1970 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 1970 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 471 bouts. Iowa State won the team title with 99 points; Michigan State was second with 84. Iowa State had three of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Dan Gable, Iowa State · 5 falls in 22:08
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | Greg Johnson (4)Michigan State | Michigan State | Dec 2–2 (tiebreaker) over Ray Stapp (2), Oklahoma State |
| 126 | Dwayne Keller (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 8–0 over Randy Payne (9), Pittsburgh (PA) |
| 134 | Darrell Keller (4)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 12–2 over Joe Carstensen (7), Iowa |
| 142 | Larry Owings (2)Washington (WA) | Washington (WA) | Dec 13–11 over Dan Gable (1), Iowa State |
| 150 | Mike Grant (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma | Oklahoma | Dec 6–1 over Bob Ferraro Sr., Indiana State |
| 158 | Dave Martin (1)Iowa State | Iowa State | Dec 5–4 over Bruce Trammel, Ohio |
| 167 | Jason Smith (1) · 2nd titleIowa State | Iowa State | Dec 8–7 over Phil Henning (3), Iowa |
| 177 | Chuck Jean (1) · 2nd titleIowa State | Iowa State | Dec 8–6 over Jim Crumley (7), Oregon State |
| 190 | Geoff Baum (2)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 9–1 over Bob Rust, Syracuse (NY) |
| Unlimited | Jess Lewis (1) · 2nd titleOregon State | Oregon State | Dec 9–2 over Greg Wojciechowski (3), Toledo (OH) |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1970
Head coach for the 1970 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa State | Harold Nichols | 99 |
| 2 | Michigan State | Grady Peninger | 84 |
| 3 | Oregon State | Dale Thomas | 80 |
| 4 | Oklahoma State | Tommy Chesbro | 79 |
| 5 | Iowa | Dave McCuskey | 45 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | Tommy Evans | 44 |
| 7 | Washington (WA) | Jim Smith | 27 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh (PA) | Dave Adams | 22 |
| 9 | Ohio | Harry Houska | 21 |
| 10 | Michigan | Cliff Keen | 19 |
| T11 | Lehigh (PA) | Gerry Leeman | 18 |
| T11 | Toledo (OH) | Dick Wilson | 18 |
| T13 | Indiana State | Chester Sanders | 17 |
| T13 | Portland State (OR) | Howard Westcott | 17 |
| 15 | Northwestern (IL) | Ken Kraft | 16 |
| T16 | Oregon | Art Keith | 13 |
| T16 | Southern Illinois Carbondale | Linn Long | 13 |
| T16 | Syracuse (NY) | Ed Carlin | 13 |
| T19 | Kent State (OH) | Joe Begala | 12 |
| T19 | Minnesota | Wally Johnson | 12 |
| T19 | Penn State | Bill Koll | 12 |
| T19 | Utah | Marvin G. Hess | 12 |
Show all 65 teams
45 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1970 scoring rules.
Cite this page: “1970 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1970/