KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the allocations for the 68th Annual NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championships, held March 6-8, 2025 at Park City Arena in Park City, Kansas.
The Cascade Collegiate Conference led all conferences with a total of 52 allocations to the National Championship. The individual participants will be selected following the 2025
CCC Men’s Wrestling Tournament, presented by U.S. Bank. The Championship will be hosted by Simpson University on February 21st and 22nd in Redding, California.
Each conference tournament was awarded automatic bids per weight class based on the final regular-season rating, which can be seen HERE. The NAIA coaches’ rating is voted upon by a panel of head coaches representing each of the eight conferences. The top 25 individuals in each weight class is based on how each individual rater casts votes for the best individuals. 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 rating. 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 25, 2025, by 5 p.m. (CST), while the preliminary brackets and seeding will be announced on NAIA.org by 5 p.m. (CST) on
Friday, February 28, 2025. All weight classes will consist of 28 wrestlers.
| Conference |
125 |
133 |
141 |
149 |
157 |
165 |
174 |
184 |
197 |
285 |
Total Allocations |
| American Midwest Conference/Sooner Athletic Conference |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
18 |
| Appalachian Athletic Conference |
3 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
38 |
| Cascade Collegiate Conference |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
52 |
| Great Plains Athletic Conference |
2 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
28 |
| Heart of America Athletic Conference |
5 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
42 |
| Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
15 |
| Mid-South Conference |
3 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
6^ |
3 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
34 |
| Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference |
5 |
1 |
2 |
1* |
5 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
23 |