2018 Region Performance
| Region | All-Americans | Team Points | Champions |
| Lower Midwest | 20 | 270.5 | 3 |
| Upper Midwest | 19 | 270 | 3 |
| Mideast | 15 | 228.5 | 1 |
| Northeast | 11 | 129.5 | 1 |
| Central | 9 | 140 | 2 |
| Southeast | 6 | 74.5 | 0 |
2018 All-Americans (unseeded in italics, 19 total)
| 125 | 165 | |||
| 1st | Jay Albis of Johnson & Wales (RI) | 1st | Lucas Jeske of Augsburg | |
| 2nd | Carlos Fuentez of Wheaton (IL) | 2nd | Nick Velez of Ithaca | |
| 3rd | Mike Tortorice of Wis.-Whitewater | 3rd | Anthony Arroyo of Baldwin Wallace | |
| 4th | Jonathan Haas of Brockport | 4th | Frank Aiello of Wheaton (IL) | |
| 5th | Nick Mancini of Mount Union | 5th | Nick Remke of Coast Guard | |
| 6th | Clarren Pestano of Central (IA) | 6th | Jeff Hojnacki of Messiah | |
| 7th | Ferdinand Mase of Ithaca | 7th | Ben Hewson of Cornell College | |
| 8th | Christopher Doyle of Baldwin Wallace | 8th | Mike Ross of Wartburg | |
| 133 | 174 | |||
| 1st | Brock Rathbun of Wartburg | 1st | Jairod James of Mount Union | |
| 2nd | Sam Bennyhoff of Augsburg | 2nd | Jon Goetz of Wis.-Platteville | |
| 3rd | Troy Stanich of Stevens | 3rd | Eric Devos of Wartburg | |
| 4th | Austin Sisco of SUNY Oneonta | 4th | Darden Schurg of Wabash | |
| 5th | Anthony Munoz of Elmhurst | 5th | Ben Swarr of Messiah | |
| 6th | Joao Vicente of Johnson & Wales (RI) | 6th | Sawyer Massie of Wis.-La Crosse | |
| 7th | Owen McClave of Coast Guard | 7th | Tanner Vassar of Augsburg | |
| 8th | Brenden Velez of Delaware Valley | 8th | Jake Voss of Coe | |
| 141 | 184 | |||
| 1st | Ben Brisman of Ithaca | 1st | Jordan Newman of Wis.-Whitewater | |
| 2nd | Brett Kaliner of Stevens | 2nd | Tyler Lutes of Wartburg | |
| 3rd | Chris Williams of Millikin | 3rd | Jake Ashcraft of Ithaca | |
| 4th | Joseph Ghione of Elizabethtown | 4th | John Boyle of Western New Eng. | |
| 5th | Josh Martin of Cornell College | 5th | Christos Giatras of Augustana (IL) | |
| 6th | Brendan Ladd of Alma | 6th | Dan Squires of Wis-Stevens Point | |
| 7th | Jimmy Mcauliffe of Elmhurst | 7th | Keajion Jennings of Millikin | |
| 8th | Joseph Ferinde of Johnson & Wales (RI) | 8th | Khamri Thomas of Johnson & Wales (RI) | |
| 149 | 197 | |||
| 1st | Cross Cannone of Wartburg | 1st | Kyle Fank of Wartburg | |
| 2nd | Gregory Warner of York (PA) | 2nd | Guy Patron of Loras | |
| 3rd | Austin Bethel of Wabash | 3rd | Wesley Schultz of Wis.-La Crosse | |
| 4th | Evan Drill of NYU | 4th | Andrew Holladay of Coe | |
| 5th | Alex Wilson of Augsburg | 5th | Etiini Udott of Centenary (NJ) | |
| 6th | Sean Peacock of Brockport | 6th | Triston Engle of Brockport | |
| 7th | Bradan Birt of Millikin | 7th | Dylan Diebitz of Wis-Stevens Point | |
| 8th | Trevor Corl of Lycoming | 8th | Devon Carrillo of Wesleyan (CT) | |
| 157 | 285 | |||
| 1st | Ryan Epps of Augsburg | 1st | Jake Evans of Waynesburg | |
| 2nd | Logan Thomsen of Wartburg | 2nd | James Bethel of SUNY Oneonta | |
| 3rd | Cole Erickson of Coe | 3rd | Isaiah Bellamy of Wesleyan (CT) | |
| 4th | Zach Wilhelm of Stevens | 4th | Lance Evans of Wartburg | |
| 5th | Mark Choinski of Wis.-Oshkosh | 5th | Jake O`Brien of Ithaca | |
| 6th | Kevin Edwards of Messiah | 6th | Konrad Ernst of Wis.-La Crosse | |
| 7th | Raymond Jazikoff of NYU | 7th | Austin Bellile of MSOE | |
| 8th | Kyle Hatch of Wabash | 8th | Tyler Ortmann of Cornell College |
There are currently 80 Division I programs , with 32 wrestlers making it to nationals. 40% of all Di wrestlers get tournament experience. At the D2 level, there are 53 teams, 16 make the tournament /weight- 30%. D3 currently has 104 programs , with 6 more coming next year. Currently that figures to roughly 17% of the D3 wrestlers competing at the national level. Some increase would certainly seem warranted. Taking the top 4, and maybe even 5 would give more wrestlers a chance to gain national level experience. I understand there are financial and logistical reasons for the current number of participants. Tweaking the regional assignments was a good start. But if we want to continue to grow the programs, increase popularity, stimulate interest on the local level of the schools, I think increasing the total number of wrestlers /weight class should be considered.
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