2012 vs. 2013 Qualifier Comparison
See the chart below for a comparison of qualifiers according to the old conference system. The two changes from last year are the implementation of the Regional qualifying system and the addition of 10 qualifiers to bring the total up to 180.
| 2012 Qualifiers | 2013 Qualifiers | Net Change | |
| Centennial | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Empire | 17 | 19 | 2 |
| Great Lakes | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Iowa | 32 | 29 | -3 |
| Metro | 21 | 27 | 6 |
| Midwest | 12 | 13 | 1 |
| New England | 14 | 18 | 4 |
| Ohio | 11 | 9 | -2 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | 20 | 2 |
| Total | 170 | 180 | 10 |
Here is a list of the 20 wrestlers who appeared in the final pre-region d3wrestle.com Top Ten who did not qualify for the 2013 NCAA Championships in the format of Name (School, 2013 Region, 2012 Conference). Wrestlers in italics did not compete in the regionals. Wrestlers in bold were 2012 All-Americans. If I have missed anyone, please note it in the comments.
- 125 #5 Rice (Hunter, East, Metro)
- 133 #5 Herr (TCNJ, East, Metro), #6 Mendoza (Wilkes, East, Metro), #7 Steger (Loras, Central, Iowa)
- 141 #6 Black (MSJ, Mideast, Midwest), #8 Bistis (Cortland, Northeast, Empire)
- 149 #7 Pederson (Olivet, Midwest, Midwest)
- 157 #5 Savenok (Wheaton, Midwest, Great Lakes), #6 Brenon (Ithaca, Northeast, Empire), #9 Jasinski (Ursinus, East, Centennial)
- 165 #8 Rice (NYU, East, Centennial)
- 174 #3 Dufresne (Centenary, East, Metro), #5 Balderas (Elmhurst, Midwest, Great Lakes)
- 184 #7 Beckwith (Cortland, Northeast, Empire), #8 Holm (Olivet, Midwest, Midwest), #9 Einerson (Dubuque, Central, Iowa)
- 197 #5 Wozniak (Stevens Point, Midwest, Wisconsin), #10 Horner (Coe, Central, Iowa)
- 285 #4 Burkle (Coe, Central, Iowa), #10 Robinson (Alma, Midwest, Midwest)