KANSAS CITY, Mo. –  The official brackets (PDF) for the 2025 NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championships have been finalized ahead of event starting tomorrow morning. The Battle For The Red Banner is hosted by Visit Wichita at Park City Arena in Park City, Kansas and concludes on Saturday, March 8th. To purchase tickets for the three-day event, click HERE.

All matches at the national championships for Sessions I through V will be stream live via FloWrestling. Access to the live results and brackets can be found through TrackWrestling. The championship bouts on Saturday, during Session IV, will air on the NAIA Network and the Urban Edge Network.

Four schools will arrive in Wichita with a full roster of 12 wrestlers, in Cumberlands (Ky.), Grand View (Iowa), Southeastern (Fla.), and Life (Ga.). Providence (Mont.), Indiana Tech, and Doane (Neb.) will make the trip with 11 wrestlers; while Embry-Riddle (Ariz.) and Southern Oregon will travel with ten wrestlers each. In total across the ten weight classes, 280 wrestlers were selected to compete for a chance at being named a national champion in their respective weight class.

The Cascade Collegiate Conference leads all other conferences with 62 total wrestlers qualifying, while the Heart of America Conference follows with 46 wrestlers qualifying. The Appalachian Athletic Conference and the Mid-South Conference follow close to each other with 39 and 38 wrestlers qualifying, respectively. 

Brackets were verified and approved by the NAIA-Wrestling Coaches Association Bracketing Committee. Previously, a 16-member committee consisting of conference raters and oversight members met to select the remaining at-large qualifiers. Next, the 16-member committee, determined the ranking order of each weight class. This was used as the basis for the Bracketing Committee and later verified. 

For additional information on the 2025 NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championships, click HERE.