2022 NCAA Preview: 157 lbs.
Rankings are from the February 18th NWCA Poll.
| Northeast 1 | 5. Lackman | Rhode Island |
| Northeast 2 | Furman | NYU |
| Northeast 3 | Chapman | Coast Guard |
| Mideast 1 | 1. Winters | RIT |
| Mideast 2 | Sacco | TCNJ |
| Mideast 3 | Johnson | NJCU |
| Southeast 1 | 10. Luth | Washington & Lee |
| Southeast 2 | 9. Barnhart | Messiah |
| Southeast 3 | 11. Hutchinson | York |
| Central 1 | Caprella | Ohio Northern |
| Central 2 | Reicosky | John Carroll |
| Central 3 | 15. Bleich | Baldwin Wallace |
| Lower Midwest 1 | 2. Hollingsworth | Wartburg |
| Lower Midwest 2 | 6. Smith | Loras |
| Lower Midwest 3 | 14. Anderson | Dubuque |
| Upper Midwest 1 | 4. Hertel | UW-La Crosse |
| Upper Midwest 2 | 8. Estevez | Chicago |
| Upper Midwest 3 | 3. Shilson | Augsburg |
Kaidon Winters cruised through the Mideast Region with four falls to give him a nation-leading 21 on the season and secure his lead in the latest Most Dominant standings. He remains undefeated in DIII. The third place finisher Jeff Johnson of New Jersey City gave the team its first ever qualifier. Johnson is on his third college stop after Sacred Heart and Rutgers.
NWCA DIII tournament champion David Hollingsworth won the Lower Midwest region in a convincing fashion, finishing it off with a 9-1 win over Zeke Smith of Loras. Hollingsworth took a couple of unexpected losses in the first half, but he has been rolling in 2022. Dubuque’s Zarik Anderson lost twice to Cervantes of North Central at the Concordia tournament but turned that around with a 10-1 win in the 3rd place match.
Things did not go quite according to seed at the Upper Midwest Region. Tyler Shilson had mostly rolled through his DIII competition, save a late season loss to Hollingsworth, and he defeated eventual region champ Nolan Hertel of UW-La Crosse at the end of January. Darian Estevez of Chicago kept the match in neutral and beat Shilson four takedowns to none to make the finals where Hertel made an escape and 3rd period rideout stand up in a 2-0 win.
Southeast champ Ryan Luth avenged a first week loss to Nick Barnhart in the regional finals. He and 3rd place finisher Eric Hutchinson qualified again for the tournament, though Luth’s chance to compete last time disappeared with the 2020 tournament. Nathan Lackman continued his undefeated season by winning the Northeast Region over Trent Furman, who we last saw in 2020 at 133 lbs. In the Central Region, 4th seeded Schuyler Caprella of ONU defeated top seed Stanley Bleich in the semis before taking a forfeit win over Reicosky in the finals. Bleich came back to get third and earn a third trip to the NCAA tournament.