KANSAS CITY, Mo. – (Brackets – PDF | Watch Live) The preliminary brackets for the 2023 NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championships have been released by the National Office. Once again, Hartman Arena in Park City, Kansas will be the site for all the action. The battles across 10 weight classes will run March 3rd and 4th. 

All matches at the national championships for Sessions I, II, and III will be stream live via FloWrestling. Access to the live results and brackets can be found through TrackWrestling. The championship bouts on Saturday will air on ESPN3 (www.watchespn.com).

Brackets were verified and approved by the NAIA-Wrestling Coaches Association Bracketing Committee. Previously, the 18-member committee consisting of conference raters and oversight members met to select the remaining at-large qualifiers. Next, the 18-member committee along with three new oversight members determined the ranking order of each weight class. This was used as the basis for the Bracketing Committee and later verified. 

Each conference tournament awards automatic bids per weight class based on the final regular-season poll, which can be seen HERE. The automatic berths were awarded based on the amount of wrestlers ranked in each weight class. Each conference was awarded a minimum of one automatic bid per weight class, which went to the tournament champions, even if the conference did not have any wrestlers ranked in the final regular-season poll. 

The Cascade Collegiate Conference led all conferences with 57 individual qualifiers. The Heart of America Athletic Conference and Appalachian Athletic Conference were tied for second with 43 student-athletes each while the Mid-South Conference was just behind with 42. Grand View (Iowa), Indiana Tech, and Southeastern (Fla.) will travel 12 wrestlers to the national championships. Life (Ga.), Morningside (Iowa), and Ottawa (Kan.) will bring 11 wrestlers total; Campbellsville (Ky.) and Menlo (Calif.) will bring along 10 each.  

For additional information on the 2023 NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championships, click HERE.