Reconstruction · 2021 NCAA Championships

2021 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 2021 recorded match rows under the 2016 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 58 of 63 programs match the published total exactly; 5 differ; 4 are not listed in the published standings.

2021 reconstructed team scores with published place, points and difference
Rank	Program	Reconstructed	Advancement	Bonus	Placement	Published place	Published points	Difference
1	Iowa	130	30	27	73	1	129	+1
2	Penn State	113.5	24.5	17	72	2	113.5	0
3	Oklahoma State	100.5	24.5	20	56	3	99.5	+1
4	Arizona State	74	20	15	39	4	74	0
5	Michigan	69	17.5	18.5	33	5	69	0
6	North Carolina State	68	19	16	33	6	68	0
7	Minnesota	64	14.5	17.5	32	T7	64	0
7	Missouri	64	19.5	20.5	24	T7	64	0
9	Ohio State	46.5	15	9.5	22	9	46.5	0
10	Northwestern (IL)	45	15	6	24	10	45	0
11	Pittsburgh (PA)	40.5	11.5	5	24	11	40.5	0
12	Nebraska	38	13.5	8.5	16	12	38	0
13	Iowa State	37.5	9.5	5	23	T13	37.5	0
13	Rutgers (NJ)	37.5	10	6.5	21	T13	37.5	0
15	Virginia Tech	36.5	13.5	4	19	15	36.5	0
16	North Carolina	36	11	5	20	16	36	0
17	Stanford (CA)	35.5	11	4.5	20	17	35.5	0
18	Illinois	25	7	4	14	18	25	0
19	Northern Iowa	24.5	9.5	5	10	19	24.5	0
20	Rider (NJ)	22	6	4	12	20	22	0
21	Utah Valley	21.5	7	1.5	13	21	21.5	0
22	Central Michigan	20	8	3	9	22	20	0
23	Wisconsin	18.5	6.5	3	9	23	18.5	0
24	Oklahoma	18	7	5	6	24	17	+1
25	California-Poly	16.5	5	2.5	9	25	16.5	0
26	Purdue (IN)	15.5	9.5	6	0	T26	15.5	0
26	South Dakota State	15.5	8	4.5	3	T26	15.5	0
26	Wyoming	15.5	8.5	4	3	T26	15.5	0
29	Northern Illinois	13.5	5.5	2	6	29	13.5	0
30	Michigan State	13	5.5	7.5	0	30	13	0
31	Lehigh (PA)	11.5	5.5	6	0	T31	11.5	0
31	Virginia	11.5	5.5	3	3	T31	11.5	0
31	West Virginia	11.5	6.5	1	4	T31	11.5	0
34	Bucknell (PA)	11	3	2	6	34	11	0
35	Fresno State (CA)	10.5	3.5	1	6	T35	10.5	0
35	North Dakota State	10.5	5.5	5	0	T35	10.5	0
37	Navy (MD)	7.5	4.5	3	0	37	7.5	0
37	Campbell (NC)	7.5	5.5	2	0	T38	6.5	+1
39	Appalachian State (NC)	6.5	3.5	0	3	T38	6.5	0
39	Binghamton (NY)	6.5	3.5	0	3	T38	6.5	0
41	Air Force (CO)	6	3	3	0	T41	6	0
41	Army (NY)	6	4	2	0	T41	6	0
41	California-Bakersfield	6	2.5	3.5	0	T41	6	0
41	Oregon State	6	4	2	0	T46	5	+1
45	Hofstra (NY)	5.5	3.5	2	0	T44	5.5	0
45	Kent State (OH)	5.5	2.5	3	0	T44	5.5	0
47	Indiana (IN)	5	3	2	0	T46	5	0
48	Drexel (PA)	3.5	1.5	2	0	T48	3.5	0
48	Duke (NC)	3.5	1.5	2	0	T48	3.5	0
48	Northern Colorado	3.5	1.5	2	0	T48	3.5	0
51	Clarion (PA)	1.5	0.5	1	0	T51	1.5	0
51	Cleveland State (OH)	1.5	0.5	1	0	T51	1.5	0
51	Gardner-Webb (NC)	1.5	1.5	0	0	T51	1.5	0
54	Bloomsburg (PA)	1	1	0	0	T54	1	0
54	Buffalo (NY)	1	1	0	0	T54	1	0
54	Ohio	1	1	0	0	T54	1	0
54	Tennessee-Chattanooga	1	1	0	0	T54	1	0
58	Arkansas-Little Rock	0.5	0.5	0	0	T58	0.5	0
58	Edinboro (PA)	0.5	0.5	0	0	T58	0.5	0
60	American (DC)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
60	Citadel (SC)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
60	Sacred Heart (CT)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
60	Southern Illinois Edwardsville	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, 2021. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.