1997 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

630recorded 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.

1997 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Evidence	Final
118	Jessie Whitmer	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
126	Eric Guerrero	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
134	Mark Ironside	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
142	Cary Kolat	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	Source final	Recorded final
150	Lincoln McIlravy	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
158	Joe Williams	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
167	Mark Branch	Oklahoma State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
177	Barry Weldon	Iowa State all-time	Source final	Recorded final
190	Lee Fullhart	Iowa all-time	Source final	Recorded final
275	Kerry McCoy	Penn State all-time	Source final	Recorded final

Team standings

Places and points as published by the NCAA.

1997 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Iowa all-time	170
2	Oklahoma State all-time	113.5
3	Minnesota all-time	71
4	Iowa State all-time	70
5	Lock Haven (PA) all-time	54
6	Edinboro (PA) all-time	45
7	Oklahoma all-time	44.5
8	California-Bakersfield all-time	43.5
9	Illinois all-time	42.5
10	Penn State all-time	40
11	Fresno State (CA) all-time	35
12	Nebraska all-time	34.5
13	Ohio State all-time	33
T14	Clarion (PA) all-time	31.5
T14	Oregon all-time	31.5
T16	Indiana (IN) all-time	29.5
T16	Wisconsin all-time	29.5
18	Pittsburgh (PA) all-time	28
19	Lehigh (PA) all-time	27
20	Arizona State all-time	26.5
21	Michigan State all-time	25
22	Michigan all-time	23.5
23	Pennsylvania all-time	23
24	North Carolina all-time	22
25	Rider (NJ) all-time	20.5
26	Eastern Illinois all-time	17.5
27	West Virginia all-time	16
28	Ohio all-time	15.5
T29	Maryland all-time	13
T29	Purdue (IN) all-time	13
31	Boston (MA) all-time	12.5
32	Stanford (CA) all-time	10.5
33	California-Poly all-time	10
34	Brown (RI) all-time	9.5
35	Northwestern (IL) all-time	9
36	Syracuse (NY) all-time	8
37	Wyoming all-time	7.5
T38	Missouri all-time	6.5
T38	Navy (MD) all-time	6.5
T38	Virginia all-time	6.5
T41	Central Michigan all-time	6
T41	Cornell (NY) all-time	6
T41	Northern Iowa all-time	6
T44	Brigham Young (UT) all-time	5.5
T44	Cleveland State (OH) all-time	5.5
T44	Northern Illinois all-time	5.5
T47	Army (NY) all-time	5
T47	Duke (NC) all-time	5
T47	George Mason (VA) all-time	5
T47	Virginia Military all-time	5
T51	Boise State (ID) all-time	4.5
T51	Howard (DC) all-time	4.5
T51	Miami (OH) all-time	4.5
T54	Georgia State all-time	4
T54	Hofstra (NY) all-time	4
T54	James Madison (VA) all-time	4
T54	Oregon State all-time	4
T58	Appalachian State (NC) all-time	3
T58	North Carolina-Greensboro all-time	3
T58	Slippery Rock (PA) all-time	3
T61	Air Force (CO) all-time	2
T61	California-Davis all-time	2
T61	Harvard (MA) all-time	2
T61	Seton Hall (NJ) all-time	2
T61	Virginia Tech all-time	2
T66	Bloomsburg (PA) all-time	1.5
T66	North Carolina State all-time	1.5
T68	Eastern Michigan all-time	1
T68	Rutgers (NJ) all-time	1
T70	Buffalo (NY) all-time	0.5
T70	California-Fullerton all-time	0.5
T70	East Stroudsburg (PA) all-time	0.5
Not in the published standings
73*	American (DC) all-time	0*
73*	Coppin State (MD) all-time	0*
73*	Delaware State all-time	0*
73*	Duquesne (PA) all-time	0*
73*	Millersville (PA) all-time	0*
73*	New Mexico all-time	0*
73*	Tennessee-Chattanooga all-time	0*

* Reconstructed from the recorded matches under the 1997 scoring rules. The NCAA’s published standings do not list this program.

How these points were reconstructed →