Reconstruction · 1998 NCAA Championships

1998 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 1998 recorded match rows under the 1997 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 65 of 84 programs match the published total exactly; 19 differ; 14 are not listed in the published standings.

1998 reconstructed team scores with published place, points and difference
Rank	Program	Reconstructed	Advancement	Bonus	Placement	Published place	Published points	Difference
1	Iowa	111	26	18	67	1	115	-4
2	Minnesota	104	31	22	51	2	102	+2
3	Oklahoma State	101.5	32.5	14	55	3	99.5	+2
4	Penn State	68.5	24.5	18	26	4	70.5	-2
5	Illinois	54.5	23	3.5	28	T7	48	+6.5
6	Central Michigan	53	18.5	14.5	20	5	53	0
7	Iowa State	49.5	22.5	6	21	6	49.5	0
8	West Virginia	47.5	18.5	6	23	T7	48	-0.5
9	Ohio	43.5	10	5.5	28	T9	43.5	0
9	Oregon State	43.5	13.5	18	12	T9	43.5	0
11	California-Bakersfield	42.5	11.5	15	16	11	42.5	0
12	Michigan	39.5	14.5	4	21	12	39.5	0
13	Michigan State	39	19	3	17	13	39	0
14	Fresno State (CA)	37.5	11.5	12	14	14	37.5	0
15	Arizona State	37	18	7	12	17	35	+2
16	Oklahoma	36.5	23.5	7	6	T15	35.5	+1
17	Edinboro (PA)	35.5	17.5	6	12	T15	35.5	0
18	Northwestern (IL)	34.5	14	11.5	9	18	34.5	0
19	Wisconsin	34	12	7	15	19	34	0
20	Pittsburgh (PA)	32	17	2	13	20	32	0
21	Nebraska	28	15	3	10	T21	28	0
21	Oregon	28	13	5	10	T21	28	0
23	Ohio State	26	5.5	4.5	16	23	26	0
24	Clarion (PA)	25	13	4	8	T24	25	0
24	Purdue (IN)	25	13	8	4	T24	25	0
26	Pennsylvania	21.5	9.5	0	12	27	21.5	0
27	Lehigh (PA)	18.5	8.5	7	3	26	23	-4.5
28	California-Poly	13.5	7.5	4	2	28	13.5	0
29	Harvard (MA)	12.5	7.5	2	3	29	12.5	0
30	Northern Iowa	12	8	4	0	T30	12	0
31	North Carolina	11.5	6.5	5	0	32	11.5	0
31	Lock Haven (PA)	11.5	11.5	0	0	T33	11	+0.5
33	Brown (RI)	11	4	2	5	T33	11	0
33	Bloomsburg (PA)	11	5	6	0	T38	7	+4
35	California-Fullerton	10	7	2	1	T30	12	-2
36	Rider (NJ)	9.5	6.5	2	1	T35	8.5	+1
37	Virginia	8	6	2	0	37	8	0
38	Syracuse (NY)	7	3	1	3	T38	7	0
38	Missouri	7	4	0	3	41	6	+1
40	George Mason (VA)	6.5	3.5	3	0	T46	4.5	+2
41	Virginia Tech	6	4	2	0	T38	7	-1
42	Air Force (CO)	5	3	2	0	T43	5	0
42	Boise State (ID)	5	3	2	0	T43	5	0
42	Hofstra (NY)	5	5	0	0	T43	5	0
45	Northern Illinois	4.5	1.5	1	2	T35	8.5	-4
45	East Stroudsburg (PA)	4.5	2.5	2	0	T46	4.5	0
45	Maryland	4.5	4.5	0	0	T46	4.5	0
45	Navy (MD)	4.5	2.5	0	2	T46	4.5	0
45	Eastern Illinois	4.5	3.5	1	0	T54	3.5	+1
50	Army (NY)	4	2	2	0	T50	4	0
50	Brigham Young (UT)	4	2	2	0	T50	4	0
50	Kent State (OH)	4	3	1	0	T50	4	0
50	Wyoming	4	2	2	0	T50	4	0
50	North Carolina-Greensboro	4	2	2	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
55	Old Dominion (VA)	3.5	3.5	0	0	42	5.5	-2
55	North Carolina State	3.5	3.5	0	0	T54	3.5	0
57	Boston (MA)	3	1	2	0	T56	3	0
57	Stanford (CA)	3	3	0	0	T56	3	0
59	Cleveland State (OH)	2.5	0.5	2	0	T58	2.5	0
59	Indiana (IN)	2.5	0.5	2	0	T58	2.5	0
59	Rutgers (NJ)	2.5	2.5	0	0	T58	2.5	0
59	Tennessee-Chattanooga	2.5	2.5	0	0	T58	2.5	0
63	California-Davis	2	2	0	0	T62	2	0
63	Drexel (PA)	2	2	0	0	T62	2	0
63	Buffalo (NY)	2	1	1	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
66	Georgia State	1.5	1.5	0	0	T64	1.5	0
66	Miami (OH)	1.5	0.5	1	0	T64	1.5	0
66	Slippery Rock (PA)	1.5	1.5	0	0	T64	1.5	0
69	American (DC)	1	1	0	0	T67	1	0
69	Bucknell (PA)	1	1	0	0	T67	1	0
69	Cornell (NY)	1	1	0	0	T67	1	0
69	Virginia Military	1	1	0	0	T67	1	0
69	Franklin & Marshall (PA)	1	1	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Appalachian State (NC)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Chicago State (IL)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Columbia (NY)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Coppin State (MD)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Davidson (NC)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Duke (NC)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Duquesne (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	James Madison (VA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Millersville (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	New Mexico	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
74	Seton Hall (NJ)	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, 1998. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.