1941 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

160recorded matches

Individual champions

1941 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
121	Merle Jennings	Michigan State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
128	Burl 'Bo' Jennings	Michigan State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
136	Al Whitehurst	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
145	David Arndt	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
155	Earl VanBebber	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
165	Virgil Smith	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
175	Dick DiBatista	Pennsylvania all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Leonard 'Butch' Levy	Minnesota all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1941 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Oklahoma State all-time	37
2	Michigan State all-time	26
3	Minnesota all-time	12
4	Yale (CT) all-time	8
T5	Appalachian State (NC) all-time	7
T5	Kent State (OH) all-time	7
T5	Wisconsin all-time	7
T8	Kansas State all-time	6
T8	Pennsylvania all-time	6
T10	Franklin & Marshall (PA) all-time	5
T10	Iowa all-time	5
T10	Northern Iowa all-time	5
T13	Illinois all-time	3
T13	Iowa State all-time	3
T13	Lafayette (PA) all-time	3
T13	Penn State all-time	3
T17	Dubuque (IA) all-time	2
T17	Michigan all-time	2
T17	Ohio State all-time	2
T17	Temple (PA) all-time	2
T21	Rutgers (NJ) all-time	1
T21	Springfield (MA) all-time	1
T21	Virginia Military all-time	1
T21	Wyoming all-time	1
Not in the published standings
21*	Cornell College (IA) all-time	1*
24*	City College (NY) all-time	0*
24*	Colorado State all-time	0*
24*	Harvard (MA) all-time	0*
24*	Idaho all-time	0*
24*	Indiana (IN) all-time	0*
24*	Lehigh (PA) all-time	0*
24*	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	0*
24*	Nebraska all-time	0*
24*	Northern Colorado all-time	0*
24*	Princeton (NJ) all-time	0*
24*	St. Lawrence (NY) all-time	0*
24*	Washington & Lee (VA) all-time	0*
24*	West Virginia all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1941 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.