Reconstruction · 1959 NCAA Championships
1959 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 1959 recorded matches under the 1956 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 66 of 67 programs match the published total exactly; 1 differ; 20 are not listed in the published standings.
| Rank | Program | Reconstructed | Advancement | Bonus | Placement | Adjustments | Published place | Published points | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 73 | 28 | 4 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 0 |
| 2 | Iowa State | 51 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 51 | 0 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 41 | 18 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 41 | 0 |
| 4 | Iowa | 33 | 15 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 0 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0 |
| 6 | Wyoming | 25 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 |
| 7 | Minnesota-Mankato | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 0 |
| 8 | Lehigh (PA) | 20 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 0 |
| 9 | Michigan State | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | T9 | 17 | 0 |
| 9 | Minnesota | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | T9 | 17 | 0 |
| 11 | Yale (CT) | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 0 |
| 12 | Cornell (NY) | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 0 |
| 13 | Syracuse (NY) | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 14 | Toledo (OH) | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | Northern Colorado | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 0 |
| 16 | Ithaca (NY) | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | Colorado State | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | Northwestern (IL) | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 0 |
| 19 | Kansas State | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | T19 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | Virginia Tech | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | T19 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | Kent State (OH) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | T19 | 7 | -2 |
| 21 | Cornell College (IA) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T22 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Maryland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | T22 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Oregon State | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T22 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | Illinois | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T25 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Indiana (IN) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T25 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Penn State | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T25 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Western Colorado | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T25 | 4 | 0 |
| 29 | Colorado Mines | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T29 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Portland State (OR) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T29 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Utah | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T29 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Washington State | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T29 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Bloomsburg (PA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T33 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Harvard (MA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T33 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Lock Haven (PA) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T33 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Northern Illinois | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T33 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T33 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Southern Illinois Carbondale | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T33 | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Bowling Green (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T39 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Bradley (IL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T39 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Carleton (MN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T39 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Colorado | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T39 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T39 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | North Carolina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T39 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Northwest Missouri State | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T39 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Purdue (IN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T39 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Rochester Tech (NY) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T39 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Adams State (CO) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Akron (OH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | California-Berkeley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | California-Poly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Central Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | DePauw (IN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Gettysburg (PA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Luther (IA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Lycoming (PA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Michigan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Nebraska Omaha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Northern Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Pacific (OR) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | San Jose State (CA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | South Dakota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Springfield (MA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Washington (WA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Wheaton (IL) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 48 | Wisconsin | 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, 1959. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.