Reconstruction · 1940 NCAA Championships
1940 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 1940 recorded match rows under the 1934 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 11 of 36 programs match the published total exactly; 10 differ; 15 are not listed in the published standings.
| Rank | Program | Reconstructed | Advancement | Bonus | Placement | Adjustments | Published place | Published points | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 25 | 0 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 24 | +1 |
| 2 | Indiana (IN) | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 14 | -3 |
| 3 | Michigan | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 10 | -1 |
| 4 | Colorado State | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | T4 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Lehigh (PA) | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | T4 | 7 | 0 |
| 4 | Ohio State | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | T4 | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | Northern Iowa | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | T7 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Minnesota | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | T7 | 6 | -1 |
| 8 | Oklahoma | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | T9 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | T11 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | Iowa State | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | T9 | 5 | -2 |
| 11 | Illinois | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | T11 | 4 | -1 |
| 11 | Kansas State | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | T13 | 2 | +1 |
| 11 | Kent State (OH) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | T13 | 2 | +1 |
| 15 | Southwestern Oklahoma | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | T15 | 1 | +1 |
| 16 | Dubuque (IA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T15 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Lafayette (PA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T15 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Michigan State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T15 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Syracuse (NY) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T15 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Temple (PA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T15 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Purdue (IN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T15 | 1 | -1 |
| 21 | Appalachian State (NC) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | City College (NY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | Cornell College (IA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | Denver (CO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | Harvard (MA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | Nebraska | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | Northwestern (IL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | Ohio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | Penn State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | Rutgers (NJ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | San Jose State (CA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | St. Lawrence (NY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | Washington & Lee (VA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | West Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 21 | Wyoming | 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, 1940. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.