1976 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

482recorded matches

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Individual champions

verified bracket 118 lb, 126 lb, 134 lb, 150 lb, 167 lb, 177 lb, 190 lb, Unlimited lb.

1976 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
118	Mark DiGirolamo	California-Poly all-time	Source final	Recorded final
126	Jack Reinwand	Wisconsin all-time	Source final	Recorded final
134	Mike Frick	Lehigh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
142	Brad Smith	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
150	Chuck Yagla	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
158	Lee Kemp Jr.	Wisconsin all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Pat Christenson	Wisconsin all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Chris Campbell	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
190	Evan Johnson	Minnesota all-time	Source final	Recorded final
Unlimited	Jimmy Jackson	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1976 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Iowa all-time	123.25
2	Iowa State all-time	85.75
3	Oklahoma State all-time	64.5
4	Wisconsin all-time	64
5	Lehigh (PA) all-time	55.25
6	California-Poly all-time	53
7	Minnesota all-time	43
8	Michigan all-time	36.5
9	Oklahoma all-time	34.5
10	Penn State all-time	23.25
11	Kentucky all-time	22.5
12	Yale (CT) all-time	21.75
13	Navy (MD) all-time	21.5
14	Oregon State all-time	20.25
T15	Clarion (PA) all-time	19.5
T15	Oregon all-time	19.5
17	Washington (WA) all-time	17.75
18	Slippery Rock (PA) all-time	17.5
T19	California-Santa Barbara all-time	17
T19	Michigan State all-time	17
T21	Arizona State all-time	16.5
T21	Brigham Young (UT) all-time	16.5
T23	Colorado all-time	12.25
T23	Tennessee all-time	12.25
T23	Toledo (OH) all-time	12.25
26	Indiana (IN) all-time	12
27	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	9.5
28	Rhode Island all-time	9
T29	Portland State (OR) all-time	7
T29	Syracuse (NY) all-time	7
31	East Carolina (NC) all-time	6.5
32	Wyoming all-time	6
33	Indiana State all-time	5.5
34	California-Los Angeles all-time	5
T35	California-Fullerton all-time	4
T35	North Carolina State all-time	4
37	Citadel (SC) all-time	3.75
T38	Northern Colorado all-time	3.5
T38	Northwestern (IL) all-time	3.5
T38	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	3.5
T41	Bucknell (PA) all-time	3
T41	Drake (IA) all-time	3
T41	Northern Illinois all-time	3
T41	Ohio all-time	3
T41	Weber State (UT) all-time	3
T41	William & Mary (VA) all-time	3
47	Ball State (IN) all-time	2.75
48	Nebraska all-time	2.5
T49	Alabama all-time	2
T49	Eastern Michigan all-time	2
T49	Florida all-time	2
T49	Illinois all-time	2
T49	Kent State (OH) all-time	2
T49	Princeton (NJ) all-time	2
T49	West Chester (PA) all-time	2
56	Hofstra (NY) all-time	1.75
T57	Boise State (ID) all-time	1.5
T57	Colorado State all-time	1.5
T59	Arizona all-time	1
T59	Boston (MA) all-time	1
T59	California-Berkeley all-time	1
T59	Central Michigan all-time	1
T59	Idaho State all-time	1
T59	Maryland all-time	1
T59	Missouri all-time	1
T59	Notre Dame (IN) all-time	1
T59	Shippensburg (PA) all-time	1
T59	Utah all-time	1
T59	Utah State all-time	1
T59	Virginia all-time	1
T59	Wilkes (PA) all-time	1
T72	Illinois State all-time	0.5
T72	Virginia Military all-time	0.5
Not in the published standings
23*	John Carroll (OH) all-time	15*
32*	Tennessee-Chattanooga all-time	6.75*
35*	Millersville (PA) all-time	5.5*
49*	St. Cloud State (MN) all-time	2.75*
51*	Minnesota-Mankato all-time	2.5*
54*	Northern Iowa all-time	2*
54*	San Francisco State (CA) all-time	2*
64*	Eastern Illinois all-time	1.5*
68*	Montclair State (NJ) all-time	1*
68*	Ohio State all-time	1*
84*	Air Force (CO) all-time	0*
84*	Army (NY) all-time	0*
84*	Bloomsburg (PA) all-time	0*
84*	Brown (RI) all-time	0*
84*	Buffalo (NY) all-time	0*
84*	California-Bakersfield all-time	0*
84*	Cincinnati (OH) all-time	0*
84*	Cleveland State (OH) all-time	0*
84*	Dartmouth (NH) all-time	0*
84*	Franklin & Marshall (PA) all-time	0*
84*	Gettysburg (PA) all-time	0*
84*	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	0*
84*	Long Beach State (CA) all-time	0*
84*	Louisiana State all-time	0*
84*	Massachusetts all-time	0*
84*	Miami (OH) all-time	0*
84*	North Carolina all-time	0*
84*	North Dakota State all-time	0*
84*	Potsdam (NY) all-time	0*
84*	Purdue (IN) all-time	0*
84*	Rider (NJ) all-time	0*
84*	Rutgers (NJ) all-time	0*
84*	South Dakota State all-time	0*
84*	Southern Illinois Edwardsville all-time	0*
84*	St. Lawrence (NY) all-time	0*
84*	Temple (PA) all-time	0*
84*	Washington State all-time	0*
84*	Western Michigan all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1976 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.

How these points were reconstructed →