The NAIA Championships are March 13-14 in Wichita, Kansas. Click here for tickets, the schedule, hotel information, and other relevant details.

Each team can send up to 12 wrestlers to nationals, and all 12 can score points. 

Hold on tight; explaining the NAIA qualification procedures is complicated and convoluted. Here is an explanation (difficult), or you can wait until after the tournaments to see who qualified (easy). The NAIA will announce the qualifiers on March 4 at 5 p.m. CT.

— 210 wrestlers qualify for the NAIA Championships through five conference championships.

— The top 17 wrestlers at each weight in the final NAIA poll (released Feb. ) earn a bid for their conference. For example, the Mid-South conference might have five wrestlers at a weight in the top 17. That means placing in the top five earns a bid to nationals regardless of an individual’s ranking.

— Each conference receives six wild cards, determined by conference coaches after the tournament.

— 10 total national at-large bids are allocated after wild card bids. 

— Each conference champion earns a bid to nationals regardless of ranking. That means a wrestler outside the top 17 receives an automatic bid, potentially cutting down the number of at-large bids if the champion is outside the top 17. 

— If an athlete who earned a bid for her conference scratches from the conference tournament OR changes weight classes at registration OR does not make weight, the conference loses that bid. Athletes who miss weight are NOT allowed to change weight classes.

— 46 NAIA schools offer women’s wrestling. 

Click here for conference allocation information. 

The conference, location, competition date, and link to results for the 2026 Conference tournament are:

Mid-South Conference — Bowling Green, Kentucky, Friday, February 20 
Teams (13)
Brewton-Parker Christian University (Ga.)
Campbellsville University (Ky.)
Georgetown College (Ky.)
Indiana Tech (Ind.)
Life University (Ga.)
Lindsey Wilson University (Ky.)
Lourdes University (Ohio)
Midway University (Ky.)
Montreat College (N.C.)
Rochester Christian University (Mich.)
Siena Heights University (Mich.)
University of Rio Grande (Ohio)
University of the Cumberlands (Ky.)

Great Plains Athletic Conference  — Hastings, Nebraska, Saturday, February 28
Teams (6)
Dakota Wesleyan University (S.D.)
Doane University (Neb.)
Hastings College (Neb.)
Midland University (Neb.)
Morningside University (Iowa)
Waldorf University (Iowa)

Heart of America — Oskaloosa, Iowa, Saturday, February 28
Teams (10)
Baker University (Kan.)
Bismarck State College (N.D.)
Central Methodist University (Mo.)
Dickinson State University (N.D.)
Graceland University (Iowa)
Grand View University (Iowa)
Missouri Baptist University (Mo.)
Missouri Valley College (Mo.)
William Penn University (Iowa)
William Woods University (Mo.)

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference/Sooner Athletic Conference — Wichita, Kansas, Friday, February 27
Teams (9)
Avila University (Mo.)
Central Christian College (Kan.)
Friends University (Kan.)
Oklahoma City University (Okla.)
Ottawa University (Kan.)
Texas Wesleyan University (Texas)
University of Saint Mary (Kan.)
Wayland Baptist University (Texas)
York University (Neb.)

Cascade Collegiate Conference — Ashland, Oregon, Sunday, March 1
Teams (8)
Arizona Christian University (Ariz.)
Eastern Oregon University (Ore.)
Hope International University (Calif.)
Simpson University (Calif.)
Southern Oregon University (Ore.)
The Evergreen State College (Wash.)
University of Providence (Mont.)
Westcliff University (Calif.)