Reconstruction · 1969 NCAA Championships

1969 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 1969 recorded match rows under the 1968 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 109 of 109 programs match the published total exactly; 37 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.

1969 reconstructed team scores with published place, points and difference
Rank	Program	Reconstructed	Advancement	Bonus	Placement	Published place	Published points	Difference
1	Iowa State	104	34	12	58	1	104	0
2	Oklahoma	69	22	2	45	2	69	0
3	Oregon State	58	24	8	26	3	58	0
4	Michigan State	57	24	6	27	4	57	0
5	California-Poly	52	18	1	33	5	52	0
6	Oklahoma State	51	23	3	25	6	51	0
7	Iowa	38	20	2	16	7	38	0
8	California-Los Angeles	28	11	1	16	8	28	0
9	Michigan	27	10	1	16	9	27	0
10	Temple (PA)	22	9	1	12	10	22	0
11	Hofstra (NY)	21	8	4	9	11	21	0
12	Maryland	20	7	1	12	12	20	0
13	Northern Colorado	18	8	1	9	T13	18	0
13	Washington (WA)	18	9	2	7	T13	18	0
15	Indiana State	17	9	2	6	15	17	0
16	Oregon	16	4	0	12	16	16	0
17	Arizona	15	7	1	7	T17	15	0
17	San Diego State (CA)	15	4	2	9	T17	15	0
19	Navy (MD)	14	11	0	3	19	14	0
20	Lehigh (PA)	13	7	1	5	T20	13	0
20	Northern Iowa	13	8	3	2	T20	13	0
20	Penn State	13	4	2	7	T20	13	0
20	San Francisco State (CA)	13	4	2	7	T20	13	0
24	Bloomsburg (PA)	11	6	0	5	T24	11	0
24	Minnesota	11	6	0	5	T24	11	0
24	Winona State (MN)	11	4	0	7	T24	11	0
27	Brigham Young (UT)	10	6	1	3	27	10	0
28	Pittsburgh (PA)	9	4	0	5	28	9	0
29	Lock Haven (PA)	8	7	1	0	T29	8	0
29	Minnesota-Moorhead	8	4	1	3	T29	8	0
29	Northwestern (IL)	8	7	0	1	T29	8	0
32	Colorado	7	4	0	3	T32	7	0
32	Southern Illinois Carbondale	7	6	1	0	T32	7	0
32	Utah	7	5	2	0	T32	7	0
32	Wilkes (PA)	7	3	1	3	T32	7	0
36	California-Berkeley	5	4	1	0	T36	5	0
36	Clarion (PA)	5	4	0	1	T36	5	0
36	Colorado State	5	4	1	0	T36	5	0
36	Drake (IA)	5	4	1	0	T36	5	0
36	Indiana (IN)	5	3	2	0	T36	5	0
36	Missouri	5	4	1	0	T36	5	0
42	Buffalo (NY)	4	4	0	0	T42	4	0
42	Harvard (MA)	4	2	2	0	T42	4	0
42	Northern Illinois	4	3	0	1	T42	4	0
42	Ohio State	4	3	1	0	T42	4	0
42	Portland State (OR)	4	3	0	1	T42	4	0
47	Adams State (CO)	3	3	0	0	T47	3	0
47	Army (NY)	3	3	0	0	T47	3	0
47	Kent State (OH)	3	2	1	0	T47	3	0
47	Long Beach State (CA)	3	3	0	0	T47	3	0
47	Maritime (NY)	3	2	1	0	T47	3	0
47	Northwest Missouri State	3	2	1	0	T47	3	0
47	Ohio	3	3	0	0	T47	3	0
47	Wisconsin	3	2	1	0	T47	3	0
55	Air Force (CO)	2	1	1	0	T55	2	0
55	Arizona State	2	2	0	0	T55	2	0
55	East Stroudsburg (PA)	2	2	0	0	T55	2	0
55	Idaho State	2	2	0	0	T55	2	0
55	Ithaca (NY)	2	1	1	0	T55	2	0
55	Kansas State	2	2	0	0	T55	2	0
55	North Central (IL)	2	1	1	0	T55	2	0
55	Old Dominion (VA)	2	1	1	0	T55	2	0
55	Oswego (NY)	2	2	0	0	T55	2	0
55	South Dakota State	2	1	1	0	T55	2	0
65	Long Island Post (NY)	1	1	0	0	T65	1	0
65	Montana State	1	1	0	0	T65	1	0
65	Nebraska	1	1	0	0	T65	1	0
65	New Hampshire	1	1	0	0	T65	1	0
65	Pennsylvania	1	1	0	0	T65	1	0
65	Stanford (CA)	1	1	0	0	T65	1	0
65	Washington State	1	1	0	0	T65	1	0
65	West Chester (PA)	1	1	0	0	T65	1	0
65	Virginia Tech	1	1	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Alabama	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Auburn (AL)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Ball State (IN)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	California Poly Pomona	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	California-Davis	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Citadel (SC)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Davidson (NC)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Delaware	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Eastern Kentucky	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Fresno State (CA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	George Washington (DC)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Georgia	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Illinois	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Indiana (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Louisiana State	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Marquette (WI)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Massachusetts	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Miami (OH)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Minnesota-Mankato	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Montana	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	New Mexico	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	North Carolina State	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Notre Dame (IN)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Oneonta (NY)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Princeton (NJ)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	San Jose State (CA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Syracuse (NY)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Texas-El Paso	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Toledo (OH)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Virginia	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Weber State (UT)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Western Colorado	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Western Illinois	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	William & Mary (VA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Wyoming	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, 1969. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.