1940 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

Individual champions, team standings, and every recorded bout by weight. Placements are shown only where the record supports them.

8weights

8individual champions

133recorded matches

Individual champions

1940 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
121	Robert Antonacci	Indiana (IN) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
128	Harold Byrd	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final
136	Al Whitehurst	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
145	Harold Masem	Lehigh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
155	Vernon Logan	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
165	Gene Grenard	Colorado State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
175	Don Nichols	Michigan all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	George Downes	Ohio State all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1940 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Oklahoma State all-time	24
2	Indiana (IN) all-time	14
3	Michigan all-time	10
T4	Colorado State all-time	7
T4	Lehigh (PA) all-time	7
T4	Ohio State all-time	7
T7	Minnesota all-time	6
T7	Northern Iowa all-time	6
T9	Iowa State all-time	5
T9	Oklahoma all-time	5
T11	Franklin & Marshall (PA) all-time	4
T11	Illinois all-time	4
T13	Kansas State all-time	2
T13	Kent State (OH) all-time	2
T15	Dubuque (IA) all-time	1
T15	Lafayette (PA) all-time	1
T15	Michigan State all-time	1
T15	Purdue (IN) all-time	1
T15	Southwestern Oklahoma all-time	1
T15	Syracuse (NY) all-time	1
T15	Temple (PA) all-time	1
Not in the published standings
21*	Appalachian State (NC) all-time	0*
21*	City College (NY) all-time	0*
21*	Cornell College (IA) all-time	0*
21*	Denver (CO) all-time	0*
21*	Harvard (MA) all-time	0*
21*	Nebraska all-time	0*
21*	Northwestern (IL) all-time	0*
21*	Ohio all-time	0*
21*	Penn State all-time	0*
21*	Rutgers (NJ) all-time	0*
21*	San Jose State (CA) all-time	0*
21*	St. Lawrence (NY) all-time	0*
21*	Washington & Lee (VA) all-time	0*
21*	West Virginia all-time	0*
21*	Wyoming all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1940 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.