Reconstruction · 1960 NCAA Championships
1960 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 1960 recorded match rows under the 1956 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 75 of 77 programs match the published total exactly; 2 differ; 28 are not listed in the published standings.
| Rank | Program | Reconstructed | Advancement | Bonus | Placement | Adjustments | Published place | Published points | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | 61 | 19 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 59 | +2 |
| 2 | Iowa State | 40 | 13 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 0 |
| 3 | Wyoming | 36 | 14 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 0 |
| 4 | Iowa | 32 | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0 |
| 5 | Oklahoma State | 25 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 29 | -4 |
| 5 | Lock Haven (PA) | 25 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 25 | 0 |
| 7 | Penn State | 23 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 0 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 21 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 21 | 0 |
| 9 | Northwestern (IL) | 20 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 9 | 20 | 0 |
| 10 | Cornell (NY) | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | T10 | 17 | 0 |
| 10 | Northern Illinois | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 0 | T10 | 17 | 0 |
| 12 | Lehigh (PA) | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 0 |
| 13 | Purdue (IN) | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | Ithaca (NY) | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | T14 | 11 | 0 |
| 14 | Syracuse (NY) | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | T14 | 11 | 0 |
| 16 | Rutgers (NJ) | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | T16 | 10 | 0 |
| 16 | Toledo (OH) | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | T16 | 10 | 0 |
| 18 | Indiana (IN) | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | T18 | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | Michigan | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | T18 | 9 | 0 |
| 18 | Michigan State | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | T18 | 9 | 0 |
| 21 | Oregon State | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | T21 | 8 | 0 |
| 21 | Waynesburg (PA) | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | T21 | 8 | 0 |
| 23 | Army (NY) | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 0 |
| 24 | Kent State (OH) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | T24 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | Minnesota | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | T24 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | Portland State (OR) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | T24 | 6 | 0 |
| 27 | Cornell College (IA) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T27 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | Oregon | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | T27 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | West Chester (PA) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | T27 | 5 | 0 |
| 27 | Yale (CT) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T27 | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | Minnesota-Mankato | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T31 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | Northern Colorado | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T31 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | Utah | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T31 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Rochester Tech (NY) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T34 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Southern Illinois Carbondale | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T34 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Springfield (MA) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T34 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Brown (RI) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T37 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Kansas State | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T37 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Maryland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T37 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Northern Iowa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T37 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Ohio | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T37 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Ohio State | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T37 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | South Dakota State | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T37 | 2 | 0 |
| 37 | Washington State | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | T37 | 2 | 0 |
| 45 | Bowling Green (OH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T45 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Coast Guard (CT) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T45 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Colorado Mines | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T45 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Knox (IL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T45 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Nebraska | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | T45 | 1 | 0 |
| 50 | Ball State (IN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Baltimore (MD) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Bloomsburg (PA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | California-Poly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Carleton (MN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Columbia (NY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Delaware | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Denison (OH) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Grinnell (IA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Harvard (MA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Long Beach State (CA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Lycoming (PA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Moravian (PA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | North Carolina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Notre Dame (IN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Oswego (NY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Rochester (NY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | San Diego State (CA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Sewanee: of the South (TN) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | St. Lawrence (NY) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Virginia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Virginia Military | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Virginia Tech | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Washington (WA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | Western Colorado | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | not listed | not listed | not listed |
| 50 | 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, 1960. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.