KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the allocations for the 67th Annual NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championship, held February 29 – March 2, 2024, at Hartman Arena in Park City, Kansas.
With a new record number of automatic qualifiers, the CCC earned nearly double all other conferences with a total of 60. The individual participants will be selected following the 2024 CCC Men's Wrestling Tournament, presented by U.S. Bank. The Championship will be hosted by Eastern Oregon University on February 16th and 17th in La Grande, Oregon.
Each conference tournament was awarded automatic bids per weight class based on the final regular-season poll, which can be seen
HERE. Each conference is awarded automatic berths based on the number of wrestlers ranked in each weight class. Every conference receives a minimum of one automatic bid per weight class, which will be awarded to the tournament champions, even if the conference did not have any wrestlers ranked in the final regular-season poll. If a conference does not have an individual ranked in the final top 25, an allocation will be deducted from the original 25 to ensure that each conference is represented at each weight class at the National Championships.
A total of 250 automatic qualifiers will move forward after the conference tournaments. Additionally, 30 at-large selections will be made, three from each weight class.
After the conference tournaments have concluded, a 16-member committee consisting of conference raters and oversight members will meet to select the remaining at-large qualifiers, which will be released Tuesday, February 20, 2024, by 5 p.m. (CST). The seeding and preliminary brackets will be announced on NAIA.org by 5 p.m. (CST) on Friday, February 23, 2024.
| Weight Class |
125 |
133 |
141 |
149 |
157 |
165 |
174 |
184 |
197 |
285 |
Total |
| American Midwest Conference/Sooner Athletic Conference |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
16 |
| Appalachian Athletic Conference |
4 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
33 |
| Cascade Collegiate Conference |
6 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
7 |
5 |
7 |
6' |
60 |
| Great Plains Athletic Conference |
1 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3# |
4# |
3 |
5 |
29 |
| Heart of America Athletic Conference |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
33 |
| Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
21 |
| Mid-South Conference |
5 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
1^ |
4 |
36 |
| Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2* |
22 |