Regional Alignment Presented at NWCA Convention Today
The NCAA Division III Wrestling Committee presented the following regional alignment to the coaches at the NWCA Convention today in Daytona Beach, Florida. Barring any changes, this is how the 108 teams competing this season will be arranged for the NCAA qualifying tournaments. Three regions remained unchanged, while three ended up with a net gain of teams to account for the gain of five new teams and loss of one (Hampden-Sydney). Defiance, Ohio Wesleyan, Wilmington, Pitt-Bradford, and Alfred State are new for 2018-2019, while Washington & Jefferson and Waynesburg are the two teams that are changing regions from Central to Southeast.
| Lower Midwest (17, no change) | Upper Midwest (17, no change) | Central (19, +1) |
| Augustana | Augsburg | Adrian |
| Buena Vista | Concordia Wisconsin | Alma |
| Central | Concordia-Moorhead | Baldwin Wallace |
| Coe | Eau Claire | CWRU |
| Cornell | Elmhurst | Defiance |
| Hungtingdon | La Crosse | Heidelberg |
| Loras | Lakeland | John Carroll |
| Luther | MSOE | Manchester |
| MacMurray | Oshkosh | Mount St. Joseph |
| Millikin | Pacific | Mount Union |
| Nebraska Wesleyan | Platteville | Muskingum |
| North Central | St. John’s | Ohio Northern |
| Simpson | St. Olaf | Ohio Wesleyan |
| University of Dubuque | Stevens Point | Olivet |
| University of the Ozarks | University of Chicago | Otterbein |
| Wartburg | Wheaton | Thomas More |
| Westminster | Whitewater | Trine |
| Wabash | ||
| Wilmington | ||
| Southeast (20, +2) | Mideast (18, +1) | Northeast (17, no change) |
| Averett | Alfred State | Bridgewater State |
| Delaware Valley | Brockport | Castleton |
| Ferrum | Centenary | Coast Guard |
| Gettysburg | Cortland | Johnson & Wales |
| Greensboro | Elizabethtown | New England College |
| Johns Hopkins | Hunter | Norwich |
| King’s | Ithaca | NYU |
| Lycoming | Keystone | Plymouth State |
| McDaniel | Merchant Marine | Rhode Island |
| Messiah | Mount St. Vincent | Roger Williams |
| Penn College | Muhlenberg | Southern Maine |
| Penn State Behrend | Oneonta | Springfield |
| Pitt-Bradford | Oswego | Trinity |
| Southern Virginia | RIT | Wesleyan |
| Thiel | Scranton | Western New England |
| Washington & Jefferson | Stevens | Williams |
| Washington & Lee | TCNJ | WPI |
| Waynesburg | Ursinus | |
| Wilkes | ||
| York |