2022 NCAA Preview: 141 lbs.
Rankings are from the February 18th NWCA Poll.
| Northeast 1 | 8. Brown | Johnson & Wales |
| Northeast 2 | 6. Rossetti | Williams |
| Northeast 3 | Rodriguez | Castleton |
| Mideast 1 | Difrancescantonio | TCNJ |
| Mideast 2 | Jones | Ithaca |
| Mideast 3 | Pena | Centenary |
| Southeast 1 | 5. Slendorn | Stevens |
| Southeast 2 | 10. Gehr | Messiah |
| Southeast 3 | 14. Woody | Averett |
| Central 1 | 1. James | Mount Union |
| Central 2 | 11. Reed | Ohio Northern |
| Central 3 | Uribe | Wabash |
| Lower Midwest 1 | 4. Terukina | Wartburg |
| Lower Midwest 2 | 3. Estrada | North Central |
| Lower Midwest 3 | Henderson | Coe |
| Upper Midwest 1 | 2. McAuliffe | Elmhurst |
| Upper Midwest 2 | 7. Stuhl | Augsburg |
| Upper Midwest 3 | 9. Sato | UW-Eau Claire |
Jordin James returns to try to win a title at 141 to go along with his 133 championship from 2019. He is the only returning NCAA champion in the tournament. He controlled a 6-1 victory over star freshman Jacob Reed of ONU in the regional final. If he wins in Iowa, he will become Mount Union’s first two-time champion.
Jimmy McAuliffe won the NWCA DIII tournament last season, and he was an NCAA placewinner way back in 2018. Four years later, he looks to ascend the podium again. He won a tough Upper Midwest Region that had two other top-ten wrestlers qualify in Stuhl and Sato. He has only wrestled 15 matches this season, so we will see if a relative lack of activity makes a difference in March.
Zayren Terukina of Wartburg topped Javen Estrada of North Central to win the Lower Midwest. He outscored Estrada three takedowns to one to avenge a loss by fall in the Concordia final in November. In the Mideast, Kyle Slendorn beat Josiah Gehr for the third time this season. Both qualified for the second time; Gehr’s first was in 2019, and Slendorn made it in 2020. Woody, the third place finisher in the Southeast, will also make his second appearance at the NCAA tournament.
Hayden Brown turned around a loss from earlier in the season in the Northeast semis before beating former NCAA qualifier Joseph Rossetti in the finals to set himself up for a good seed in Cedar Rapids. James Rodriguez of Castleon will get his 50th match of the season at the national tournament, and he will eclipse that number if he wins a match. The Mideast went as planned with the top three seeds qualifying in that order.