1972 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 1972 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 476 bouts. Iowa State won the team title with 103 points; Michigan State was second with 72.5. Iowa State had three of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: John Panning, Minnesota · 4 falls in 12:05
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | Greg Johnson (1) · 3rd titleMichigan State | Michigan State | Dec 9–5 over Gary Breece (3), Oklahoma |
| 126 | Pat Milkovich (5)Michigan State | Michigan State | Dec 4–2 over Chris Quigley, Illinois State |
| 134 | Gary BartonClarion (PA) | Clarion (PA) | Dec 8–6 over Phil Parker (2), Iowa State |
| 142 | Tom Milkovich (3)Michigan State | Michigan State | Dec 8–4 over Larry Owings (1), Washington (WA) |
| 150 | Wade Schalles (4)Clarion (PA) | Clarion (PA) | Fall 3:52 over Jarrett Hubbard (3), Michigan |
| 158 | Carl Adams (2) · 2nd titleIowa State | Iowa State | Dec 7–4 over Stan Dziedzic (1), Slippery Rock (PA) |
| 167 | Andy Matter (1) · 2nd titlePenn State | Penn State | Dec 6–2 over Keith Abens (6), Iowa State |
| 177 | Bill Murdock (4)Washington (WA) | Washington (WA) | Dec 10–1 over John Panning, Minnesota |
| 190 | Ben Peterson (1) · 2nd titleIowa State | Iowa State | Default over Emil Deliere (7), Princeton (NJ) |
| Unlimited | Chris Taylor (3)Iowa State | Iowa State | Dec 6–1 over Greg Wojciechowski (1), Toledo (OH) |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1972
Head coach for the 1972 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa State | Harold Nichols | 103 |
| 2 | Michigan State | Grady Peninger | 72.5 |
| 3 | Oklahoma State | Tommy Chesbro | 57 |
| 4 | Washington (WA) | Jim Smith | 54 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | Tommy Evans | 45.5 |
| 6 | Clarion (PA) | Bob Bubb | 36 |
| 7 | Oregon State | Dale Thomas | 28 |
| 8 | Penn State | Bill Koll | 26.5 |
| T9 | Navy (MD) | Ed Peery | 26 |
| T9 | Ohio | Harry Houska | 26 |
| 11 | Idaho State | Tom Jewell | 24.5 |
| 12 | Iowa | Dave McCuskey | 24 |
| 13 | Minnesota | Wally Johnson | 23.5 |
| 14 | Arizona | William J. Nelson | 21.5 |
| 15 | Portland State (OR) | Donald Conway | 21 |
| 16 | Illinois State | Robert Koehler | 20 |
| 17 | Michigan | Rick Bay | 19 |
| T18 | Princeton (NJ) | John Johnston | 16 |
| T18 | Toledo (OH) | Dick Wilson | 16 |
| 20 | Slippery Rock (PA) | Fred Powell | 14.5 |
Show all 74 teams
31 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1972 scoring rules.
Cite this page: “1972 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1972/