NEWTOWN, Pa. (Men's Wrestling) – The 2026 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Men's Wrestling Championship is set for Saturday, Jan. 17 at 10:30 a.m. on the campus of Messiah University.
Admission at the gate is $10 for adults, $5 for senior citizens, and MAC students with a valid ID, children under the age of six with an adult, and admin with a valid MAC pass are free. Purchase your mobile tickets
here. Cash sales will be available on site.
Live results and video coverage will be available on the
championship central page. The entire championship will have live video coverage on
MACtv. Fans can download the "MACtv" application on Roku, FireTV, AppleTV, AndroidTV from their smartTVs, and from their mobile devices on Apple iOS and Android.
The brackets will be released after weigh-ins on Saturday morning prior to the start of the championship.
The 2026 MAC Men's Wrestling Championship merchandise is now available on
Athletic Solutions! Fans can order their MAC Championship gear and have it shipped directly to their homes. Available merchandise includes casual and performance t-shirts (short- and long-sleeve), sweatshirts, hoodies and more. There will be no merchandise sold at the site of competition.
The Stevens Institute of Technology Ducks were selected as the favorites in the MAC Men's Wrestling Pre-Championship Coaches' Poll conducted among the 10 conference men's wrestling coaches.
2026 MAC Men's Wrestling Pre-Championship Coaches' Poll
| Rank |
Team |
Points |
(1st Place Votes) |
| 1 |
Stevens |
78 |
(6) |
| 2 |
Messiah |
76 |
(4) |
| 3 |
Alvernia |
63 |
|
| 4 |
Arcadia |
52 |
|
| 5 |
Albright |
43 |
|
| 6 |
York |
38 |
|
| 7 |
Misericordia |
34 |
|
| 8 |
Eastern |
28 |
|
| 9 |
King's |
25 |
|
| 10 |
Delaware Valley |
13 |
|
Stevens will look to win its fifth MAC Men's Wrestling Championship in program history. The Ducks finished third in 2025, finishing behind runner-up Messiah and reigning champs of Alvernia who claimed their first championship in program history.
Heading into this year's championship, two teams are currently ranked in the NWCA Division III Tournament Team Rankings including Stevens (7) and Arcadia (11).
As of Jan. 9, a total of 12 conference wrestlers are currently nationally ranked across 10 weight classes by the NWCA, including:
| 125 |
Malik Asfour, Eastern (No. 6) |
| 135 |
Jacob Blair, Arcadia (No. 1) |
| 141 |
Nico Diaz, Stevens (No. 3) |
| 149 |
Cole Handlovic, Stevens (No. 4) |
| 157 |
Ryan Smith, Stevens (No. 6) and Trent Mahoney, Albright (No. 8) |
| 165 |
Keegan Demarest, Messiah (No. 8) |
| 174 |
Zach Needles, Messiah (No. 11) |
| 184 |
Austin Brass, Messiah (No. 8) and Noah MacIlroy, Stevens (No. 13) |
| 197 |
Josh Stahl, York (No. 10) and Tuck Seidel, Messiah (No. 11) |
| 285 |
Logan Flynn, Arcadia (No. 5) |
It is the 79th MAC Wrestling Championship dating back to the first championship in 1936. There was no championship from 1944-46 due to World War II, and from 2007-13 the MAC did not sponsor wrestling. The 2019 (Winter Storm Harper) and 2021 (COVID-19) championship were both canceled.
Delaware Valley University and Lycoming College lead all current and former conference members with 15 conference wrestling team titles each. The Aggies won four-straight (2002-06) titles. The only other teams to claim that many consecutive titles was former MAC member Gettysburg College from 1949-55 and Stevens from 2020-2024. Delaware Valley leads all schools with 113 individual MAC titles, while Messiah has 45 and King's has 19.