1996 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

636recorded 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, 275 lb.

1996 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
118	Sheldon Thomas	Clarion (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
126	Sanshiro Abe	Penn State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
134	Cary Kolat	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
142	Bill Zadick	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
150	Chris Bono	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
158	Joe Williams	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Daryl Weber	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Les Gutches	Oregon State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
190	John Kading	Oklahoma all-time	Source final	Recorded final
275	Jeff Walter	Wisconsin all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1996 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Iowa all-time	122.5
2	Iowa State all-time	78.5
3	California-Bakersfield all-time	66
4	Penn State all-time	65
5	Nebraska all-time	61
6	Oklahoma State all-time	54.5
7	Michigan State all-time	53.5
8	Oregon State all-time	48.5
9	Michigan all-time	47
10	Arizona State all-time	45
11	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	43
T12	Clarion (PA) all-time	42.5
T12	Illinois all-time	42.5
14	Ohio State all-time	38
T15	Wisconsin all-time	37.5
T15	Wyoming all-time	37.5
17	Oklahoma all-time	36.5
18	Northwestern (IL) all-time	34.5
19	Minnesota all-time	32.5
20	Indiana (IN) all-time	32
21	North Carolina all-time	28.5
22	Boise State (ID) all-time	24.5
23	Fresno State (CA) all-time	19.5
24	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	19
25	Brown (RI) all-time	17
26	West Virginia all-time	14
T27	Eastern Michigan all-time	12
T27	Northern Iowa all-time	12
T29	North Carolina State all-time	11.5
T29	Stanford (CA) all-time	11.5
31	Purdue (IN) all-time	9.5
32	Eastern Illinois all-time	9
33	Pennsylvania all-time	8
34	Lehigh (PA) all-time	7.5
35	Edinboro (PA) all-time	6.5
36	Old Dominion (VA) all-time	6
T37	Central Michigan all-time	5.5
T37	Ohio all-time	5.5
T37	Rider (NJ) all-time	5.5
40	North Carolina-Greensboro all-time	5
41	California-Poly all-time	4.5
T42	Boston (MA) all-time	4
T42	Cornell (NY) all-time	4
T42	Maryland all-time	4
T42	Missouri all-time	4
T42	Virginia Military all-time	4
T47	Army (NY) all-time	3.5
T47	Bucknell (PA) all-time	3.5
T47	California-Fullerton all-time	3.5
T47	Kent State (OH) all-time	3.5
T47	Oregon all-time	3.5
52	Appalachian State (NC) all-time	3
53	Buffalo (NY) all-time	2.5
T54	Georgia State all-time	2
T54	Rutgers (NJ) all-time	2
T54	Tennessee-Chattanooga all-time	2
57	Bloomsburg (PA) all-time	1.5
T58	Brigham Young (UT) all-time	1
T58	Millersville (PA) all-time	1
T58	Seton Hall (NJ) all-time	1
T58	Virginia all-time	1
T62	Duke (NC) all-time	0.5
T62	George Mason (VA) all-time	0.5
T62	Harvard (MA) all-time	0.5
Not in the published standings
62*	Howard (DC) all-time	0.5*
66*	Air Force (CO) all-time	0*
66*	American (DC) all-time	0*
66*	Cleveland State (OH) all-time	0*
66*	Columbia (NY) all-time	0*
66*	Coppin State (MD) all-time	0*
66*	Drexel (PA) all-time	0*
66*	Duquesne (PA) all-time	0*
66*	East Stroudsburg (PA) all-time	0*
66*	James Madison (VA) all-time	0*
66*	Marquette (WI) all-time	0*
66*	Morgan State (MD) all-time	0*
66*	Northern Illinois all-time	0*
66*	Slippery Rock (PA) all-time	0*
66*	Syracuse (NY) all-time	0*
66*	Virginia Tech all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1996 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.

How these points were reconstructed →