College Wrestling Tournaments (Invites/Opens) '26-'27 NJCAA, NAIA, NCAA D3, NCAA D2, NCAA D1

 First off, a huge thank you to Britt "The Seton Hall Pirate" Malinsky for the years and years of hard work he did providing us with the best upcoming duals & tournaments season after season.   He has decided not to do this anymore & I can understand why.  It's a LOT of work.  

I've done my best to compile all of the best tournaments (Invites/Opens) for the season.  I know I'm probably missing some.  Feel free to fill in the blanks. This is what I have thus far. 

NJCAA 

Sat Nov 7th - Viking Open (Hosted by Carl Albert State)

Sat Nov 7th - Yellow Jacket Open (Hosted by Rochester Tech) 

Sun Nov 22nd - Spokane Open (Hosted by North Idaho) 

Sun Dec 6th - Clackamas Open 

Sun Dec 13th -  Art Kraft Memorial (Hosted by Triton) 

No Word yet on the Battle of the Helmet (Hosted by NIACC) or the Golden Norsemen (hosted by NEO) 

As to the Qualifiers....

Not much is out yet, but I know that the North Central District will be hosted by Iowa Central, the South Central District will be hosted by NEO & the Plains District will be hosted by Northeastern CC. 

NAIA

Sat Oct 31st - Friends Falcon Invitational

Sat Oct 31st - Pepsi Patriot Open (Hosted by Cumberlands)

Sat Nov 7th - Dakota Wesleyan Open

Sat Nov 7th - Georgia Open (Hosted by Life) 

Sat Nov 14th - Grand View Open

Sat Nov 21st - Lucha Open (Hosted by Life) 

Sat Dec 5th - Oppenheim Open (Hosted by Doane)

Fri Jan 22nd-Sat Jan 23rd - The Missouri Valley Invitational 

*NOTE* - I don't believe Embry Riddle will host the Mile High Open this year. 

As to the Qualifiers....

No word on Sooner Athletic Conference yet.  I don't even know if we're going to have a Appalachian Athletic Conference tournament this year.  

Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference will be held on Sat Feb 13th, hosted by Defiance. 

Mid South Conference will be on Thursday Feb 18th & held in Bowling Green, Kentucky

All of the following will be held on Fri Feb 19th & Sat Feb 20th...

Heart of America - William Penn

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference - Friends 

Cascade Collegiate Conference - Embry-Riddle 

Great Plains Athletic Conference - Held in Sioux City, not sure if Briar Cliff or Morningside or a co-host

Southern States Athletic Conference - Held in Montgomery, Alabama. 

NCAA Division III

Sun Nov 1st - Luther Hill Open (Hosted by Simpson) 

Sat Nov 7th - Pointer Open (Hosted by UW-Stevens Point) 

Sat Nov 7th - Messiah Invite

Sat Nov 7th - Ned McGinley Invite (Hosted by Wilkes) 

Sat Nov 7th - Mount Union Invitational

Sat Nov 7th - Trine Open 

Sat Nov 7th - Muskie Scramble (Hosted by Lakeland) 

Fri Nov 6th-Sat Nov 7th - Ithaca Invitational 

Sat Nov 14th - Racich Rumble (Hosted by Ursinus) 

Sat Nov 14th - Millikin Invite

Sat Nov 14th - Bob Del Rosa Open (Hosted by CWRU) 

Sat Nov 14th - Luther Open 

Sat Nov 14th - Roger Williams Invite 

Sat Nov 21st - Wilkes Invitational

Sat Nov 21st - The New York States (not sure who is hosting this year) 

Sat Nov 21st - Concordia-Wisconsin Invite 

Sat Nov 21st - Baldwin Wallace Invite 

Sat Nov 21st - Doug Parker Invite (hosted by Springfield) 

Sat Nov 21st - Coe Invitational 

Sat Nov 21st - Augsburg Invitational 

Sun Nov 22nd - Keystone Classic 

Fri Dec 4th-Sat Dec 5th - Petrofes (Hosted by Messiah)

Sat Dec 5th-Sun Dec 6th - New Standard (Hosted by York (PA) 

Sat Dec 5th - Ted Reese Invite (Hosted by Southern Maine) 

Sat Dec 5th - R.I.T. Invite 

Sat Dec 5th - Milwaukee School of Engineering Invite

Sat Dec 5th - Blue Jay Classic (Hosted by Elizabethtown) 

Sat Dec 5th - Ohio Northern Invite

Sat Dec 12th - North Central Invitational 

Sat Jan 2nd - Under Armour Invite) - (Hosted by Central) 

Sat Jan 2nd - Jim Crytzer Open (Hosted by Washington & Lee) 

Sun Jan 3rd - Williams Open

Sun Jan 10th - Mat Cat Open (Hosted by Linfield) 

Sat Jan 16th - Spartan Mat Classic (Hosted by Manchester) 

Sat Jan 16th - Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (Not sure on host)  

Sat Jan 16th - Cliff Keen Mike Duroe (Hosted by Cornell) 

Sat Jan 23rd - SUNY-Athletic Conference (Not sure on host) 

Fri Jan 29th-Sat Jan 30th - Pete Wilson Invite (Hosted by Wheaton) 

Sat Jan 30th - Loras Open

Sat Feb 6th - John Summa Invite (Hosted Baldwin Wallace) 

Sat Feb 6th - Don Parker Open (Hosted by UW-Eau Claire)

Sat Feb 13th - Midstates Invite (Not sure on host) 

Sat Feb 13th - Centennial Conference (Not sure on host) 

Sat Feb 13th - Old Dominion Athletic Conference (Not sure on host) 

Sat Feb 13th - Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (Hosted by UW-La Crosse)

Sat Feb 13th - Collegiate Conference of Illinois/Wisconsin (Hosted by Augustana (ILL) ) 

**Note** - Little States & Scott Viera, no info yet 


As to the Qualifiers....

Not sure on R4 or R7 yet...

R1 will be hosted by Springfield

R2 Will be hosted by either Lycoming or Penn Tech 

R3 will be hosted by York (PA) 

R5 Will be hosted by Wabash 

R6 Will be hosted by either Loras or Dubuque 

NCAA Division II 

Sun Nov 1st - Pioneer Open (Hosted by Glenville State) 

Sun Nov 7th - Menlo Open

Sun Nov 1st - East Stroudsburg Open 

Sun Nov 7th - P.J. Smith Classic (Hosted by UNC-Pembroke) 

Sun Nov 15th - Drury Open

Sun Nov 15th - King Open 

Sun Nov 21st - Shorty Hitchcock Invite (Hosted by Millersville) 

Sun Nov 21st - Yunes Hospitality Invite (Hosted by Nebraska-Kearney) 

Sat Dec 5th - Jim Koch Open (Hosted by UW-Parkside) 

Sat Dec 6th - Bob Smith Open (Hosted by Fort Hays State) 

Sat Dec 5th - Dragon Open (Hosted by Minnesota State Moorhead) 

Sat Dec 19th-Sun Dec 20th - Midwest Classic (Hosted by Indianapolis) 

Sat Jan 2nd - Fairmont State Open 

Fri Jan 8th - Western Colorado State Open 

Sun Jan 17th - Denker Open (Hosted by Central Missouri Open) 

Sun Jan 30th - Great-Midwest Athletic Conference (Not sure on host) 

Fri Dec 11th - Mountain East Conference (Not sure on host) 

As to Qualifiers....

All will be held on Sat Feb 27th 

SR1 - Hosted by Millersville
SR2 - Hosted by Montevallo 
SR3 - Hosted by Grand Valley State 
SR4 - Hosted by Indianapolis 
SR5 - Hosted by Northern State
SR6 - Hosted by Nebraska-Kearney 


NCAA Division I

Sun Nov 8th - Princeton Open

Sun Nov 1st - Southeast Open (Hosted by Virginia Tech) 

Sun Nov 1st - Navy Classic

Sun Nov 1st - Clarion Open 

Sun Nov 8th - Daktronics (Hosted by South Dakota State) 

Sun Nov 22nd - Big Red Invite (Hosted by Cornell) 

Sun Nov 29th - Mat Town I (Hosted by Lock Haven) 

Fri Dec 4th - Sat Dec 5th - Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational 

Sun Dec 6th - Cougar Clash (Hosted by SIUE) 

Mon Dec 21st - RENO 

Tue Dec 29th - Wed Dec 30th - The Midlands (Hosted by Northwestern) 

Sat Jan 2nd-Sun Jan 3rd - The Soldier Salute (Hosted by Iowa) 

Fri Jan 8th - Lehman Open (Hosted by Franklin & Marshall) 

**NOTE** - I don't think we're getting a Bison Open This year

**NOTE** - No word on Cyclone Invite, Michigan State Open, Black Knight Open, Better Way, Kent State Holiday Classic

As to Qualifiers...

I know that BIG 10's is Ohio State, SOCON will be hosted in Ashville, North Carolina, PAC-12's will be Little Rock & EIWA will be Army.  

No word on other conferences yet, although I'm pretty sure BIG 12's is still Tulsa, Oklahoma.