1978 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

483recorded 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.

1978 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
118	Andy Daniels	Ohio all-time	Source final	Recorded final
126	Mike Land	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
134	Ken Mallory	Montclair State (NJ) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
142	Dan Hicks	Oregon 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	Keith Stearns	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Mark Lieberman	Lehigh (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
190	Ron Jeidy	Wisconsin 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.

1978 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Iowa all-time	94.5
2	Iowa State all-time	94
3	Oklahoma State all-time	86.25
4	Wisconsin all-time	77.25
5	Oklahoma all-time	52.25
6	Brigham Young (UT) all-time	41.5
7	Lehigh (PA) all-time	37.5
8	Oregon State all-time	33.25
9	California-Poly all-time	32.5
10	Michigan all-time	29.25
11	Syracuse (NY) all-time	27
12	Arizona State all-time	26.75
13	Ohio all-time	24.75
14	Princeton (NJ) all-time	21.75
15	Penn State all-time	19.25
16	Florida all-time	17.5
17	Louisiana State all-time	16
18	Notre Dame (IN) all-time	15.5
19	Kent State (OH) all-time	13
20	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	12.5
21	Oregon all-time	11.75
22	Shippensburg (PA) all-time	11.5
23	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	10.75
24	Franklin & Marshall (PA) all-time	10.5
25	Kentucky all-time	9.5
26	California-Los Angeles all-time	7.75
27	California-Berkeley all-time	7
28	Cleveland State (OH) all-time	6.5
T29	Drake (IA) all-time	6
T29	Missouri all-time	6
31	Nevada-Las Vegas all-time	5.5
32	Rhode Island all-time	5
T33	Auburn (AL) all-time	4
T33	Washington (WA) all-time	4
35	Navy (MD) all-time	3.75
T36	Illinois all-time	3.5
T36	Michigan State all-time	3.5
T36	Virginia all-time	3.5
T36	William & Mary (VA) all-time	3.5
T40	Arizona all-time	3
T40	Clarion (PA) all-time	3
T40	Minnesota all-time	3
T40	Washington State all-time	3
T40	Wilkes (PA) all-time	3
45	North Carolina all-time	2.5
T46	Boise State (ID) all-time	2
T46	Connecticut all-time	2
T46	Cortland (NY) all-time	2
T46	East Stroudsburg (PA) all-time	2
T46	Hofstra (NY) all-time	2
T46	Long Beach State (CA) all-time	2
T46	Tennessee-Chattanooga all-time	2
T53	Bowling Green (OH) all-time	1.75
T53	Western Michigan all-time	1.75
T55	Indiana (IN) all-time	1.5
T55	Nebraska all-time	1.5
T55	West Chester (PA) all-time	1.5
T55	Wyoming all-time	1.5
T59	Ball State (IN) all-time	1
T59	Idaho State all-time	1
T59	Miami (OH) all-time	1
T59	North Carolina State all-time	1
T59	Northern Colorado all-time	1
T59	Ohio State all-time	1
T59	Rider (NJ) all-time	1
T59	Rutgers (NJ) all-time	1
T68	Colorado all-time	0.5
T68	Maryland all-time	0.5
Not in the published standings
10*	California-Bakersfield all-time	31.5*
15*	Montclair State (NJ) all-time	22*
24*	John Carroll (OH) all-time	11.5*
28*	Northern Iowa all-time	9.5*
28*	Springfield (MA) all-time	9.5*
33*	Columbia (NY) all-time	6.75*
34*	Southern Illinois Edwardsville all-time	6.5*
38*	Augustana (SD) all-time	5.5*
41*	Morgan State (MD) all-time	4.5*
44*	Portland State (OR) all-time	3.5*
49*	Binghamton (NY) all-time	3*
57*	California (PA) all-time	2*
57*	Eastern Illinois all-time	2*
57*	Illinois State all-time	2*
57*	Millersville (PA) all-time	2*
57*	Northern Michigan all-time	2*
57*	South Dakota State all-time	2*
73*	Concordia (MN) all-time	1.5*
77*	Bloomsburg (PA) all-time	1*
77*	California Poly Humboldt all-time	1*
87*	Baldwin Wallace (OH) all-time	0.5*
90*	Alabama all-time	0*
90*	Appalachian State (NC) all-time	0*
90*	Bucknell (PA) all-time	0*
90*	California-Chico all-time	0*
90*	Central Michigan all-time	0*
90*	Clemson (SC) all-time	0*
90*	Colorado State all-time	0*
90*	Delaware all-time	0*
90*	East Carolina (NC) all-time	0*
90*	Fresno State (CA) all-time	0*
90*	Hiram (OH) all-time	0*
90*	Indiana State all-time	0*
90*	Lafayette (PA) all-time	0*
90*	Marshall (WV) all-time	0*
90*	Massachusetts all-time	0*
90*	Montana all-time	0*
90*	New Hampshire all-time	0*
90*	New Jersey (TCNJ) all-time	0*
90*	New Mexico all-time	0*
90*	Northern Illinois all-time	0*
90*	Northwestern (IL) all-time	0*
90*	Old Dominion (VA) all-time	0*
90*	San Jose State (CA) all-time	0*
90*	Southern Illinois Carbondale all-time	0*
90*	Temple (PA) all-time	0*
90*	Tennessee all-time	0*
90*	Toledo (OH) all-time	0*
90*	Utah all-time	0*
90*	Utah State all-time	0*
90*	Virginia Tech all-time	0*
90*	Weber State (UT) all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1978 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.

How these points were reconstructed →