It is still early, and a lot will change as the new wrestlers get more opportunities to show their stuff. Some freshmen have already shown that they will be forces to be reckoned with over the next four years. Following are the freshmen who have made the biggest early impression, as ranked by RankWrestlers.com (columns are: wrestler name, school, weight class, state, wins, losses, win %, adjusted win %, top 3 wins, head to head adjustment, and total score):
| Ethan Tomerlin | Fort Campbell | 170 | KY | 13 | 2 | 86.7% | 98.7% | 96.6% | 0.0% | 97.6% |
| Keelan Dick | Wayne County | 106 | KY | 12 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 93.6% | 0.0% | 96.8% |
| Thomas Ketchen-Carter | Campbell County | 132 | KY | 13 | 1 | 92.9% | 99.4% | 93.8% | 0.0% | 96.6% |
| Gage Fowler | Christian County | 106 | KY | 15 | 1 | 93.8% | 97.9% | 95.0% | 0.0% | 96.4% |
| Payne Carr | Union County | 132 | KY | 3 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 91.1% | 0.0% | 95.5% |
| Scotty Vilums | Male | 126 | KY | 12 | 2 | 85.7% | 98.6% | 90.8% | 0.0% | 94.7% |
| Isham Peace | Walton Verona | 106 | KY | 12 | 3 | 80.0% | 96.3% | 88.9% | 0.0% | 92.6% |
| Branson Smith | Sheldon Clark | 195 | KY | 10 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 85.1% | 0.0% | 92.5% |
| Matthew Meyer | St. Xavier | 106 | KY | 8 | 1 | 88.9% | 96.8% | 85.5% | 0.0% | 91.2% |
| Jacob Grandstaff | Conner | 120 | KY | 13 | 1 | 92.9% | 97.3% | 85.0% | 0.0% | 91.2% |
| Seth Slayton | Caldwell County | 160 | KY | 15 | 2 | 88.2% | 97.4% | 84.9% | 0.0% | 91.1% |
| Samuel Grandstaff | Conner | 113 | KY | 7 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 66.3% | 5.6% | 88.7% |
| Jack Latherow | Ashland Blazer | 160 | KY | 7 | 2 | 77.8% | 95.2% | 80.8% | 0.0% | 88.0% |
| David Conner | McCracken County | 138 | KY | 14 | 0 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 75.9% | 0.0% | 87.9% |
| Eli Peyton | McCracken County | 120 | KY | 9 | 2 | 81.8% | 96.9% | 70.1% | 1.5% | 85.1% |
| Thomas Hoppes | La Rue County | 120 | KY | 11 | 4 | 73.3% | 86.7% | 86.2% | -1.5% | 84.9% |
| Zach Cowan | Madison Central | 126 | KY | 13 | 4 | 76.5% | 91.9% | 77.3% | 0.0% | 84.6% |
| Thomas Boone | La Rue County | 170 | KY | 8 | 3 | 72.7% | 76.5% | 87.4% | 0.0% | 81.9% |
| David Gerkin | Apollo | 113 | KY | 9 | 1 | 90.0% | 85.2% | 77.4% | 0.1% | 81.4% |
| Brennon Conrad | Simon Kenton | 126 | KY | 7 | 6 | 53.8% | 90.9% | 56.9% | 7.4% | 81.3% |
| Yahir Menchaca | Harrison County | 113 | KY | 13 | 3 | 81.2% | 94.6% | 68.1% | -0.1% | 81.2% |
| Ethan Futrell | Trigg County | 126 | KY | 13 | 2 | 86.7% | 90.7% | 86.4% | -7.4% | 81.1% |
| John Paredes | Caldwell County | 170 | KY | 14 | 4 | 77.8% | 83.5% | 75.8% | 0.0% | 79.7% |
| Dylan Preston | Woodford County | 120 | KY | 7 | 1 | 87.5% | 98.8% | 58.7% | 0.0% | 78.8% |
| Keaton Elliott | Calloway County | 126 | KY | 4 | 1 | 80.0% | 78.0% | 78.0% | 0.0% | 78.0% |
| Asher Jones | McCracken County | 106 | KY | 4 | 1 | 80.0% | 98.4% | 57.1% | 0.0% | 77.8% |
| Devin Sanders | Wayne County | 195 | KY | 12 | 2 | 85.7% | 91.7% | 60.2% | 0.1% | 76.1% |
| Brandon Richmond | Campbell County | 182 | KY | 12 | 4 | 75.0% | 87.1% | 53.0% | 5.8% | 75.9% |
| Jayssen Hanson | St. Xavier | 106 | KY | 6 | 2 | 75.0% | 91.9% | 55.7% | 0.0% | 73.8% |
| Dalton Russelburg | Union County | 132 | KY | 4 | 2 | 66.7% | 76.3% | 57.3% | 6.6% | 73.4% |
| Hunter Vlach | McCracken County | 145 | KY | 9 | 5 | 64.3% | 66.2% | 73.5% | 3.4% | 73.3% |
| Zachary Pledger | St. Xavier | 132 | KY | 4 | 1 | 80.0% | 97.6% | 48.2% | 0.0% | 72.9% |
| Cameron Baker | Apollo | 145 | KY | 7 | 7 | 50.0% | 64.9% | 86.2% | -4.1% | 71.5% |
| Kolby Koepp | McCracken County | 126 | KY | 13 | 3 | 81.2% | 94.2% | 39.3% | 4.6% | 71.3% |
| Alexei Royar | Fort Campbell | 113 | KY | 11 | 5 | 68.8% | 73.9% | 68.5% | 0.0% | 71.2% |
| Herve Blode | Fern Creek | 138 | KY | 17 | 7 | 70.8% | 69.5% | 69.0% | 0.0% | 69.2% |
| Jerry Simpson | Fairdale | 132 | KY | 6 | 4 | 60.0% | 79.4% | 55.4% | 0.0% | 67.4% |
| Everett Marret | St. Xavier | 170 | KY | 6 | 2 | 75.0% | 74.3% | 57.8% | 0.0% | 66.1% |
| Gavin English | Ohio County | 160 | KY | 9 | 4 | 69.2% | 79.6% | 51.9% | 0.0% | 65.7% |
| Henry Marchal | Atherton | 138 | KY | 5 | 1 | 83.3% | 90.0% | 36.2% | 0.0% | 63.1% |