NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships
Champions by year
Prior to 1963, only a single national championship was held for all members of the NCAA; Division II competition began in 1963, with Division III following in 1974.

NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

Section Title: Champions by year
Table Section Text: Prior to 1963, only a single national championship was held for all members of the NCAA; Division II competition began in 1963, with Division III following in 1974.

NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships

Year	Host city (Host school)	Host arena	Team championship	Outstanding Wrestler (Team)

Winner	Points	Runner-up	Points

1928	Ames, Iowa (Iowa Agricultural College)	State Gymnasium	Oklahoma A&M(1)	—	Iowa Agricultural College Michigan	—	—

1929	Columbus, Ohio (Ohio State)	Ohio Expo Center Coliseum	Oklahoma A&M(2)	26	Michigan	18	—

1930	State College, Pennsylvania (Penn State)	Rec Hall	Oklahoma A&M(3)	27	Illinois	14	—

1931	Providence, Rhode Island (Brown)	Brown Gymnasium	Oklahoma A&M(4)	29	Iowa Agricultural College	17	—

1932	Bloomington, Indiana (Indiana)	IU Fieldhouse	Indiana	14	Oklahoma A&M	11	Edwin Belshaw (Indiana)

1933	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Lehigh)	Taylor Gymnasium	Iowa Agricultural College(1) Oklahoma A&M(5)	—	—	—	Alan Kelley (Oklahoma A&M)

1934	Ann Arbor, Michigan (Michigan)	Yost Field House	Oklahoma A&M(6)	29	Indiana	19	Ben Bishop (Lehigh)

1935	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Lehigh)	Taylor Gymnasium	Oklahoma A&M(7)	36	Oklahoma	18	Ross Flood (Oklahoma A&M)

1936	Lexington, Virginia (Washington & Lee)	Doremus Gymnasium	Oklahoma(1)	14	Central Oklahoma Oklahoma A&M	10	Wayne Martin (Oklahoma)

1937	Terre Haute, Indiana (Indiana State)	Indiana State Teacher's College Gymnasium	Oklahoma A&M(8)	31	Oklahoma	13	Stanley Hensen (Oklahoma A&M)

1938	State College, Pennsylvania (Penn State)	Rec Hall	Oklahoma A&M(9)	19	Illinois	15	Joe McDaniels (Oklahoma A&M)

1939	Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Franklin & Marshall)	Mayser Physical Education Center	Oklahoma A&M(10)	33	Lehigh	12	Dale Hanson (Minnesota)

1940	Champaign, Illinois (Illinois)	Huff Gymnasium	Oklahoma A&M(11)	24	Indiana	14	Dan Nichols (Michigan)

1941	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Lehigh)	Taylor Gymnasium	Oklahoma A&M(12)	37	Michigan State	26	Al Whitehurst (Oklahoma A&M)

1942	East Lansing, Michigan (Michigan State)	Jenison Fieldhouse	Oklahoma A&M(13)	31	Michigan State	26	David Arndt (Oklahoma A&M)

1943	Not held because of World War II

1944

1945

1946	Stillwater, Oklahoma (Oklahoma A&M)	Gallagher Hall	Oklahoma A&M(14)	25	Iowa State Teachers College	24	Gerald Leeman (Iowa State Teachers College)

1947	Champaign, Illinois (Illinois)	Huff Gymnasium	Cornell College	25	Iowa State Teachers College	24	Bill Koll (Iowa State Teachers College)

1948	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Lehigh)	Taylor Gymnasium	Oklahoma A&M(15)	33	Michigan State	28	Bill Koll (Iowa State Teachers College)

1949	Fort Collins, Colorado (Colorado A&M)	South College Gymnasium	Oklahoma A&M(16)	32	Iowa State Teachers College	27	Charles Hetrick (Oklahoma A&M)

1950	Cedar Falls, Iowa (Iowa State Teachers College)	West Gymnasium	Iowa State Teachers College	30	Purdue	16	Anthony Gizoni (Waynesburg)

1951	Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (Lehigh)	Taylor Gymnasium	Oklahoma(2)	24	Oklahoma A&M	23	Walter Romanowski (Cornell College)

1952	Fort Collins, Colorado (Colorado A&M)	South College Gymnasium	Oklahoma(3)	22	Iowa State Teachers College	21	Tommy Evans (Oklahoma)

1953	State College, Pennsylvania (Penn State)	Rec Hall	Penn State(1)	21	Oklahoma	15	Frank Bettucci (Cornell)

1954	Norman, Oklahoma (Oklahoma)	McCasland Field House	Oklahoma A&M(17)	32	Pittsburgh	17	Tommy Evans (Oklahoma)

1955	Ithaca, New York (Cornell)	Barton Hall	Oklahoma A&M(18)	40	Penn State	31	Edward Eichelberger (Lehigh)

1956	Stillwater, Oklahoma (Oklahoma A&M)	Gallagher Hall	Oklahoma A&M(19)	65	Oklahoma	62	Danny Hodge (Oklahoma)

1957	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh)	Fitzgerald Field House	Oklahoma(4)	73	Pittsburgh	66	Danny Hodge (Oklahoma)

1958	Laramie, Wyoming (Wyoming)	War Memorial Fieldhouse	Oklahoma State(20)	77	Iowa Agricultural College	62	Dick Delgado (Oklahoma)

1959	Iowa City, Iowa (Iowa)	Iowa Field House	Oklahoma State(21)	73	Iowa State	51	Ron Gray (Iowa State)

1960	College Park, Maryland (Maryland)	Cole Field House	Oklahoma(5)	59	Iowa State	40	Dave Auble (Cornell)

1961	Corvallis, Oregon (Oregon State)	Oregon State Coliseum	Oklahoma State(22)	82	Oklahoma	63	E. Gray Simons (Lock Haven)

1962	Stillwater, Oklahoma (Oklahoma State)	Gallagher Hall	Oklahoma State(23)	82	Oklahoma	45	E. Gray Simons (Lock Haven)

1963	Kent, Ohio (Kent State)	Memorial Gym	Oklahoma(6)	48	Iowa State	45	Mickey Martin (Oklahoma)

1964	Ithaca, New York (Cornell)	Barton Hall	Oklahoma State(24)	87	Oklahoma	58	Dean Lahr (Colorado)

1965	Laramie, Wyoming (Wyoming)	War Memorial Fieldhouse	Iowa State(2)	87	Oklahoma State	86	Yojiro Uetake (Oklahoma State)

1966	Ames, Iowa (Iowa State)	Iowa State Armory	Oklahoma State(25)	79	Iowa State	70	Yojiro Uetake (Oklahoma State)

1967	Kent, Ohio (Kent State)	Memorial Gym	Michigan State	74	Michigan	63	Rick Sanders (Portland State)

1968	State College, Pennsylvania (Penn State)	Rec Hall	Oklahoma State(26)	81	Iowa State	78	Dwayne Keller (Oklahoma State)

1969	Provo, Utah (BYU)	Smith Fieldhouse	Iowa State(3)	104	Oklahoma	69	Dan Gable (Iowa State)

1970	Evanston, Illinois (Northwestern)	McGaw Memorial Hall	Iowa State(4)	99	Michigan State	84	Larry Owings (Washington)

1971	Auburn, Alabama (Auburn)	Memorial Coliseum	Oklahoma State(27)	94	Iowa State	66	Darrell Keller (Oklahoma State)

1972	College Park, Maryland (Maryland)	Cole Field House	Iowa State(5)	103	Michigan State	72½	Wade Schalles (Clarion)

1973	Seattle, Washington (Washington)	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	Iowa State(6)	85	Oregon State	72½	Greg Strobel (Oregon State)

1974	Ames, Iowa (Iowa State)	Hilton Coliseum	Oklahoma(7)	69½	Michigan	67	Floyd Hitchcock (Bloomsburg)

1975	Princeton, New Jersey (Princeton)	Jadwin Gymnasium	Iowa(1)	102	Oklahoma	77	Mike Frick (Lehigh)

1976	Tucson, Arizona (Arizona)	McKale Center	Iowa(2)	123½	Iowa State	85¾	Chuck Yagla (Iowa)

1977	Norman, Oklahoma (Oklahoma)	McCasland Field House	Iowa State(7)	95½	Oklahoma State	88¾	Nick Gallo (Hofstra)

1978	College Park, Maryland (Maryland)	Cole Field House	Iowa(3)	94½	Iowa State	94	Mark Churella (Michigan)

1979	Ames, Iowa (Iowa State)	Hilton Coliseum	Iowa(4)	112½	Iowa State	88	Bruce Kinseth (Iowa)

1980	Corvallis, Oregon (Oregon State)	Gill Coliseum	Iowa(5)	110¾	Oklahoma State	87	Howard Harris (Oregon State)

1981	Princeton, New Jersey (Princeton)	Jadwin Gymnasium	Iowa(6)	129¾	Oklahoma	100¼	Gene Mills (Syracuse)

1982	Ames, Iowa (Iowa State)	Hilton Coliseum	Iowa(7)	131¾	Iowa State	111	Mark Schultz (Oklahoma)

1983	Norman and Stillwater, Oklahoma (Oklahoma and Oklahoma State)	McCasland Field House and Gallagher Hall	Iowa(8)	155	Oklahoma State	102	Mike Sheets (Oklahoma State)

1984	Princeton, New Jersey (Princeton)	Brendan Byrne Arena	Iowa(9)	123¾	Oklahoma State	98	Jim Zalesky (Iowa)

1985	Norman and Stillwater, Oklahoma (Oklahoma and Oklahoma State)	McCasland Field House and Gallagher Hall	Iowa(10)	145¼	Oklahoma	98½	Barry Davis (Iowa)

1986	Iowa City, Iowa (Iowa)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa(11)	158	Oklahoma	84¾	Marty Kistler (Iowa)

1987	College Park, Maryland (Maryland)	Cole Field House	Iowa State(8)	133	Iowa	108	John Smith (Oklahoma State)

1988	Ames, Iowa (Iowa State)	Hilton Coliseum	Arizona State	93	Iowa	85½	Scott Turner (NC State)

1989	Norman and Stillwater, Oklahoma (Oklahoma and Oklahoma State)	McCasland Field House and Gallagher-Iba Arena	Oklahoma State(28)	91¼	Arizona State	70½	Tim Krieger (Iowa State)

1990	College Park, Maryland (Maryland)	Cole Field House	Oklahoma State(29)	117¾	Arizona State	104¾	Chris Barnes (Oklahoma State)

1991	Iowa City, Iowa (Iowa)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa(12)	157	Oklahoma State	108¾	Jeff Prescott (Penn State)

1992	Norman and Stillwater, Oklahoma (Oklahoma and Oklahoma State)	McCasland Field House and Gallagher-Iba Arena	Iowa(13)	149	Oklahoma State	100½	Tom Brands (Iowa)

1993	Ames, Iowa (Iowa State)	Hilton Coliseum	Iowa(14)	123¾	Penn State	87½	Terry Steiner (Iowa)

1994	Chapel Hill, North Carolina (North Carolina)	Dean Smith Center	Oklahoma State(30)	94¾	Iowa	76½	Pat Smith (Oklahoma State)

1995	Iowa City, Iowa (Iowa)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa(15)	134	Oregon State	77½	T.J. Jaworsky (North Carolina)

1996	Minneapolis, Minnesota (Minnesota)	Williams Arena	Iowa(16)	122½	Iowa State	78½	Les Gutches (Oregon State)

1997	Cedar Falls, Iowa (Northern Iowa)	UNI-Dome	Iowa(17)	170	Oklahoma State	113½	Lincoln McIlravy (Iowa)

1998	Cleveland, Ohio (Cleveland State)	CSU Convocation Center	Iowa(18)	115	Minnesota	102	Joe Williams (Iowa)

1999	State College, Pennsylvania (Penn State)	Bryce Jordan Center	Iowa(19)	100½	Minnesota	98½	Cael Sanderson (Iowa State)

2000	St. Louis, Missouri	Kiel Center	Iowa(20)	116	Iowa State	109½	Cael Sanderson (Iowa State)

2001	Iowa City, Iowa (Iowa)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Minnesota(1)	138½	Iowa	125½	Cael Sanderson (Iowa State)

2002	Albany, New York	Pepsi Arena	Minnesota(2)	126½	Iowa State	104	Cael Sanderson (Iowa State)

2003	Kansas City, Missouri	Kemper Arena	Oklahoma State(31)	143	Minnesota	104½	Eric Larkin (Arizona State)

2004	St. Louis, Missouri	Savvis Center	Oklahoma State(32)	123½	Iowa	82	Jesse Jantzen (Harvard)

2005	St. Louis, Missouri	Savvis Center	Oklahoma State(33)	153	Michigan	83	Greg Jones (West Virginia)

2006	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Ford Center	Oklahoma State(34)	122½	Minnesota	84	Ben Askren (Missouri)

2007	Auburn Hills, Michigan	The Palace of Auburn Hills	Minnesota(3)	98	Iowa State	88½	Derek Moore (UC Davis)

2008	St. Louis, Missouri	Scottrade Center	Iowa(21)	117½	Ohio State	79	Brent Metcalf (Iowa)

2009	St. Louis, Missouri	Scottrade Center	Iowa(22)	96½	Ohio State	92	Darrion Caldwell (NC State)

2010	Omaha, Nebraska	Qwest Center Omaha	Iowa(23)	134½	Cornell	90	Jayson Ness (Minnesota)

2011	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wells Fargo Center	Penn State(2)	107½	Cornell	93½	Anthony Robles (Arizona State)

2012	St. Louis, Missouri	Scottrade Center	Penn State(3)	143	Minnesota	117½	David Taylor (Penn State)

2013	Des Moines, Iowa	Wells Fargo Arena	Penn State(4)	123½	Oklahoma State	119½	Kyle Dake (Cornell)

2014	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	Chesapeake Energy Arena	Penn State(5)	109½	Minnesota	104	David Taylor (Penn State)

2015	St. Louis, Missouri	Scottrade Center	Ohio State	102	Iowa	84	Logan Stieber (Ohio State)

2016	New York City, New York	Madison Square Garden	Penn State(6)	123	Oklahoma State	97.5	Kyle Snyder (Ohio State)

2017	St. Louis, Missouri	Scottrade Center	Penn State(7)	146½	Ohio State	110	Zain Retherford (Penn State)

2018	Cleveland, Ohio	Quicken Loans Arena	Penn State(8)	141½	Ohio State	134½	Bo Nickal (Penn State)

2019	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	PPG Paints Arena	Penn State(9)	137½	Ohio State	96½	Mekhi Lewis (Virginia Tech)

2020	Minneapolis, Minnesota	U.S. Bank Stadium

2021	St. Louis, Missouri	Enterprise Center

2022	Detroit, Michigan	Little Caesars Arena

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Sentence(s)

Indiana, Iowa and Oklahoma A&M were champions in 1932 and 1933.

final_sentence: Indiana, Iowa and Oklahoma A&M were champions in 1932 and 1933.