Reconstruction · 2003 NCAA Championships

2003 team scores

The team standings fans should quote are the NCAA’s published ones. This page shows the working behind them: every program’s points recomputed from the recorded matches, and how close that comes to the published total.

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Reconstructed points against the published standings

Points are recomputed from the 2003 recorded matches under the 2001 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 68 of 75 programs match the published total exactly; 7 differ; 6 are not listed in the published standings.

2003 reconstructed team scores with published place, points and difference
Rank	Program	Reconstructed	Advancement	Bonus	Placement	Published place	Published points	Difference
1	Oklahoma State	143	33.5	31.5	78	1	143	0
2	Minnesota	104.5	26	16.5	62	2	104.5	0
3	Oklahoma	78	23.5	12.5	42	3	78	0
4	Lehigh (PA)	69	20	15	34	4	69	0
5	Arizona State	65	19	14	32	5	65	0
6	Penn State	62	21	9	32	6	62	0
7	Michigan	58	18	11	29	7	58	0
8	Iowa	57.5	20	6.5	31	8	57.5	0
9	Illinois	53	20	5	28	9	53	0
10	Cornell (NY)	52	17.5	8.5	26	10	52	0
11	Northern Iowa	47.5	16.5	10	21	11	49.5	-2
12	Boise State (ID)	45	15	8	22	12	45	0
13	Nebraska	40.5	13.5	10	17	13	40.5	0
14	Purdue (IN)	38	17	6	15	14	38	0
15	Ohio State	37	13	6	18	15	37	0
16	Missouri	34	14	5	15	16	34	0
17	West Virginia	32.5	16.5	7	9	17	33.5	-1
18	Michigan State	32	15.5	8.5	8	18	32	0
19	Iowa State	30	11.5	5.5	13	T19	30	0
19	Pittsburgh (PA)	30	9	9	12	T19	30	0
21	Northern Illinois	27.5	11	3.5	13	22	26.5	+1
22	Hofstra (NY)	27	12	5	10	21	27	0
23	Wisconsin	25	11.5	6.5	7	23	24	+1
24	Edinboro (PA)	23	11	3	9	24	23	0
25	Harvard (MA)	22.5	5.5	7	10	25	22.5	0
26	Clarion (PA)	22	8	4	10	26	22	0
27	Air Force (CO)	21.5	5.5	4	12	27	21.5	0
28	Army (NY)	20.5	4.5	6	10	28	20.5	0
29	Pennsylvania	19	11	4	4	29	19	0
30	Fresno State (CA)	15	8	4	3	30	15	0
31	California-Poly	14.5	8.5	6	0	31	14.5	0
32	Central Michigan	14	6	1	7	32	14	0
33	Appalachian State (NC)	12.5	5.5	3	4	33	12.5	0
34	North Carolina	11	6	1	4	34	11	0
35	Lock Haven (PA)	10.5	6.5	1	3	35	10.5	0
36	Ohio	10	3	0	7	T36	10	0
36	Oregon	10	4	0	6	T36	10	0
36	Princeton (NJ)	10	3.5	3.5	3	T36	10	0
39	California-Bakersfield	7.5	3.5	4	0	T39	7.5	0
39	Navy (MD)	7.5	2.5	1	4	T39	7.5	0
41	Sacred Heart (CT)	6	6	0	0	42	6	0
42	Cleveland State (OH)	5.5	5.5	0	0	41	6.5	-1
42	Indiana (IN)	5.5	3.5	2	0	T43	4.5	+1
44	Maryland	4.5	3	1.5	0	T43	4.5	0
44	Rider (NJ)	4.5	4.5	0	0	T43	4.5	0
44	North Carolina State	4.5	4.5	0	0	T48	3.5	+1
47	Virginia Military	4	2.5	1.5	0	T46	4	0
47	Virginia Tech	4	2	2	0	T46	4	0
49	Citadel (SC)	3.5	1.5	2	0	T48	3.5	0
50	Binghamton (NY)	3	1	2	0	T50	3	0
50	Boston (MA)	3	2	1	0	T50	3	0
50	Duke (NC)	3	2	1	0	T50	3	0
50	Stanford (CA)	3	3	0	0	T50	3	0
50	Wyoming	3	3	0	0	T50	3	0
55	Drexel (PA)	2.5	0.5	2	0	T55	2.5	0
55	James Madison (VA)	2.5	2.5	0	0	T55	2.5	0
55	Kent State (OH)	2.5	1.5	1	0	T55	2.5	0
55	Virginia	2.5	2.5	0	0	T55	2.5	0
59	Buffalo (NY)	2	2	0	0	T59	2	0
59	California-Davis	2	2	0	0	T59	2	0
59	Eastern Illinois	2	2	0	0	T59	2	0
59	Northwestern (IL)	2	2	0	0	T59	2	0
63	Columbia (NY)	1.5	1.5	0	0	T63	1.5	0
63	Duquesne (PA)	1.5	0.5	1	0	T63	1.5	0
63	Rutgers (NJ)	1.5	1.5	0	0	T63	1.5	0
66	Brown (RI)	1	1	0	0	T66	1	0
66	Gardner-Webb (NC)	1	1	0	0	T66	1	0
66	Oregon State	1	1	0	0	T66	1	0
69	George Mason (VA)	0.5	0.5	0	0	69	0.5	0
70	Bloomsburg (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
70	California-Fullerton	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
70	Millersville (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
70	Portland State (OR)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
70	Slippery Rock (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
70	Tennessee-Chattanooga	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed

Difference is the reconstruction minus the published total. Rank is the program’s position among reconstructed totals, which can differ from its published place.

Published standings: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 2003. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.