeast 3 | Gillen | Oneonta |
d3wrestle.com Ranking #11 – March 5, 2013
This is the first of three weight classes that has a defending champion in the bracket. Adding to the excitement is the fact that last year’s champ at the previous weight class is also here. #1 Williams has gone wire to wire at the top this season with only a single non-DIII loss on his record. He has yet to face #2 Kulchystskyy, the defending champ at 157. Kulchytskyy has put together an amazing 40-1 season with an NCAA all division leading 21 falls and a nigh insurmountable lead in the Most Dominant standings. The rest of the top five here include last seasons 5th place finisher #3 Favia, the 6th place finisher from 157 in #4 Darling, and last year’s 3rd place finisher #5 Longo. Favia beat the other two, and Darling defeated Longo. #6 Gibson wrestled unattached in the first semester, then spent most of the second at 157 before heading up to 165 for the last few weeks, culminating in a Midwest Region title against #7 Schulte. #8 Myers was 6th at this weight last season and was 3rd in the Midwest. #9 Crowell reversed an earlier loss to Longo to win the Northeast Region and was a qualifier here last year, with #10 Vernon used a 3rd period comeback to win the final spot out of the East. Outside the top ten, Schuler is 16-2 with both losses to Kulchytskyy. Guidi won the Mideast over Plummer and lost twice and won once against Powell, while Plummer defeated Powell last weekend.