1942 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

98recorded matches

Individual champions

1942 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	Bill Maxwell	Michigan State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
145	David Arndt	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
155	Vernon Logan	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	Loyd Arms	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1942 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Oklahoma State all-time	31
2	Michigan State all-time	26
3	Penn State all-time	10
4	Michigan all-time	8
T5	Kent State (OH) all-time	7
T5	Navy (MD) all-time	7
T5	Purdue (IN) all-time	7
T8	Illinois all-time	6
T8	Pennsylvania all-time	6
10	Northern Iowa all-time	5
11	Cornell College (IA) all-time	4
T12	Kansas State all-time	2
T12	Nebraska all-time	2
14	Princeton (NJ) all-time	1
Not in the published standings
15*	Alfred State (NY) all-time	0*
15*	Denver (CO) all-time	0*
15*	Illinois State all-time	0*
15*	Iowa State all-time	0*
15*	Ohio all-time	0*
15*	Rutgers (NJ) all-time	0*
15*	San Jose State (CA) all-time	0*
15*	Wesleyan (CT) all-time	0*
15*	Wyoming all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1942 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.