NCAA Field Expanded to 180
In the monthly Division III Championships News for May, it was announced that the 2013 NCAA field will be expanded from 170 to 180 participants. Additionally, all teams will take part in one of six NCAA regions from which the top three at each weight will qualify. There will no longer be wildcards and each weight will have 18 qualifiers. This changes has been in discussion for quite awhile, and you will find below the proposed distribution of teams by region. The final alignment has not been formally announced, so this listing is preliminary and subject to change.
From the Division III Championships News – May 2012:
Wrestling
- Update: Effective with the 2012-13 academic year, the championships format will include six NCAA-sponsored regional qualifying tournaments and 180 qualifiers selected to the championships.
- Future Host Opportunity – Bid materials to host regional qualifying tournaments are now available. Bids must be submitted by June 4.
Proposed Regional Alignments – This alignment does not include the College of Mount St. Vincent who will begin competition this season and will likely be in either the East or Northeast Region.
West | Central | Midwest |
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Augsburg | Augustana | Alma |
Concordia Moorhead | Buena Vista | Chicago |
Concordia Wisconsin | Central | Elmhurst |
Lakeland | Coe | Manchester |
Maranatha | Cornell | North Central |
MSOE | Dubuque | Olivet |
Pacific | Knox | Trine |
St. John | Loras | UW-La Crosse |
St. Olaf | Luther | UW-Stevens Point |
UW-Eau Claire | Simpson | UW-Whitewater |
UW-Oshkosh | Wartburg | Wabash |
UW-Platteville | Wheaton | |
East | Northeast | Mideast |
Centenary | Bridgewater State | Baldwin Wallace |
Delaware Valley | Coast Guard | Brockport |
Gettysburg | Cortland | Case |
Hunter | Ithaca | Elizabethtown |
Johns Hopkins | Johnson & Wales | Heidelberg |
King’s | Norwich | John Carroll |
McDaniel | Oneonta | Lycoming |
Merchant Marine | Oswego | Messiah |
Muhlenberg | Plymouth State | Mount St. Joseph |
NYU | Rhode Island | Mount Union |
Scranton | Roger Williams | Muskingum |
Stevens | Southern Maine | Ohio Northern |
TCNJ | Springfield | RIT |
Ursinus | Trinity | Thiel |
Washington & Lee | Wesleyan | Washington & Jefferson |
Wilkes | Western New England | Waynesburg |
Yeshiva | Williams | York |
Mount St. Vincent | WPI |