Reconstruction · 1946 NCAA Championships
1946 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 1946 recorded match rows under the 1941 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 9 of 17 programs match the published total exactly; 3 differ; 5 are not listed in the published standings.
| Rank | Program | Reconstructed | Advancement | Bonus | Placement | Adjustments | Published place | Published points | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 25 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 0 |
| 2 | Northern Iowa | 24 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 0 |
| 3 | Illinois | 17 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| 4 | Indiana (IN) | 13 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | Michigan | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Ohio State | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | T6 | 6 | +1 |
| 7 | Iowa State | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | T6 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Michigan State | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Nebraska | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | T9 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Penn State | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | T9 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Northern Colorado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | T9 | 2 | -1 |
| 12 | Kent State (OH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | -1 |
| 12 | Davidson (NC) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 12 | Minnesota | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 12 | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 12 | 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, 1946. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.