EVANSTON, Ill. -- The 2010 Midlands Tournament Committee has announced the top contenders for the annual event, which takes place at Northwestern University on Dec. 29-30. Although the final seeding for Midlands may extend beyond the top eight at each weight class, the pretournament contenders reflect only the top eight wrestlers and are subject to change. Final seeding for the event will be determined on Tuesday, Dec. 28. In the field at this year's Midlands are 97 nationally ranked competitors, including four ranked No. 1 in the country at their weight class and five more ranked No. 2. (Source: Dec. 21 AWN Rankings) Weight-by-Weight Top Midlands Contenders 125: 1. Matt McDonough, Iowa 2. Brandon Precin, Northwestern 3. James Nicholson, Old Dominion 4. Jarrod Patterson, Oklahoma 5. Alan Waters, Missouri 6. Ryan Mango, Stanford 7. Joe Langel, Rutgers 8. Frank Lomas, Cal-Bakersfield --Other Contenders-- Anthony Zanetta, Pittsburgh Ryak Finch, Iowa State (Unattached) Thomas Williams, American Derek Reber, Bucknell 133: 1. Tyler Graff, Wisconsin 2. BJ Futrell, Illinois 3. Filip Novachkov, Cal Poly 4. Tony Ramos, Iowa 5. Kyle Hutter, Old Dominion 6. Scotti Sentes, Central Michigan 7. Levi Mele, Northwestern 8. Justin Paulsen, Stanford --Other Contenders-- Frank Cagnina, Lehigh Jose Mendoza, Cal State Bakersfield Jordan Keller, Oklahoma Nate Moore, Iowa Jimmy Kirchner, Rider Cashé Quiroga, Purdue 141: 1. Jimmy Kennedy, Illinois 2. Zack Bailey, Oklahoma 3. Boris Novachkov, Cal Poly 4. Tyler Nauman, Pittsburgh 5. Mark Ballweg, Iowa 6. Chris Drouin, Iowa State 7. Todd Schravrien, Missouri 8. Kaleb Friedley, Northwestern --Other Contenders-- Elijah Nacita, Cal State Bakersfield Mike Koehnlein, Nebraska John Kohler, Maryland Matt Mariacher, American Tristen DeShazer, Northern Illinois Trevor Melde, Rutgers Jon Kohler, Maryland Kenny Jordan, Adams State 149: 1. Kevin LeValley, Bucknell 2. Andrew Nadhir, Northwestern 3. Corey Jantzen, Harvard 4. Ganbayar Sanjaa, American 5. Mario Mason, Rutgers 6. Eric Terrazas, Illinois 7. Cole Schmitt, Wisconsin 8. Nate Carr Jr, Iowa State --Other Contenders-- Joey Napoli, Lehigh Nick Fisher, Cal-Poly Zac Cibula, Rider Dan Osterman, Michigan State Nick Lester, Oklahoma Kyle Bradley, Missouri 157: 1. Steve Fittery, American 2. Jake Patacsil, Central WC 3. Jason Welch, Northwestern 4. Derek St. John, Iowa 5. Walter Peppelman, Harvard 6. Matt Lester, Oklahoma 7. James Fleming, Clarion 8. Bryan Deutsch, Northern Illinois --Other Contenders-- David Cheza, Michigan State Darrel Cocozzo, Rutgers Barrett Abel, Cal Poly Kyle John, Maryland Trent Weatherman, Iowa State Andrew Balch, Cal State Bakersfield 165: 1. Andrew Howe, Wisconsin 2. Jordan Burroughs, Nebraska 3. Josh Asper, Maryland 4. Scott Winston, Rutgers 5. Zach Toal, Missouri 6. Andrew Sorenson, Iowa State 7. Jake Kerr, Iowa 8. Ryan DesRoches, Cal Poly --Other Contenders-- Brandon Hatchett, Lehigh Trevor Hall, Cal State Bakersfield Mike Miller, Central Michigan Brian Cobb, RoadRunner WC Jim Resnick, Rider Chase Nelson, Oklahoma Ethan Headlee, Pittsburgh Conrad Polz, Illinois 174: 1. Jon Reader, Iowa State 2. Nick Amuchastegui, Stanford 3. Ben Bennett, Central Michigan 4. Tyler Caldwell, Oklahoma 5. Mike Letts, Maryland 6. Jordan Blanton, Illinois 7. Dorian Henderson, Missouri 8. Alex Caruso, Rutgers Â--Other Contenders-- Austin Meys, Lehigh Rob Morrison, Rider Ben Jordan, Wisconsin Ethan Lofthouse, Iowa Caleb Kolb, Nebraska Brian Roddy, Northwestern 184: 1. Grant Gambrall, Iowa 2. Robert Hamlin, Lehigh 3. Travis Rutt, Wisconsin 4. Josh Ihnen, Nebraska 5. Erich Schmidtke, Oklahoma 6. Tony Dallago, Illinois 7. Ian Hinton, Michigan State 8. Aaron Jones, Northwestern --Other Contenders-- Mike Larson, Missouri Ryan Loder, Northern Iowa Max Thomusseit, Pittsburgh Corey Peltier, Maryland Lee Munster, Northwestern (Unattached) 197: 1. Trevor Brandvold, Wisconsin 2. Zac Thomusseit, Pittsburgh 3. Jerome Ward, Iowa State 4. Luke Lofthouse, Iowa 5. Joe Kennedy, Lehigh 6. Riley Orozco, Cal State Bakersfield 7. Daniel Mitchell, American 8. Brent Haynes, Missouri --Other ContendersÂ-- Alex Thomas, Clarion Mario Gonzalez, Illinois John Schoen, Northwestern Jay Hahn, Bucknell Ryan Smith, Cal-Poly Keldrick Hall, Oklahoma Andy Johnson, Nebraska Tyler Smith, Rider 285: 1. Zach Rey, Lehigh 2. Ryan Tomei, Pittsburgh 3. D.J. Russo, Rutgers 4. Ryan Flores, American 5. Dom Bradley, Missouri 6. Tucker Lane, Nebraska 7. Jarod Trice, Central Michigan 8. Nathan Fernandez, Oklahoma --Other Contenders-- Eric Bugenhagen, Wisconsin Christian Brantley, Northern Iowa Mike McClure, Michigan State Blake Rasing, Iowa Kyle Simonson, Iowa State Atticus Disney, Cal Poly Mike McMullan, Northwestern (Unattached) David Morgan, Cal State Bakersfield David Wade, Eastern Michigan