Reconstruction · 1949 NCAA Championships
1949 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 1949 recorded match rows under the 1941 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 18 of 34 programs match the published total exactly; 1 differ; 15 are not listed in the published standings.
| Rank | Program | Reconstructed | Advancement | Bonus | Placement | Adjustments | Published place | Published points | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 32 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 0 |
| 2 | Northern Iowa | 27 | 0 | 5 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 0 |
| 3 | Cornell College (IA) | 21 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 22 | -1 |
| 4 | Michigan State | 13 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 |
| 5 | Minnesota | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| 6 | Purdue (IN) | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| 7 | Iowa | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | T7 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Nebraska | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | T7 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Syracuse (NY) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Colorado State | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | T10 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | Illinois | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | T10 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Navy (MD) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | T12 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Penn State | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | T12 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | Indiana (IN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T14 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Iowa State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T14 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Ithaca (NY) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T14 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Kansas State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | T14 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Utah State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T14 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Wheaton (IL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T14 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Amherst (MA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | Auburn (AL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | Brigham Young (UT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | California-Berkeley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | California-Poly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | Colorado Mines | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | Denver (CO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | Georgia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | Nebraska Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | Northern Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | San Diego State (CA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | Virginia Military | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | Washington State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 20 | 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, 1949. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.