DALLAS - Championship Week begins this weekend at nine locations around the country. The road to earning on of the 490 qualifying spots in the NCWA Men's National Championships starts with the conference qualifiers, as all nine of the NCWA conferences are in action.

Listed below are the dates and times of each conference's postseason tournament, plus the amount of qualifying bids (previously released) each conference has as well as its total of wildcard berths. Qualifying bids are based in part by size of conference (total number of wrestlers) and the strength of conference (taken from the NCWA Power Rankings). Wild card bids are handled by each conference as they see fit and are typically given to the stronger weight classes for that particular conference.

Here is the NCWA's Championship Week schedule:

Great Lakes Conference
9 a.m. Saturday at Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Mich.
5 automatic berths per weight class + 6 wild cards (61 total qualifiers)

Great Plains Conference
10 a.m. Saturday at Wayne State College, Wayne, Neb.
3 automatic berths per weight class + 4 wild cards (37 total qualifiers)

Mid-Atlantic Conference
9 a.m. Saturday at LaHaye Center, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Va.
5 automatic berths per weight class + 11 wild cards (66 total qualifiers)

Mideast Conference
10 a.m. Saturday at Waynesboro Senior High School, Waynesboro, Pa.
(Penn State-Mont Alto is host)
5 automatic berths per weight class + 8 wild cards (63 total qualifiers)

Northeast Conference
9 a.m. Saturday at Whittemore Center, Univ. of New Hampshire, Durham, N.H.
5 automatic berths per weight class + 9 wild cards (64 total qualifiers)

Northwest Conference
9 a.m. Saturday at Grays Harbor College, Aberdeen, Wash.
4 automatic berths per weight class + 7 wild cards (51 total qualifiers)

Southeast Conference
9 a.m. Saturday at Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla.
4 automatic berths per weight class + 11 wild cards (55 total qualifiers)

Southwest Conference
9 a.m. Saturday at Pohl Rec Center, Univ. of North Texas, Denton, Texas
3 automatic berths per weight class + 5 wild cards (38 total qualifiers)

West Coast Conference
9 a.m. Saturday at Hurricane Middle School, Hurricane, Utah
4 automatic berths per weight class + 11 wild cards (55 total qualifiers)