WICHITA, Kan – (Brackets – PDF | Watch Live) The preliminary brackets for the 2022 NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championships have been released by the National Office. The action for all 10 weight classes gets underway inside the Hartman Arena on March 4th. The two day tournament will conclude on March 5th with the Championship Round at 7:00 p.m. CST.

All matches at the national championships will be stream live via FloWrestling. Access to the live results and brackets can be found through TrackWrestling. Additionally, the championship session on Saturday will also be distributed on ESPN3 (www.watchespn.com).

Brackets were verified and approved by the NAIA-Wrestling Coaches Association Bracketing Committee Friday afternoon. 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 was awarded automatic bids per weight class based on the final regular-season poll, which can be seen HERE. Each conference was awarded automatic berths 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 will go to the tournament champions, even if the conference did not have any wrestlers ranked in the final regular-season poll. 

Grand View (Iowa), Life (Ga.), and Reinhardt (Ga.) will travel a full team of 12 wrestlers to the national championships. Indiana Tech and Southeastern will bring 11 wrestlers each with Cumberlands (Ky.) boasting 10 total. The Mid-South Conference led all conferences with 66 individual qualifiers. The Cascade Collegiate Conference was second with 43 qualifiers, while the Heart of America Athletic Conference receives 38. 

For additional information on the 2022 NAIA Men's Wrestling National Championships, click HERE.