Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference - Wrestling

The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference administers men’s wrestling within the NAIA collegiate system. The conference stages its championship meet, provides event information and live coverage, and recognises conference and national achievements by member athletes and teams. The 2026 KCAC Men’s Wrestling Championship was hosted by Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, on 21 February, with a full day of championship and consolation matches followed by finals and award presentations. Friends University won the 2025–26 KCAC men’s wrestling title. Friends wrestlers Braydon Pacheco and Cayleb Atkins received the conference’s postseason individual awards: Pacheco was Wrestler of the Year and Atkins Newcomer of the Year; both also became NAIA All-Americans at the national championship. In the final 2025–26 NAIA poll, Friends and the University of Saint Mary were ranked in the Top 20, while Ottawa and Avila received votes. The KCAC is an NAIA conference founded in 1890.