Most falls by a school in one tournament
A team's best single tournament.
218 schools · 5,279 wins by fall
| Rank | School | Year | Wrestlers | Falls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 1935 | 6 | 14 |
| 2 | Iowa | 1979 | 6 | 13 |
| T3 | Oklahoma State | 1948 | 7 | 12 |
| T3 | Oklahoma State | 2006 | 5 | 12 |
| T5 | Oklahoma | 1936 | 5 | 11 |
| T5 | Illinois | 1948 | 5 | 11 |
| T5 | Michigan State | 1948 | 4 | 11 |
| T5 | Oklahoma | 1957 | 6 | 11 |
| T9 | Cornell College (IA) | 1947 | 4 | 10 |
| T9 | Iowa State | 1968 | 6 | 10 |
| T9 | Iowa State | 1969 | 5 | 10 |
| T9 | Oklahoma State | 1980 | 4 | 10 |
| T9 | Iowa | 1983 | 5 | 10 |
| T9 | Oklahoma State | 2003 | 6 | 10 |
| T9 | Missouri | 2007 | 5 | 10 |
| T9 | Penn State | 2013 | 6 | 10 |
| T9 | Iowa | 2018 | 5 | 10 |
| T18 | Northern Iowa | 1948 | 4 | 9 |
| T18 | Oklahoma | 1966 | 6 | 9 |
| T18 | Michigan | 1967 | 5 | 9 |
| T18 | Iowa State | 1970 | 3 | 9 |
| T18 | Oregon State | 1970 | 4 | 9 |
| T18 | Iowa | 1975 | 5 | 9 |
| T18 | Iowa | 1997 | 6 | 9 |
| T18 | Lehigh (PA) | 2002 | 4 | 9 |
| T18 | Penn State | 2019 | 5 | 9 |
Each win by fall is credited to the winner and to the school the winner wrestled for that year. Career totals span eras: falls were more common in some decades, and the number of rounds and wrestlers in a bracket changed over time. Technical falls are not counted. What counts as a fall