While the Mat Talk Online site is primarily a landing page for the podcast network and doesn't really post “news” in the traditional regard, I might as well go ahead and update the most recent list of Midlands contenders. Some rosters and entries have been updated and these will still change heading into the seeding meeting on December 28. This is updated as of December 26. There WILL be some changes even after this, so speculate away, here's the contender/pre-seed list as it stands now.

2014 Midlands Tournament Contenders

This list is subject to change and final seeds and brackets will come out Dec. 28th

Updated: Dec. 26, 7 p.m. Central

125:

1 Thomas Gilman, Iowa

2 Joey Dance, Virginia Tech

3 Josh Martinez, Air Force

4 Josh Rodriguez, North Dakota State

5 Brandon Jeske, Old Dominion

6 Kory Mines, Edinboro

7 Shayne Wireman, Eastern Michigan

8 Barlow McGhee, Missouri UNATT

9 Stevan Micic, Northwestern UNATT

10 Ryak Finch, Grand View

11 Gerald Huff, Adams State

12 Lucas Malmberg, Messiah College

133:

1 AJ Schopp, Edinboro

2 Jarrod Garnett, Lehigh Valley Athletic Club

3 Cory Clark, Iowa

4 Zane Richards, Illinois

5 Geoffrey Alexander, Maryland

6 Ryan Taylor, Wisconsin

7 Danny Sabatello, Purdue

8 Kevin Norstrem, Virginia Tech

9 Robert Deutsch, Rider

10 Caleb Richardson, U Penn

11 Ian Nickell, CSU Bakersfield

12 TBD based on entries

Dom Malone, Northwestern

Josh Alber, UNI UNATT

Jered Cortez, Illinois UNATT

141:

1 Mitchell Port, Edinboro

2 Devin Carter, Virginia Tech

3 Josh Dziewa, Iowa

4 Chris Mecate, Old Dominion

5 Todd Preston, Harvard

6 Shyheim Brown, Maryland

7 Mitch Bengston, North Dakota State

8 Stephen Rodrigues, Illinois

9 Alex Kocer, South Dakota State

10 Joey McKenna, Lehigh Valley Athletic Club

11 Brandon Wright, Grand View

12 Alfred Bannister, Maryland

Jesse Thielke, Wisconsin

Nick Lawrence, Purdue

Jordan Laster, Princeton

Chuck Zeisloft, Rider

Jameson Oster, Northwestern

149:

1 Jason Tsirtsis, Northwestern

2 David Habat, Edinboro

3 Brody Grothus, Iowa

4 Richard Durso, Franklin & Marshall UNATT

5 Brandon Sorensen, Iowa

6 Alexander Richardson, Old Dominion

7 CJ Cobb, U Penn

8 Adam Krop, Princeton

9 BJ Clagon, Rider

10 Laike Gardner, Lehigh UNATT

11 Sal Mastriani, Virginia Tech

12 Rylan Lubeck, Wisconsin

Kyle Langenderfer, Illinois

Kevin Birmingham, Davidson

Nick Barber, Eastern Michigan

Gustavo Martinez, Grand View

157:

1 Isaiah Martinez, Illinois

2 Cody Pack, South Dakota State

3 Markus Scheidel, Columbia

4 Justin Staudenmayer, Brown

5 Mike Kelly, Iowa

6 Chad Welsh, Rider

7 Brandon Zeerip, Eastern Michigan

8 Doug Welch, Purdue

9 Edwin Cooper, Iowa

10 Andrew Morse, Northern Illinois

11/12 TBD based on entries

165:

1 Isaac Jordan, Wisconsin

2 Taylor Walsh, Indiana

3 Nick Moore, Iowa

4 Pierce Harger, Northwestern

5 Jackson Morse, Illinois

6 Nestor Taffur, UNATT

7 Tristan Warner, Old Dominion

8 Adam Fierro, CSU Bakersfield

9 Jesse Stafford, Air Force

10 Jon Schleifer, Princeton

11 Connor Brennan, Rider

12 Pat Robinson, Purdue

Pat Smith, Minnesota

Connor McMahon, SIU-Edwardsville

174:

1 Mike Evans, Iowa

2 Zac Brunson, Illinois

3 Zach Epperly, Virginia Tech

4 Bryce Hammond, CSU Bakersfield

5 Kurtis Julson, North Dakota State

6 Alex Meyer, Iowa

7 Brock Gutches, Southern Oregon

8 Nate Jackson, Indiana

9 Burke Paddock, Iowa

10 John Sebastian, Northwestern UNATT

11 Chad Welch, Purdue

12 Connor Lefever, Wabash

184:

1 Lorenzo Thomas, U Penn

2 Jack Dechow, Old Dominion

3 Sammy Brooks, Iowa

4 Hayden Zillmer, North Dakota State

5 Ophir Bernstein, Brown

6 Vic Avery, Edinboro

7 Nikko Reyes, Illinois

8 Ricky Robertson, Wisconsin

9 Austin Gabel, Virginia Tech

10 Clint Morrison, Rider

11 Brett Harner, Princeton

12 Zach Hernandez, Columbia

Patrick Kissel, Purdue

Riley Lefever, Wabash

197:

1 Nathan Burak, Iowa UNATT

2 Alex Polizzi, Northwestern

3 Abram Ayala, Princeton

4 Braden Atwood, Purdue

5 Nathan Rotert, South Dakota State

6 Timmy McCall, Wisconin

7 Joe Rau, Minnesota Storm

8 Jared Haught, Virginia Tech

9 Lucas Sheridan, Indiana

10 Pat Downey, Iowa Central

11 Don McNeil, Rider

12 Shawn Scott, Northern Illinois

13 Jeff Koepke, Illinois

14 Vince Pickett, Edinboro

Kevin Beazley, Old Dominion

Anthony Abro, Eastern Michigan

Matt Williams, CSU Bakersfield

Canaan Bethea, U Penn

Shane Siefert, UW Whitewater

Frank Mattiace, U Penn UNATT

285:

1 Mike McMullan, Northwestern

2 Bobby Telford, Iowa

3 Connor Medbery, Wisconsin

4 Ty Walz, Virginia Tech

5 Evan Knutson, North Dakota State

6 Tyler Deuel, Binghamton

7 Jacob Henderson, Old Dominion

8 J.J. Everard, South Dakota State

9 Ray O’Donnell, Princeton

10 David Ng, Harvard

11 Garrett Ryan, Columbia

12 Brooks Black, Illinois

Marcus Malechek, Air Force

UPDATED DEC. 26