1968 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

463recorded 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.

1968 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
115	Ken Melchior	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
123	Dwayne Keller	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
130	Dan Gable	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
137	Dale Anderson	Michigan State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
145	Dale Bahr	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
152	Wayne Wells	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final
160	Reg Wicks	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Mike Gallego	Fresno State (CA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Bob Justice	Colorado all-time	Source final	Recorded final
191	Dominic 'Nick' Carollo	Adams State (CO) 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.

1968 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Oklahoma State all-time	81
2	Iowa State all-time	78
3	Oklahoma all-time	74
4	Michigan State all-time	55
5	Navy (MD) all-time	35
T6	California-Poly all-time	28
T6	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	28
T6	Portland State (OR) all-time	28
9	Michigan all-time	27
10	Northwestern (IL) all-time	25
11	Oregon State all-time	24
12	Penn State all-time	23
T13	California-Los Angeles all-time	22
T13	Colorado all-time	22
T13	East Stroudsburg (PA) all-time	22
16	Brigham Young (UT) all-time	21
T17	Adams State (CO) all-time	19
T17	Indiana (IN) all-time	19
19	Fresno State (CA) all-time	18
20	Maryland all-time	16
T21	Central Washington all-time	14
T21	Minnesota-Mankato all-time	14
T21	Northern Colorado all-time	14
T24	Hofstra (NY) all-time	12
T24	Toledo (OH) all-time	12
26	Oregon all-time	11
27	Cortland (NY) all-time	10
T28	Arizona State all-time	9
T28	Massachusetts Tech all-time	9
T28	Utah all-time	9
31	Iowa all-time	8
T32	Army (NY) all-time	7
T32	Cornell (NY) all-time	7
T32	Indiana State all-time	7
T32	Stanford (CA) all-time	7
T36	Bloomsburg (PA) all-time	6
T36	Temple (PA) all-time	6
T38	Northwest Missouri State all-time	5
T38	Washington (WA) all-time	5
T40	Nebraska all-time	4
T40	Ohio all-time	4
T40	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	4
T40	Utah State all-time	4
T44	Arizona all-time	3
T44	Clarion (PA) all-time	3
T44	Georgia Tech all-time	3
T44	Lehigh (PA) all-time	3
T44	Miami (OH) all-time	3
T44	West Chester (PA) all-time	3
T44	Western Colorado all-time	3
T44	Wisconsin all-time	3
T52	Ashland (OH) all-time	2
T52	Colgate (NY) all-time	2
T52	Colorado State all-time	2
T52	Davidson (NC) all-time	2
T52	Delaware all-time	2
T52	Kent State (OH) all-time	2
T52	Marquette (WI) all-time	2
T52	Northern Iowa all-time	2
T52	Ohio State all-time	2
T52	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	2
T52	South Dakota State all-time	2
T52	Washington State all-time	2
T52	Wilkes (PA) all-time	2
T52	Winona State (MN) all-time	2
T52	Yale (CT) all-time	2
T67	Air Force (CO) all-time	1
T67	Bowling Green (OH) all-time	1
T67	California-Berkeley all-time	1
T67	Citadel (SC) all-time	1
T67	Franklin & Marshall (PA) all-time	1
T67	Luther (IA) all-time	1
T67	MacMurray (IL) all-time	1
T67	North Carolina State all-time	1
T67	North Central (IL) all-time	1
T67	Northern Illinois all-time	1
T67	Pennsylvania all-time	1
T67	Syracuse (NY) all-time	1
T67	Virginia Tech all-time	1
Not in the published standings
80*	Ball State (IN) all-time	0*
80*	Coast Guard (CT) all-time	0*
80*	Drake (IA) all-time	0*
80*	Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ) all-time	0*
80*	Gustavus Adolphus (MN) all-time	0*
80*	Illinois all-time	0*
80*	Indiana (PA) all-time	0*
80*	Ithaca (NY) all-time	0*
80*	Kansas State all-time	0*
80*	Long Island Post (NY) all-time	0*
80*	Minnesota-Moorhead all-time	0*
80*	New Mexico all-time	0*
80*	North Carolina all-time	0*
80*	Oswego (NY) all-time	0*
80*	Princeton (NJ) all-time	0*
80*	Rochester Tech (NY) all-time	0*
80*	San Jose State (CA) all-time	0*
80*	Shippensburg (PA) all-time	0*
80*	Tennessee all-time	0*
80*	Virginia all-time	0*
80*	Wesleyan (CT) all-time	0*
80*	Western Michigan all-time	0*
80*	William & Mary (VA) all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1968 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.

How these points were reconstructed →