1966 NCAA Championships

NCAA D1

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

11weights

11individual champions

317recorded matches

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Individual champions

verified bracket 115 lb, 123 lb, 130 lb, 137 lb, 145 lb, 152 lb, 160 lb, 167 lb, 177 lb, 191 lb, Unlimited lb.

1966 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
115	Rick Sanders	Portland State (OR) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
123	Mike Caruso	Lehigh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
130	Yojiro Uetake	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
137	Gene Davis	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
145	Bill Blacksmith	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
152	Dick Cook	Michigan State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
160	Greg Ruth	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Dave Reinbolt	Ohio State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Tom Peckham	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
191	Bill Harlow	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Dave Porter	Michigan all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1966 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Oklahoma State all-time	79
2	Iowa State all-time	70
3	Oklahoma all-time	69
4	Lehigh (PA) all-time	48
5	Michigan all-time	47
6	Michigan State all-time	32
7	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	22
T8	East Stroudsburg (PA) all-time	21
T8	Portland State (OR) all-time	21
10	Army (NY) all-time	17
11	Ohio State all-time	16
T12	Gettysburg (PA) all-time	13
T12	Minnesota-Moorhead all-time	13
14	Northern Colorado all-time	11
T15	Indiana (IN) all-time	9
T15	Oregon all-time	9
T15	Utah State all-time	9
T15	Wilkes (PA) all-time	9
19	Navy (MD) all-time	8
T20	Kansas State all-time	7
T20	Temple (PA) all-time	7
T20	Wisconsin all-time	7
T23	Albany (NY) all-time	6
T23	Indiana State all-time	6
T23	Lycoming (PA) all-time	6
T23	Oregon State all-time	6
T23	Penn State all-time	6
T29	California-Los Angeles all-time	5
T29	Washington State all-time	5
T31	Moravian (PA) all-time	4
T31	Western Colorado all-time	4
T31	Wyoming all-time	4
T34	Bloomsburg (PA) all-time	3
T34	Georgia Tech all-time	3
T34	Minnesota-Mankato all-time	3
T34	Nebraska all-time	3
T34	North Carolina State all-time	3
T39	Arizona State all-time	2
T39	Coast Guard (CT) all-time	2
T39	Colorado all-time	2
T39	Ohio all-time	2
T39	San Jose State (CA) all-time	2
T39	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	2
T45	Adams State (CO) all-time	1
T45	Arizona all-time	1
T45	California-Berkeley all-time	1
T45	Gustavus Adolphus (MN) all-time	1
T45	Kent State (OH) all-time	1
T45	Marquette (WI) all-time	1
T45	Northern Iowa all-time	1
T45	Northwestern (IL) all-time	1
T45	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	1
T45	Rutgers (NJ) all-time	1
Not in the published standings
23*	California-Poly all-time	6*
55*	Air Force (CO) all-time	0*
55*	Augustana (IL) all-time	0*
55*	Bowling Green (OH) all-time	0*
55*	Central Missouri all-time	0*
55*	Colorado State all-time	0*
55*	Cortland (NY) all-time	0*
55*	Georgia all-time	0*
55*	Maryland all-time	0*
55*	Massachusetts Tech all-time	0*
55*	Montana State all-time	0*
55*	New Mexico all-time	0*
55*	North Carolina all-time	0*
55*	Northern Illinois all-time	0*
55*	Purdue (IN) all-time	0*
55*	Rochester Tech (NY) all-time	0*
55*	Seton Hall (NJ) all-time	0*
55*	Shippensburg (PA) all-time	0*
55*	South Dakota State all-time	0*
55*	Southeast Missouri State all-time	0*
55*	Toledo (OH) all-time	0*
55*	Utah all-time	0*
55*	Virginia all-time	0*
55*	Wesleyan (CT) all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1966 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.

How these points were reconstructed →