Reconstruction · 2023 NCAA Championships

2023 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 2023 recorded match rows under the 2016 rules: advancement (including byes), bonus, guaranteed-place increments, and any curated adjustments. 62 of 66 programs match the published total exactly; 4 differ; 6 are not listed in the published standings.

2023 reconstructed team scores with published place, points and difference
Rank	Program	Reconstructed	Advancement	Bonus	Placement	Published place	Published points	Difference
1	Penn State	137.5	29.5	16	92	1	137.5	0
2	Iowa	82.5	23	12.5	47	2	82.5	0
3	Cornell (NY)	76.5	18.5	13	45	3	76.5	0
4	Ohio State	70.5	20.5	15	35	4	70.5	0
5	Missouri	64.5	21	4.5	39	5	64.5	0
6	Michigan	58.5	17	13.5	28	6	58.5	0
7	Arizona State	55	13	9	33	7	55	0
8	Nebraska	54	17	6	31	8	54	0
9	Virginia Tech	49	17	4	28	9	49	0
10	North Carolina State	48	16.5	12.5	19	10	48	0
11	Iowa State	47	16	12	19	11	47	0
12	North Carolina	43	12	3	28	12	42	+1
13	South Dakota State	38	13	6	19	14	37	+1
14	Princeton (NJ)	37.5	7.5	4	26	13	37.5	0
15	Minnesota	30.5	13.5	7	10	15	30.5	0
16	Northern Iowa	29	13	4	12	T16	29	0
16	Wisconsin	29	10	10	9	T16	29	0
18	Air Force (CO)	28.5	6.5	12	10	T18	28.5	0
18	Oklahoma State	28.5	11.5	2	15	T18	28.5	0
20	Lehigh (PA)	28	9	9	10	T20	28	0
20	Purdue (IN)	28	8	4	16	T20	28	0
22	Pittsburgh (PA)	27	10	1	16	22	27	0
22	Northern Colorado	27	8	3	16	23	26	+1
24	North Dakota State	25.5	7.5	5	13	24	25.5	0
25	Northwestern (IL)	24.5	11.5	6	7	25	24.5	0
26	Stanford (CA)	18	7	4	7	26	18	0
27	California-Poly	17.5	6	2.5	9	27	17.5	0
28	Clarion (PA)	15.5	4.5	7	4	28	15.5	0
29	Oregon State	15	6.5	2.5	6	29	15	0
30	Lock Haven (PA)	12.5	3.5	0	9	30	12.5	0
31	Illinois	11	7	4	0	31	11	0
32	Pennsylvania	9.5	3.5	6	0	32	9.5	0
33	Rider (NJ)	9	3	0	6	33	9	0
34	Rutgers (NJ)	8	4	4	0	T34	8	0
34	West Virginia	8	5	0	3	T34	8	0
36	Columbia (NY)	7.5	3.5	4	0	T36	7.5	0
36	Maryland	7.5	5.5	2	0	T36	7.5	0
36	Northern Illinois	7.5	2.5	2	3	39	6.5	+1
39	Indiana (IN)	7	4.5	2.5	0	38	7	0
40	Michigan State	6	4	2	0	T40	6	0
40	Oklahoma	6	4	2	0	T40	6	0
40	Utah Valley	6	3	3	0	T40	6	0
43	Drexel (PA)	4.5	3.5	1	0	43	4.5	0
44	Campbell (NC)	4	2	2	0	T44	4	0
44	Harvard (MA)	4	4	0	0	T44	4	0
44	Tennessee-Chattanooga	4	2	2	0	T44	4	0
47	Southern Illinois Edwardsville	3	3	0	0	47	3	0
48	American (DC)	2.5	0.5	2	0	T48	2.5	0
48	Virginia	2.5	2.5	0	0	T48	2.5	0
50	Binghamton (NY)	2	1	1	0	T50	2	0
50	Navy (MD)	2	2	0	0	T50	2	0
50	Wyoming	2	2	0	0	T50	2	0
53	Appalachian State (NC)	1	1	0	0	T53	1	0
53	California-Bakersfield	1	1	0	0	T53	1	0
53	Central Michigan	1	1	0	0	T53	1	0
56	Army (NY)	0.5	0.5	0	0	T56	0.5	0
56	Buffalo (NY)	0.5	0.5	0	0	T56	0.5	0
56	Duke (NC)	0.5	0.5	0	0	T56	0.5	0
56	Gardner-Webb (NC)	0.5	0.5	0	0	T56	0.5	0
56	George Mason (VA)	0.5	0.5	0	0	T56	0.5	0
61	Bloomsburg (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
61	Bucknell (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
61	Edinboro (PA)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
61	Hofstra (NY)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
61	Kent State (OH)	0	0	0	0	not listed	not listed	not listed
61	Ohio	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, 2023. Programs the book lists without an archive entry that year are not shown.