1977 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

485recorded matches

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Individual champions

verified bracket 118 lb, 126 lb, 134 lb, 142 lb, 150 lb, 158 lb, 167 lb, 177 lb, 190 lb, Unlimited lb.

1977 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
118	Jim Haines	Wisconsin all-time	Source final	Recorded final
126	Nick Gallo	Hofstra (NY) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
134	Pat Neu	Minnesota all-time	Source final	Recorded final
142	Steve Barrett	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
150	Mark Churella	Michigan all-time	Source final	Recorded final
158	Lee Kemp Jr.	Wisconsin all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Rod Kilgore	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Chris Campbell	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
190	Frank Santana	Iowa State 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.

1977 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Iowa State all-time	95.5
2	Oklahoma State all-time	88.75
3	Iowa all-time	84
4	Minnesota all-time	66
5	Oregon State all-time	52.25
6	Wisconsin all-time	50.75
7	Oklahoma all-time	49
8	Lehigh (PA) all-time	48.75
9	Michigan all-time	45.5
10	Kentucky all-time	41.5
11	Arizona State all-time	35.25
12	Brigham Young (UT) all-time	27.25
13	Syracuse (NY) all-time	26.75
14	Hofstra (NY) all-time	24.5
15	Tennessee all-time	20.25
16	Indiana (IN) all-time	20
17	Michigan State all-time	19
18	Penn State all-time	18
19	Missouri all-time	17.75
20	Ohio State all-time	13.5
21	Oregon all-time	12.75
22	California-Poly all-time	12.5
23	Navy (MD) all-time	12
24	Notre Dame (IN) all-time	11.5
25	Princeton (NJ) all-time	10
26	Portland State (OR) all-time	7.25
T27	California-Berkeley all-time	6
T27	Wilkes (PA) all-time	6
T29	Arizona all-time	5.5
T29	Rhode Island all-time	5.5
T31	California-Los Angeles all-time	5
T31	Ohio all-time	5
33	William & Mary (VA) all-time	4.25
T34	Boston (MA) all-time	3.75
T34	Illinois State all-time	3.75
T34	North Carolina all-time	3.75
T37	Utah State all-time	3.5
T37	Wyoming all-time	3.5
T39	Alabama all-time	3
T39	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	3
T39	Toledo (OH) all-time	3
T39	West Chester (PA) all-time	3
T43	Bucknell (PA) all-time	2
T43	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	2
T45	Clarion (PA) all-time	1.5
T45	Colorado all-time	1.5
T45	Long Beach State (CA) all-time	1.5
T45	Rutgers (NJ) all-time	1.5
T45	Slippery Rock (PA) all-time	1.5
T45	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	1.5
T51	Appalachian State (NC) all-time	1
T51	Army (NY) all-time	1
T51	Bloomsburg (PA) all-time	1
T51	Boise State (ID) all-time	1
T51	California-Fullerton all-time	1
T51	Cleveland State (OH) all-time	1
T51	Florida all-time	1
T51	Fresno State (CA) all-time	1
T51	Northern Colorado all-time	1
T51	Rider (NJ) all-time	1
T51	Shippensburg (PA) all-time	1
T51	St. Lawrence (NY) all-time	1
T51	Virginia Military all-time	1
T51	Virginia Tech all-time	1
T51	Washington (WA) all-time	1
Not in the published standings
15*	California-Bakersfield all-time	24*
35*	John Carroll (OH) all-time	4*
41*	South Dakota State all-time	3*
41*	St. Cloud State (MN) all-time	3*
47*	Eastern Illinois all-time	2.75*
50*	Millersville (PA) all-time	1.5*
50*	Northern Michigan all-time	1.5*
50*	Springfield (MA) all-time	1.5*
59*	Montclair State (NJ) all-time	1*
59*	New Jersey (TCNJ) all-time	1*
59*	North Dakota State all-time	1*
59*	Northern Iowa all-time	1*
78*	Brockport (NY) all-time	0.5*
79*	Air Force (CO) all-time	0*
79*	Auburn (AL) all-time	0*
79*	Augustana (SD) all-time	0*
79*	Ball State (IN) all-time	0*
79*	Binghamton (NY) all-time	0*
79*	Buffalo (NY) all-time	0*
79*	California Poly Humboldt all-time	0*
79*	California-Santa Barbara all-time	0*
79*	Central Michigan all-time	0*
79*	Cincinnati (OH) all-time	0*
79*	Colorado State all-time	0*
79*	Cornell (NY) all-time	0*
79*	Cortland (NY) all-time	0*
79*	Drake (IA) all-time	0*
79*	Duke (NC) all-time	0*
79*	East Carolina (NC) all-time	0*
79*	East Stroudsburg (PA) all-time	0*
79*	Eastern Michigan all-time	0*
79*	Elizabethtown (PA) all-time	0*
79*	Idaho State all-time	0*
79*	Indiana State all-time	0*
79*	Kent State (OH) all-time	0*
79*	Lafayette (PA) all-time	0*
79*	Maryland all-time	0*
79*	Massachusetts all-time	0*
79*	Montana all-time	0*
79*	New Mexico all-time	0*
79*	North Carolina State all-time	0*
79*	Northern Illinois all-time	0*
79*	Northwestern (IL) all-time	0*
79*	Southern Illinois Edwardsville all-time	0*
79*	Stanford (CA) all-time	0*
79*	Tennessee-Chattanooga all-time	0*
79*	Utah all-time	0*
79*	Virginia all-time	0*
79*	Weber State (UT) all-time	0*
79*	Western Michigan all-time	0*
79*	Yale (CT) all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1977 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.

How these points were reconstructed →