Grand View Garners 14th NAIA Men’s Wrestling Red Banner
The Vikings of Grand View (Iowa) captured their 14th NAIA Men’s Wrestling Red Banner, marking their 14th title in 15 years.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The official brackets (PDF) for the 2026 NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championships have been finalized ahead of the event starting tomorrow morning. The Battle For The Red Banner is hosted by Visit Wichita at Heartland Credit Union Arena in Park City, Kansas, with the event concluding on Saturday, March 7th. To purchase tickets for the three-day event, click HERE.
All sessions will be streamed live on FloWrestling, the NAIA Network, and Urban Edge Network.
Access to the live results and brackets can be found through TrackWrestling.
Grand View (Iowa), Indiana Tech, Life (Ga.), Southeastern (Fla.), Cumberlands (Ky.) and Southern Oregon are all bringing 12 student-athletes to Wichita to compete for a national title. Providence (Mont.), Marian (Ind.), Cumberland (Tenn.) and Oklahoma City are each bringing 11. In total across the ten weight classes, 320 wrestlers were selected to compete for a chance at being named a national champion in their respective weight class.
The Cascade Collegiate Conference has the most national qualifiers with 60, while the Heart of America Conference follows close behind with 59.
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 2026 NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championships, click HERE.
The Vikings of Grand View (Iowa) captured their 14th NAIA Men’s Wrestling Red Banner, marking their 14th title in 15 years.
The 2026 NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championships wrapped up day two at Heartland Credit Union Arena, sending finalists to championship night and solidifying All-American honors.
The 2026 NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championships wrapped up its opening day Thursday at Heartland Credit Union Arena with two full sessions of competition.
The preliminary brackets for the 69th Annual NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championships have been released by the National Office.