The NCAA has released recommendations for the inaugural NCAA Women’s Wrestling Championships. The report is from a March 24, 2025, videoconference.

Although this is not final, the committee suggested that the 2026 NCAA Women’s Wrestling Championships include 21 qualifiers per weight (210 total) with a maximum of one qualifier per school. 

Click here for the full NCAA report. 

This starkly contrasts the 2025 National Collegiate Women’s Wrestling Championships, which included 32 wrestlers per weight (320 total) and a maximum of 15 qualifiers per team. 

The committee recommends seven regional tournaments, allowing three wrestlers per region to qualify for the NCAA Championships.

All three Divisions (I, II, and III) currently compete at the NCAA Women’s Wrestling Championships. Here is the current breakdown of teams per division.

D1: 5
D2: 34
D3: 68

Teams that qualified multiple wrestlers per weight class will likely be affected, as each team can send only one wrestler to the NCAA Women’s Wrestling Championships.