Indianapolis – The NCAA Division I Wrestling Committee has announced the pre- allocation spots for the 2026 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships.
Each qualifying tournament was awarded pre-allocations to the national tournament based on regular season performance by conference wrestlers through February 23.  The pre-allocations were determined by using a sliding scale of the three standards, win percentage, coaches' rank, and RPI ranking; while never going below the base of .700 winning percentage, top 30 coaches' ranking and top 30 RPI ranking until reaching the maximum of 29 wrestlers per weight class.
 
For each wrestler that reached the threshold in at least two of the three categories, his conference tournament was awarded a qualifying spot in that weight class.  Each conference is awarded a minimum of one automatic qualification per weight class, which will go to the tournament champion, even if they did not have any wrestlers reach at least two of the three thresholds.  NCAA championship spots for each qualifying event will be awarded at conference tournaments based solely on place-finish.
 
Ryan Burgos ranks 27^th at 165 in the coaches' rankings and 16^th in RPI with an 18-5 overall record. McGill is 16^th in the coaches' rankings and 24^th in RPI with a 13-2 record. Michaels was 25^th in RPI at 149 and has an 18-7 overall record and has won nine matches in a row.
 
The MAC allocations are below:
125- 2
133- 4
141- 2
149- 4
157- 4
165- 2
174- 2
184- 3
197- 2
285- 2