Reconstruction · 1935 NCAA Championships
1935 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.
Reconstructed points against the published standings
Points are recomputed from the 1935 recorded matches under the 1934 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 11 of 42 programs match the published total exactly; 6 differ; 25 are not listed in the published standings.
| Rank | Program | Reconstructed | Advancement | Bonus | Placement | Adjustments | Published place | Published points | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 36 | 0 | 15 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 0 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | 16 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 18 | -2 |
| 3 | Indiana (IN) | 15 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | T3 | 15 | 0 |
| 4 | Illinois | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | T3 | 15 | -2 |
| 5 | Lehigh (PA) | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | T5 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Penn State | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | T5 | 8 | 0 |
| 7 | Iowa | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | T7 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Cornell College (IA) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | T7 | 6 | -1 |
| 8 | Southwestern Oklahoma | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | T7 | 6 | -1 |
| 8 | Central Oklahoma | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 4 | +1 |
| 11 | Washington & Lee (VA) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 5 | -1 |
| 12 | Northeastern State (OK) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Virginia Military | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Columbia (NY) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T14 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Haverford (PA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T14 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Ohio State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T14 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | St. Lawrence (NY) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T14 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | West Virginia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Army (NY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Brown (RI) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | City College (NY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Davidson (NC) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Gettysburg (PA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Harvard (MA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Kansas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Kansas State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Kent State (OH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Lafayette (PA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Maryville (TN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Massachusetts Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Michigan State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Northern Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Princeton (NJ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Rochester Tech (NY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Rutgers (NJ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Springfield (MA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Temple (PA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Tufts (MA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Ursinus (PA) | 0 | 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, 1935. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.