NCAA Week 1 285 LB Rankings
| Rank | Name | School | Class |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Kerkvliet | Penn State | RSSR |
| 2 | Wyatt Hendrickson | Oklahoma State | SR |
| 3 | Yonger Bastida | Iowa State | SR |
| 4 | Nick Feldman | Ohio State | RSSO |
| 5 | Cohlton Schultz | Arizona State | RSSR |
| 6 | Yaraslau Slavikouski | Rutgers | RSSR |
| 7 | Isaac Trumble | NC State | RSJR |
| 8 | Nathan Taylor | Lehigh | RSJR |
| 9 | Cory Day | Binghamton | RSSR |
| 10 | Josh Heindselman | Michigan | RSSR |
| 11 | Taye Ghadiali | Campbell | RSSR |
| 12 | Dayton Pitzer | Pittsburgh | RSSO |
| 13 | Hunter Catka | Virginia Tech | RSJR |
| 14 | Ben Kueter | Iowa | RSFR |
| 15 | Luke Luffman | Illinois | RSSR |
| 16 | Seth Nevills | Maryland | RSSR |
| 17 | Josiah Hill | Little Rock | SR |
| 18 | Lance Runyon | Northern Iowa | RSSR |
| 19 | Jamier Ferere | Navy | JR |
| 20 | Daniel Bucknavich | Cleveland State | RSSR |
| 21 | Jacob Bullock | Indiana | RSSR |
| 22 | Bennett Tabor | Minnesota | RSJR |
| 23 | Michael Wolfgram | West Virginia | RSSR |
| 24 | Trevor Tinker | Cal Poly | RSJR |
| 25 | Harley Andrews | Nebraksa | RSSO |
| 26 | Ashton Davis | Cornell | SO |
| 27 | Lucas Stoddard | Army | SO |
| 28 | Luke Rasmussen | South Dakota State | RSSO |
| 29 | William Jarrell | American | RSSR |
| 30 | Connor Barket | Duke | RSSO |
| 31 | Juan Mora | Oklahoma | RSJR |
| 32 | Hayden Filipovich | Purdue | RSJR |
| 33 | Alex Semenenko | Brown | JR |