1955 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

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

10weights

10individual champions

224recorded matches

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Individual champions

verified bracket 115 lb, 123 lb, 130 lb, 137 lb, 147 lb, 157 lb, 167 lb, 177 lb, 191 lb, Unlimited lb.

1955 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
115	Terry McCann	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
123	Ed Peery	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
130	Myron Roderick	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
137	Larry Fornicola	Penn State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
147	Eddie Eichelberger	Lehigh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
157	Bill Weick	Northern Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Fred Davis	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Dan Hodge	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final
191	Peter Blair	Navy (MD) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Bill Oberly	Penn State all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1955 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Oklahoma State all-time	40
2	Penn State all-time	31
3	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	28
4	Oklahoma all-time	26
5	Lehigh (PA) all-time	25
6	Iowa all-time	24
7	Michigan all-time	23
8	Navy (MD) all-time	21
9	Illinois all-time	19
10	Colorado all-time	15
11	Northern Iowa all-time	14
12	West Virginia all-time	13
13	Cornell College (IA) all-time	11
14	Colorado State all-time	10
15	Michigan State all-time	9
16	Rutgers (NJ) all-time	8
17	Wisconsin all-time	7
T18	Indiana (IN) all-time	6
T18	Syracuse (NY) all-time	6
T20	Springfield (MA) all-time	5
T20	Temple (PA) all-time	5
T22	Army (NY) all-time	3
T22	Cornell (NY) all-time	3
T22	Cortland (NY) all-time	3
T22	Toledo (OH) all-time	3
T26	Hofstra (NY) all-time	2
T26	Nebraska all-time	2
T26	Oregon State all-time	2
T26	Purdue (IN) all-time	2
T26	Washington State all-time	2
T26	Wheaton (IL) all-time	2
T32	Harvard (MA) all-time	1
T32	Knox (IL) all-time	1
T32	Loyola (MD) all-time	1
T32	Ohio all-time	1
T32	San Jose State (CA) all-time	1
T32	Waynesburg (PA) all-time	1
T32	Wyoming all-time	1
Not in the published standings
37*	Auburn (AL) all-time	1*
37*	Franklin & Marshall (PA) all-time	1*
37*	Iowa State all-time	1*
37*	Kansas State all-time	1*
37*	Princeton (NJ) all-time	1*
44*	Baldwin Wallace (OH) all-time	0*
44*	City College (NY) all-time	0*
44*	Colgate (NY) all-time	0*
44*	Columbia (NY) all-time	0*
44*	Duke (NC) all-time	0*
44*	Ithaca (NY) all-time	0*
44*	Kent State (OH) all-time	0*
44*	Lafayette (PA) all-time	0*
44*	Lewis & Clark (OR) all-time	0*
44*	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	0*
44*	Maryland all-time	0*
44*	Merchant Marine Academy (NY) all-time	0*
44*	Millersville (PA) all-time	0*
44*	Minnesota-Mankato all-time	0*
44*	North Carolina all-time	0*
44*	Northern Colorado all-time	0*
44*	South Dakota State all-time	0*
44*	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	0*
44*	Tennessee-Chattanooga all-time	0*
44*	Ursinus (PA) all-time	0*
44*	Virginia all-time	0*
44*	Wilkes (PA) all-time	0*
44*	Yale (CT) all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1955 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.

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