1972 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

476recorded matches

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Individual champions

verified bracket 118 lb, 126 lb, 134 lb, 142 lb, 158 lb, 167 lb, 177 lb, 190 lb.

1972 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
118	Greg Johnson	Michigan State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
126	Pat Milkovich	Michigan State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
134	Gary Barton	Clarion (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
142	Tom Milkovich	Michigan State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
150	Wade Schalles	Clarion (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
158	Carl Adams	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Andy Matter	Penn State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Bill Murdock	Washington (WA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
190	Ben Peterson	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Chris Taylor	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1972 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Iowa State all-time	103
2	Michigan State all-time	72.5
3	Oklahoma State all-time	57
4	Washington (WA) all-time	54
5	Oklahoma all-time	45.5
6	Clarion (PA) all-time	36
7	Oregon State all-time	28
8	Penn State all-time	26.5
T9	Navy (MD) all-time	26
T9	Ohio all-time	26
11	Idaho State all-time	24.5
12	Iowa all-time	24
13	Minnesota all-time	23.5
14	Arizona all-time	21.5
15	Portland State (OR) all-time	21
16	Illinois State all-time	20
17	Michigan all-time	19
T18	Princeton (NJ) all-time	16
T18	Toledo (OH) all-time	16
20	Slippery Rock (PA) all-time	14.5
21	California-Poly all-time	13.5
22	New Mexico all-time	13
23	Northern Iowa all-time	12.5
T24	Brigham Young (UT) all-time	10
T24	Northern Illinois all-time	10
T24	Ohio State all-time	10
27	Washington State all-time	8.5
T28	Indiana State all-time	8
T28	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	8
T30	Arizona State all-time	7.5
T30	Lehigh (PA) all-time	7.5
32	Western Michigan all-time	7
33	Tampa (FL) all-time	6.5
T34	Boise State (ID) all-time	6
T34	Minnesota-Mankato all-time	6
T34	West Chester (PA) all-time	6
37	Drake (IA) all-time	5.5
T38	Massachusetts all-time	5
T38	Oregon all-time	5
T38	Wisconsin all-time	5
41	Colorado all-time	4.5
T42	Georgia Tech all-time	4
T42	Maryland all-time	4
T42	Miami (OH) all-time	4
T42	Missouri all-time	4
46	Louisiana State all-time	3.5
T47	Army (NY) all-time	3
T47	Fresno State (CA) all-time	3
T47	Hofstra (NY) all-time	3
T47	Nebraska all-time	3
T47	Northwestern (IL) all-time	3
T47	San Jose State (CA) all-time	3
T47	Yale (CT) all-time	3
54	Brockport (NY) all-time	2.5
T55	California Poly Humboldt all-time	2
T55	Cincinnati (OH) all-time	2
T55	Cleveland State (OH) all-time	2
T55	East Carolina (NC) all-time	2
T55	Florida all-time	2
T55	Franklin & Marshall (PA) all-time	2
T55	Gettysburg (PA) all-time	2
T55	Indiana (IN) all-time	2
T55	Pennsylvania all-time	2
T55	Purdue (IN) all-time	2
T55	William & Mary (VA) all-time	2
66	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	1.5
T67	Auburn (AL) all-time	1
T67	Buffalo (NY) all-time	1
T67	California-Los Angeles all-time	1
T67	Central Michigan all-time	1
T67	Cornell (NY) all-time	1
T67	New York all-time	1
T67	Notre Dame (IN) all-time	1
T67	Utah all-time	1
Not in the published standings
66*	Columbia (NY) all-time	1*
75*	Air Force (CO) all-time	0*
75*	Appalachian State (NC) all-time	0*
75*	Ashland (OH) all-time	0*
75*	Ball State (IN) all-time	0*
75*	California-Davis all-time	0*
75*	California-Santa Barbara all-time	0*
75*	Colgate (NY) all-time	0*
75*	Colorado State all-time	0*
75*	Eastern Kentucky all-time	0*
75*	Idaho all-time	0*
75*	Kansas State all-time	0*
75*	Kent State (OH) all-time	0*
75*	Marquette (WI) all-time	0*
75*	Marshall (WV) all-time	0*
75*	Montana State all-time	0*
75*	New Jersey (TCNJ) all-time	0*
75*	North Dakota State all-time	0*
75*	Northern Michigan all-time	0*
75*	Rhode Island all-time	0*
75*	San Diego State (CA) all-time	0*
75*	San Francisco State (CA) all-time	0*
75*	Seattle Pacific (WA) all-time	0*
75*	South Dakota State all-time	0*
75*	St. Francis (PA) all-time	0*
75*	Temple (PA) all-time	0*
75*	Utah State all-time	0*
75*	Virginia all-time	0*
75*	Virginia Military all-time	0*
75*	Western Illinois all-time	0*
75*	Wisconsin-Milwaukee all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1972 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.

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