Reconstruction · 1966 NCAA Championships

1966 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.

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Reconstructed points against the published standings

Points are recomputed from the 1966 recorded match rows under the 1963 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 76 of 77 programs match the published total exactly; 1 differ; 24 are not listed in the published standings.

Wrestlers from College Division, later Division II and III, programs competed at these championships but their points did not count toward the team title, so the NCAA’s published standings do not list those programs.

1966 reconstructed team scores with published place, points and difference
Rank	Program	Reconstructed	Advancement	Bonus	Placement	Published place	Published points	Difference
1	Oklahoma State	79	29	1	49	1	79	0
2	Iowa State	70	22	5	43	2	70	0
3	Oklahoma	69	25	9	35	3	69	0
4	Lehigh (PA)	48	17	4	27	4	48	0
5	Michigan	47	15	6	26	5	47	0
6	Michigan State	32	14	4	14	6	32	0
7	Lock Haven (PA)	22	7	0	15	7	22	0
7	East Stroudsburg (PA)	22	10	6	6	T8	21	+1
9	Portland State (OR)	21	7	2	12	T8	21	0
10	Army (NY)	17	10	0	7	10	17	0
11	Ohio State	16	5	1	10	11	16	0
12	Gettysburg (PA)	13	5	1	7	T12	13	0
12	Minnesota-Moorhead	13	5	1	7	T12	13	0
14	Northern Colorado	11	6	2	3	14	11	0
15	Indiana (IN)	9	4	0	5	T15	9	0
15	Oregon	9	5	1	3	T15	9	0
15	Utah State	9	4	0	5	T15	9	0
15	Wilkes (PA)	9	4	0	5	T15	9	0
19	Navy (MD)	8	5	1	2	19	8	0
20	Kansas State	7	5	0	2	T20	7	0
20	Temple (PA)	7	6	0	1	T20	7	0
20	Wisconsin	7	4	0	3	T20	7	0
23	Albany (NY)	6	3	0	3	T23	6	0
23	Indiana State	6	5	1	0	T23	6	0
23	Lycoming (PA)	6	3	0	3	T23	6	0
23	Oregon State	6	4	0	2	T23	6	0
23	Penn State	6	6	0	0	T23	6	0
23	California-Poly	6	3	0	3	not listed	not listed	not listed
29	California-Los Angeles	5	2	0	3	T29	5	0
29	Washington State	5	4	0	1	T29	5	0
31	Moravian (PA)	4	1	1	2	T31	4	0
31	Western Colorado	4	2	1	1	T31	4	0
31	Wyoming	4	2	0	2	T31	4	0
34	Bloomsburg (PA)	3	3	0	0	T34	3	0
34	Georgia Tech	3	2	0	1	T34	3	0
34	Minnesota-Mankato	3	3	0	0	T34	3	0
34	Nebraska	3	3	0	0	T34	3	0
34	North Carolina State	3	3	0	0	T34	3	0
39	Arizona State	2	2	0	0	T39	2	0
39	Coast Guard (CT)	2	1	1	0	T39	2	0
39	Colorado	2	2	0	0	T39	2	0
39	Ohio	2	2	0	0	T39	2	0
39	San Jose State (CA)	2	2	0	0	T39	2	0
39	Southern Illinois Carbondale	2	2	0	0	T39	2	0
45	Adams State (CO)	1	1	0	0	T45	1	0
45	Arizona	1	1	0	0	T45	1	0
45	California-Berkeley	1	1	0	0	T45	1	0
45	Gustavus Adolphus (MN)	1	1	0	0	T45	1	0
45	Kent State (OH)	1	1	0	0	T45	1	0
45	Marquette (WI)	1	1	0	0	T45	1	0
45	Northern Iowa	1	1	0	0	T45	1	0
45	Northwestern (IL)	1	1	0	0	T45	1	0
45	Pittsburgh (PA)	1	1	0	0	T45	1	0
45	Rutgers (NJ)	1	1	0	0	T45	1	0
55	Air Force (CO)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Augustana (IL)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Bowling Green (OH)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Central Missouri	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Colorado State	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Cortland (NY)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Georgia	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Maryland	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Massachusetts Tech	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Montana State	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	New Mexico	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	North Carolina	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Northern Illinois	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Purdue (IN)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Rochester Tech (NY)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Seton Hall (NJ)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Shippensburg (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	South Dakota State	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Southeast Missouri State	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Toledo (OH)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Utah	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Virginia	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Wesleyan (CT)	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, 1966. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.