1968 NCAA Championships

Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 11 weights.

The 1968 NCAA championships had 11 weights and 463 bouts. Oklahoma State won the team title with 81 points; Iowa State was second with 78.

11weights
11individual champions
463bouts
73wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Jess Lewis, Oregon State · 3 falls in 6:38

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Individual champions

Team standings

Scoring details →

Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1968

Head coach for the 1968 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.

Show all 79 teams
1968 team standings, continued
RankProgramHead coachPoints
T21Central WashingtonEric Beardsley14
T21Minnesota-MankatoRometo Macias14
T21Northern ColoradoJack LaBonde14
T24Hofstra (NY)Bob Getchell12
T24Toledo (OH)Dick Wilson12
26OregonArt Keith11
27Cortland (NY)David Miller10
T28Arizona StateTed Bredehoft9
T28Massachusetts TechWilfred Chassey9
T28UtahMarvin G. Hess9
31IowaDave McCuskey8
T32Army (NY)LeRoy Alitz7
T32Cornell (NY)Erie J. Miller7
T32Indiana StateChester Sanders7
T32Stanford (CA)Dave Reed7
T36Bloomsburg (PA)Russ Houk6
T36Temple (PA)John Rogers6
T38Northwest Missouri StateGary Collins5
T38Washington (WA)Jim Smith5
T40NebraskaOrval Borgialli4
T40OhioFred Schleicher4
T40Southern Illinois CarbondaleJames Wilkinson4
T40Utah StateNot yet established4
T44ArizonaWilliam J. Nelson3
T44Clarion (PA)Bob Bubb3
T44Georgia TechLowell Lange3
T44Lehigh (PA)Gerry Leeman3
T44Miami (OH)Joseph J. Galat3
T44West Chester (PA)Robert Long3
T44Western ColoradoLeroy Tracy Borah3
T44WisconsinGeorge Martin3
T52Ashland (OH)Chris Ford2
T52Colgate (NY)Frank Pascarella2
T52Colorado StateDon Mullison2
T52Davidson (NC)Charles W. Parker2
T52DelawarePaul G. Billy2
T52Kent State (OH)Joe Begala2
T52Marquette (WI)Barney Karpfinger2
T52Northern IowaChuck Patten2
T52Ohio StateCasey Fredericks2
T52Pittsburgh (PA)Dave Adams2
T52South Dakota StateWarren Williamson2
T52Washington StateRoger James2
T52Wilkes (PA)John Reese2
T52Winona State (MN)Robert W. Gunner2
T52Yale (CT)Bert Waterman2
T67Air Force (CO)Karl Kitt1
T67Bowling Green (OH)Bruce Bellard1
T67California-BerkeleyBill Martell1
T67Citadel (SC)Don Murray1
T67Franklin & Marshall (PA)Ron Gray1
T67Luther (IA)Paul Solberg1
T67MacMurray (IL)David N. Camaione1
T67North Carolina StateJerry Daniels1
T67North Central (IL)Clifford Hudson1
T67Northern IllinoisRobert Brigham1
T67PennsylvaniaDonald Frey1
T67Syracuse (NY)Ed Carlin1
T67Virginia TechFrank Teske1
23 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1968 scoring rules.

Cite this page: “1968 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1968/

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