2015 NCAA Preview: 165 lbs.
Andrew Steiert is making the most of his opportunity after teammate and NCAA Champion Cole Welter graduated
2014 Champion: Cole Welter (Wartburg)
2015 Field (with rankings)
| West 1 | (4) Krogstad | Concordia-Moorhead |
| West 2 | Fucile | Lakeland |
| West 3 | Hensel | Augsburg |
| Central 1 | (1) Steiert | Wartburg |
| Central 2 | (2) Sewera | Coe |
| Central 3 | Letney | Luther |
| Midwest 1 | (3) Schneider | La Crosse |
| Midwest 2 | (10) Aiello | Wheaton |
| Midwest 3 | Farmer | Wabash |
| Mideast 1 | (6) Barger | Lycoming |
| Mideast 2 | (7) Gott | John Carroll |
| Mideast 3 | Guidi | Waynesburg |
| East 1 | Caserta | Stevens |
| East 2 | (9) Bader | Hunter |
| East 3 | Horan | Delaware Valley |
| Northeast 1 | (5) Foley | Springfield |
| Northeast 2 | (8) Velez | Ithaca |
| Northeast 3 | Colom | Roger Williams |
The weight cleared out considerably after last season with only the 6th and 7th place finishers Dylan Foley of Springfield and Stephen Aiello of Wheaton returning. Neither is considered a top title threat, but their experience last year should count. The top guy right now is Andrew Steiert of Wartburg. He seized hold of the starting spot and reversed an earlier loss to #2 Sewera of Coe to head into the tournament as a nominal favorite. Sewera has been right on the cusp of major success for most of his career, picking up big wins from the very beginning. He will be a top contender for the title in Hershey. Tyler Schneider of La Crosse is right there with these top two. He has losses to Sewera and Letney from Luther, but has beaten a quarter of those remaining including two wins against Aiello.
Nolan Barger of Lycoming is worth keeping an eye on this weekend. He has avenged many of his losses from earlier in the year, knocked some expected qualifiers out of the championship bracket at the regional, and gave two time national qualifier Terner Gott of John Carroll just his second loss of the year in the Mideast final. Nick Velez of Ithaca comes into the tournament with nine losses, but he has defeated five of the wrestlers in the bracket during his freshman season. CJ Caserta has over 40 wins and is getting hot at the right time. He has won 16 in a row and won the East region over the top seeded Bader with a 5-1 decision. All in all, 165 is a very deep weight with a lot of potential placewinners.