Top NCAA Wrestlers of All-Time at 125 Pounds

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Top NCAA Wrestlers of All-Time at 125 Pounds

https://www.jerseywrestling.com/news.php?story=Top NCAA Wrestlers of All-Time at 125 Pounds

Three-time NCAA champion Spencer Lee of Iowa looks to add his fourth NCAA title to the list in 2023!

Nine wrestlers were three-time NCAA champions at this weight class, including four-time All-Americans Stephen Abas, Tom Brands, Eric Guerrero, and Barry Davis.

Tom Brands went on to to win a World and an Olympic gold medal before becoming Head Coach of the Hawkeyes.

Check out the best 125-pound wrestlers of all-time ranked by NCAA medals!

Here are the top thirteen!

Rank - Name - Team - Year - Score - Medals

#1 - Stephen Abas - Fresno State - 2002 - 57 - 4,1,1,1
#1 - Tom Brands - Iowa - 1989 - 57 - 4,1,1,1
#3 - Pat Milkovich - Michigan State - 1975 - 56 - 1,1,2,2
#4 - Eric Guerrero - Oklahoma State - 1998 - 55 - 5,1,1,1
#5 - Barry Davis - Iowa - 1985 - 52 - 7,1,1,1
#6 - John Smith - Ball State - 1973 - 50 - 6,2,1,1
#6 - Nico Megaludis - Penn State - 2016 - 50 - 2,2,3,1
#8 - Ed Peery - Pittsburgh - 1957 - 48 - 1,1,1
#8 - Joe McDaniel - Oklahoma State - 1939 - 48 - 1,1,1
#8 - Mike Caruso - Lehigh - 1967 - 48 - 1,1,1
#8 - Randy Lewis - Iowa - 1979 - 48 - 2,1,1,7
#8 - Ross Flood - Oklahoma State - 1935 - 48 - 1,1,1
#8 - Spencer Lee - Iowa - 2021 - 48 - 1,1,1

Over 200 wrestlers made the list!

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[ionel]

Pretty certain Guerrero was 133.

[11986]

this list is a mess. For example, anyone know John Smith from Ball State that went 6,2,1,1 at any combination of weight classes?  I did find a John Smith from Ball State who placed 6th in 1973, I think the rest of those finishes are for some other guy named John Smith and they somehow got thrown together. 

 

[Scouts Honor]

how many of these guys were career 125/126 pounders...

[Mr. PeanutButter]

Classic 6 way tie for 8th

[ionel]

1 hour ago, 11986 said:

this list is a mess. For example, anyone know John Smith from Ball State that went 6,2,1,1 at any combination of weight classes?  I did find a John Smith from Ball State who placed 6th in 1973, I think the rest of those finishes are for some other guy named John Smith and they somehow got thrown together. 

 

And the John Smith who went 2,1,1 was not 125.  Its jerseywrestling, can't expect them to know wrestling history.  I mean would any on this here forum go to Dan for advice?  

[Wrestleknownothing]

4 hours ago, ionel said:

Pretty certain Guerrero was 133.

Weight class across eras are tough. He has guys on this list who wrestled when there were 7, 8, and 10 weight class and he does not adjust for when weights were increased across the board. Guerrero was 126 which became 133.

Some of the guys on this list wrestled at the lowest weight class of their era and some at the second lowest. There appears to just be rounding going on here.

But what I find truly odd is that guys who won 100% of the time are tied for 8th (Ed Peery, Joe McDaniel, Mike Caruso, Ross Flood).

[Jerry Callo]

Does this include 118 pounders. As well?

[Idaho]

Tom Brands spent much more time at 134 than 126. 

[Wrestleknownothing]

29 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

Does this include 118 pounders. As well?

It has almost all weights under 141: 118, 121, 123, 125, 126, 133, 134. And maybe that is all.

[Jerry Callo]

Yojiro Utaeke (Ok State) wrestled 130 - wonder why he didn’t make it - wasn’t he a 3x champ?

[MPhillips]

15 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

Yojiro Utaeke (Ok State) wrestled 130 - wonder why he didn’t make it - wasn’t he a 3x champ?

And undefeated at OKST...

 

[11986]

No Bonomo

[Idaho]

38 minutes ago, Jerry Callo said:

Yojiro Utaeke (Ok State) wrestled 130 - wonder why he didn’t make it - wasn’t he a 3x champ?

IMO he would be someone who would fall into the 133/134 weight if we were doing an all-time for those weights. 

[jerseywrestling]

Wrestlers who competed in the following weights are included in this ranking: 121, 123, 125, 126, and 128.

[jerseywrestling]

The "John Smith" error has been fixed for this ranking. We'll need to add some additional post-processing for duplicate names, but we recently changed rankings like this one to score wrestlers career regardless of time, weights, and teams. For example, the decade rankings where the 1970s would miss all of Mike Frick's medals will no longer be an issue. Of course, this new method, will have guys ranked in multiple weights - but we think that's OK! Also transfer's rankings should be more accurate with this change. Appreciate all the positive support. And for all the haters, let's see your lists!! For the dream!!!

[ionel]

4 hours ago, Wrestleknownothing said:

Weight class across eras are tough. He has guys on this list who wrestled when there were 7, 8, and 10 weight class and he does not adjust for when weights were increased across the board. Guerrero was 126 which became 133.

Some of the guys on this list wrestled at the lowest weight class of their era and some at the second lowest. There appears to just be rounding going on here.

But what I find truly odd is that guys who won 100% of the time are tied for 8th (Ed Peery, Joe McDaniel, Mike Caruso, Ross Flood).

Pretty sure Guerrero was 133 his last year.  When went to 1 hour weigh ins 126 became 133.  126=133, Guerrero was a career 133 not 125.

[Fadzaev2]

If Yojiro Fujita doesn't get hurt and out in the first round, this list would be a little different....Fujita was special!!!

[Sheerstress]

1 hour ago, 11986 said:

No Bonomo

Ricky Bonomo, a 3-time champ back in the 1980s for Bloomsburg, was absolutely one of the greatest, but his titles were at 118 pounds.  

[Sheerstress]

3 hours ago, Idaho said:

Tom Brands spent much more time at 134 than 126. 

His only year at 126 was his redshirt freshman year.

[ionel]

9 minutes ago, Sheerstress said:

Ricky Bonomo, a 3-time champ back in the 1980s for Bloomsburg, was absolutely one of the greatest, but his titles were at 118 pounds.  

118=125. He was a "125."

[Wrestleknownothing]

1 minute ago, ionel said:

118=125. He was a "125."

And there are other 118s on the lis in spite of what @jerseywrestling said.

 

12 minutes ago, Sheerstress said:

Ricky Bonomo, a 3-time champ back in the 1980s for Bloomsburg, was absolutely one of the greatest, but his titles were at 118 pounds.  

 

[Sheerstress]

7 minutes ago, ionel said:

118=125. He was a "125."

I get what you're saying, but disagree.  Big difference between 118 and 125.  

The list should be restricted to guys who won their titles at the old 126 pound class and the more modern 125 pound class.  

MAYBE add in the 123 class that was used from 1952 to 1970.

[ionel]

Just now, Sheerstress said:

I get what you're saying, but disagree.  Big difference between 118 and 125.  

The list should be restricted to guys who won their titles at the old 126 pound class and the more modern 125 pound class.  

MAYBE add in the 123 class that was used from 1952 to 1970.

125 - 118 = 7

They added 7 lbs to the old weight classes when went to 1 hr weigh ins, this was triggered by the fatalities. 

[Wrestleknownothing]

The weights over time play out like this: