Reconstruction · 1972 NCAA Championships

1972 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 1972 recorded match rows under the 1972 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 100 of 105 programs match the published total exactly; 5 differ; 31 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.

1972 reconstructed team scores with published place, points and difference
Rank	Program	Reconstructed	Advancement	Bonus	Placement	Published place	Published points	Difference
1	Iowa State	103	28	11	64	1	103	0
2	Michigan State	72.5	25	1.5	46	2	72.5	0
3	Oklahoma State	57	24	4	29	3	57	0
4	Washington (WA)	54	20	5	29	4	54	0
5	Oklahoma	45.5	22	3.5	20	5	45.5	0
6	Clarion (PA)	36	8	4	24	6	36	0
7	Oregon State	28	13	8	7	7	28	0
8	Penn State	26.5	11	3.5	12	8	26.5	0
9	Navy (MD)	26	13	1	12	T9	26	0
9	Ohio	26	13	1	12	T9	26	0
11	Idaho State	24	14	3	7	11	24.5	-0.5
11	Iowa	24	15	2	7	12	24	0
13	Minnesota	23.5	8	5.5	10	13	23.5	0
14	Arizona	21.5	8	1.5	12	14	21.5	0
15	Portland State (OR)	21	14	3	4	15	21	0
16	Illinois State	20	9	1	10	16	20	0
17	Michigan	19	10	0	9	17	19	0
18	Princeton (NJ)	16	6	1	9	T18	16	0
18	Toledo (OH)	16	7	0	9	T18	16	0
20	Slippery Rock (PA)	14.5	4	1.5	9	20	14.5	0
21	California-Poly	13.5	9	1.5	3	21	13.5	0
22	New Mexico	13	9	4	0	22	13	0
23	Northern Iowa	12.5	5	0.5	7	23	12.5	0
24	Brigham Young (UT)	10	6	1	3	T24	10	0
24	Northern Illinois	10	5	2	3	T24	10	0
24	Ohio State	10	5	0	5	T24	10	0
27	Washington State	8.5	6	2.5	0	27	8.5	0
28	Indiana State	8	6	2	0	T28	8	0
28	Southern Illinois Carbondale	8	7	0	1	T28	8	0
30	Arizona State	7.5	4	0.5	3	T30	7.5	0
30	Lehigh (PA)	7.5	7	0.5	0	T30	7.5	0
32	Western Michigan	7	3	1	3	32	7	0
33	Tampa (FL)	6.5	4	1.5	1	33	6.5	0
34	Boise State (ID)	6	3	3	0	T34	6	0
34	Minnesota-Mankato	6	4	2	0	T34	6	0
34	West Chester (PA)	6	4	2	0	T34	6	0
37	Drake (IA)	5.5	5	0.5	0	37	5.5	0
38	Massachusetts	5	4	1	0	T38	5	0
38	Oregon	5	4	1	0	T38	5	0
38	Wisconsin	5	5	0	0	T38	5	0
41	Colorado	4.5	3	1.5	0	41	4.5	0
42	Maryland	4	4	0	0	T42	4	0
42	Miami (OH)	4	4	0	0	T42	4	0
42	Missouri	4	4	0	0	T42	4	0
45	Louisiana State	3.5	2	1.5	0	46	3.5	0
46	Georgia Tech	3	2	1	0	T42	4	-1
46	Army (NY)	3	3	0	0	T47	3	0
46	Fresno State (CA)	3	3	0	0	T47	3	0
46	Hofstra (NY)	3	3	0	0	T47	3	0
46	Nebraska	3	3	0	0	T47	3	0
46	Northwestern (IL)	3	3	0	0	T47	3	0
46	San Jose State (CA)	3	2	1	0	T47	3	0
46	Yale (CT)	3	2	1	0	T47	3	0
46	Pennsylvania	3	3	0	0	T55	2	+1
55	Brockport (NY)	2.5	2	0.5	0	54	2.5	0
56	California Poly Humboldt	2	1	1	0	T55	2	0
56	Cincinnati (OH)	2	1	1	0	T55	2	0
56	Cleveland State (OH)	2	2	0	0	T55	2	0
56	East Carolina (NC)	2	2	0	0	T55	2	0
56	Florida	2	2	0	0	T55	2	0
56	Franklin & Marshall (PA)	2	2	0	0	T55	2	0
56	Gettysburg (PA)	2	2	0	0	T55	2	0
56	Indiana (IN)	2	2	0	0	T55	2	0
56	Purdue (IN)	2	2	0	0	T55	2	0
65	Pittsburgh (PA)	1.5	1	0.5	0	66	1.5	0
66	William & Mary (VA)	1	1	0	0	T55	2	-1
66	Auburn (AL)	1	1	0	0	T67	1	0
66	Buffalo (NY)	1	1	0	0	T67	1	0
66	California-Los Angeles	1	1	0	0	T67	1	0
66	Central Michigan	1	1	0	0	T67	1	0
66	Cornell (NY)	1	1	0	0	T67	1	0
66	New York	1	1	0	0	T67	1	0
66	Notre Dame (IN)	1	1	0	0	T67	1	0
66	Columbia (NY)	1	1	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Utah	0	0	0	0	T67	1	-1
75	Air Force (CO)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Appalachian State (NC)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Ashland (OH)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Ball State (IN)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	California-Davis	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	California-Santa Barbara	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Colgate (NY)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Colorado State	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Eastern Kentucky	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Idaho	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Kansas State	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Kent State (OH)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Marquette (WI)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Marshall (WV)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Montana State	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	New Jersey (TCNJ)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	North Dakota State	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Northern Michigan	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Rhode Island	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	San Diego State (CA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	San Francisco State (CA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Seattle Pacific (WA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	South Dakota State	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	St. Francis (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Temple (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Utah State	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Virginia	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Virginia Military	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Western Illinois	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
75	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	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, 1972. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.