Reconstruction · 1996 NCAA Championships

1996 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 1996 recorded match rows under the 1995 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 69 of 80 programs match the published total exactly; 11 differ; 16 are not listed in the published standings.

1996 reconstructed team scores with published place, points and difference
Rank	Program	Reconstructed	Advancement	Bonus	Placement	Published place	Published points	Difference
1	Iowa	123.5	33.5	20	70	1	122.5	+1
2	Iowa State	80.5	21.5	7	52	2	78.5	+2
3	California-Bakersfield	67	23	15	29	3	66	+1
4	Penn State	65	20	8	37	4	65	0
5	Nebraska	61	18	15	28	5	61	0
6	Oklahoma State	55.5	21.5	7	27	6	54.5	+1
7	Michigan State	53.5	20.5	10	23	7	53.5	0
8	Oregon State	48.5	13.5	17	18	8	48.5	0
9	Michigan	47	17	8	22	9	47	0
10	Arizona State	45	19	6	20	10	45	0
11	Lock Haven (PA)	43	12	10	21	11	43	0
12	Clarion (PA)	42.5	15.5	9	18	T12	42.5	0
12	Illinois	42.5	16.5	7	19	T12	42.5	0
14	Wisconsin	38.5	10.5	3	25	T15	37.5	+1
15	Ohio State	38	13	6	19	14	38	0
16	Wyoming	37.5	15.5	5	17	T15	37.5	0
17	Oklahoma	36.5	15.5	4	17	17	36.5	0
18	Northwestern (IL)	34.5	13.5	5	16	18	34.5	0
19	Minnesota	32.5	14.5	5	13	19	32.5	0
20	Indiana (IN)	32	12	9	11	20	32	0
21	North Carolina	28.5	10.5	6	12	21	28.5	0
22	Boise State (ID)	25.5	8.5	8	9	22	24.5	+1
23	Fresno State (CA)	21.5	10.5	1	10	23	19.5	+2
24	Pittsburgh (PA)	19	13	2	4	24	19	0
25	Brown (RI)	17	6	8	3	25	17	0
26	West Virginia	14	13	1	0	26	14	0
27	Eastern Michigan	12	5	4	3	T27	12	0
27	Northern Iowa	12	7	4	1	T27	12	0
29	North Carolina State	11.5	5.5	4	2	T29	11.5	0
29	Stanford (CA)	11.5	5.5	4	2	T29	11.5	0
31	Purdue (IN)	10.5	6.5	3	1	31	9.5	+1
32	Eastern Illinois	9	5	3	1	32	9	0
33	Pennsylvania	8	6	2	0	33	8	0
34	Lehigh (PA)	7.5	3.5	4	0	34	7.5	0
35	Edinboro (PA)	6.5	4.5	2	0	35	6.5	0
35	Rider (NJ)	6.5	3.5	3	0	T37	5.5	+1
37	Old Dominion (VA)	6	3	3	0	36	6	0
37	North Carolina-Greensboro	6	2	4	0	40	5	+1
39	Central Michigan	5.5	3.5	2	0	T37	5.5	0
39	Ohio	5.5	3.5	2	0	T37	5.5	0
41	California-Poly	4.5	2.5	2	0	41	4.5	0
42	Boston (MA)	4	4	0	0	T42	4	0
42	Cornell (NY)	4	3	1	0	T42	4	0
42	Maryland	4	4	0	0	T42	4	0
42	Missouri	4	2	2	0	T42	4	0
42	Virginia Military	4	3	1	0	T42	4	0
47	Army (NY)	3.5	1.5	2	0	T47	3.5	0
47	Bucknell (PA)	3.5	2.5	1	0	T47	3.5	0
47	California-Fullerton	3.5	3.5	0	0	T47	3.5	0
47	Kent State (OH)	3.5	3.5	0	0	T47	3.5	0
47	Oregon	3.5	3.5	0	0	T47	3.5	0
47	Appalachian State (NC)	3.5	2.5	1	0	52	3	+0.5
53	Buffalo (NY)	2.5	1.5	1	0	53	2.5	0
54	Georgia State	2	1	1	0	T54	2	0
54	Rutgers (NJ)	2	1	1	0	T54	2	0
54	Tennessee-Chattanooga	2	2	0	0	T54	2	0
57	Bloomsburg (PA)	1.5	1.5	0	0	57	1.5	0
58	Brigham Young (UT)	1	1	0	0	T58	1	0
58	Millersville (PA)	1	1	0	0	T58	1	0
58	Seton Hall (NJ)	1	1	0	0	T58	1	0
58	Virginia	1	1	0	0	T58	1	0
62	Duke (NC)	0.5	0.5	0	0	T62	0.5	0
62	George Mason (VA)	0.5	0.5	0	0	T62	0.5	0
62	Harvard (MA)	0.5	0.5	0	0	T62	0.5	0
62	Howard (DC)	0.5	0.5	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	Air Force (CO)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	American (DC)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	Cleveland State (OH)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	Columbia (NY)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	Coppin State (MD)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	Drexel (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	Duquesne (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	East Stroudsburg (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	James Madison (VA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	Marquette (WI)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	Morgan State (MD)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	Northern Illinois	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	Slippery Rock (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	Syracuse (NY)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	Virginia Tech	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, 1996. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.