Reconstruction · 1942 NCAA Championships
1942 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 1942 recorded matches under the 1941 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 14 of 23 programs match the published total exactly; 9 are not listed in the published standings.
| Rank | Program | Reconstructed | Advancement | Bonus | Placement | Adjustments | Published place | Published points | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 31 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 0 |
| 2 | Michigan State | 26 | 0 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| 3 | Penn State | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 | Michigan | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | Kent State (OH) | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | T5 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Navy (MD) | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | T5 | 7 | 0 |
| 5 | Purdue (IN) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | T5 | 7 | 0 |
| 8 | Illinois | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | T8 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | T8 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | Northern Iowa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Cornell College (IA) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Kansas State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | T12 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | T12 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Princeton (NJ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Alfred State (NY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 15 | Denver (CO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 15 | Illinois State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 15 | Iowa State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 15 | Ohio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 15 | Rutgers (NJ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 15 | San Jose State (CA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 15 | Wesleyan (CT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 15 | 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, 1942. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.