Reconstruction · 1938 NCAA Championships
1938 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 match rows, and how close that comes to the published total.
Reconstructed points against the published standings
Points are recomputed from the 1938 recorded match rows under the 1934 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 13 of 29 programs match the published total exactly; 4 differ; 12 are not listed in the published standings.
| Rank | Program | Reconstructed | Advancement | Bonus | Placement | Adjustments | Published place | Published points | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 18 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 19 | -1 |
| 2 | Illinois | 15 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| 3 | Indiana (IN) | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 | -1 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | T4 | 8 | -1 |
| 4 | Southwestern Oklahoma | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | T4 | 8 | -1 |
| 6 | Minnesota | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Cornell College (IA) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | T7 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Harvard (MA) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | T7 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Lehigh (PA) | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | T7 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Chicago (IL) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | T11 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Iowa State | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | T11 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Northern Iowa | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | T11 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | Princeton (NJ) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | T11 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | City College (NY) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Nebraska | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T16 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Syracuse (NY) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T16 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Utah State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Alfred State (NY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Amherst (MA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Colorado State | 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 | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | San Jose State (CA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | St. Lawrence (NY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 19 | Yale (CT) | 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, 1938. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.