1974 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 1974 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 496 bouts. Oklahoma won the team title with 69.5 points; Michigan was second with 67. Oklahoma had two of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Jim Woods, Western Illinois · 3 falls in 7:19
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | Gary Breece (2)Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Dec 3–2 over Jack Spates (4), Slippery Rock (PA) |
| 126 | Pat Milkovich (1) · 2nd titleMichigan State | Michigan State | Dec 5–2 over Billy Martin Jr. (3), Oklahoma State |
| 134 | Tom Sculley (3)Lehigh (PA) | Lehigh (PA) | Dec 4–3 over Jim Miller (5), Northern Iowa |
| 142 | Rick Lawinger (2)Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Dec 8–2 over Steve Randall (4), Oklahoma State |
| 150 | Jarrett Hubbard (1) · 2nd titleMichigan | Michigan | Dec 14–7 over Bob Holland (3), Iowa State |
| 158 | Rod Kilgore (2)Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Dec 9–7 over Larry Zilverberg (1), Minnesota |
| 167 | Doug Wyn (2)Western Michigan | Western Michigan | Dec 5–2 over Jeff Callard (4), Oklahoma |
| 177 | Floyd 'Shorty' Hitchcock (6)Bloomsburg (PA) | Bloomsburg (PA) | Dec 10–4 over Mel Renfro (1), Washington (WA) |
| 190 | Greg Strobel (1) · 2nd titleOregon State | Oregon State | Dec 7–2 over Ben Ohai (2), Brigham Young (UT) |
| Unlimited | Jim Woods (8)Western Illinois | Western Illinois | Dec 9–5 over Gary Ernst (3), Michigan |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1974
Head coach for the 1974 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma | Stan Abel | 69.5 |
| 2 | Michigan | Rick Bay | 67 |
| 3 | Oklahoma State | Tommy Chesbro | 64 |
| 4 | Iowa State | Harold Nichols | 63 |
| 5 | Iowa | Gary Kurdelmeier | 48.5 |
| 6 | Washington (WA) | Don Pleasant acting | 44.5 |
| 7 | Penn State | Bill Koll | 43 |
| 8 | Oregon State | Dale Thomas | 39.5 |
| 9 | Lehigh (PA) | Thad Turner | 35 |
| 10 | Slippery Rock (PA) | Fred Powell | 33.5 |
| 11 | Clarion (PA) | Bob Bubb | 31.5 |
| 12 | Brigham Young (UT) | Fred Davis | 30.5 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | Duane Kleven | 26 |
| 14 | Michigan State | Grady Peninger | 24 |
| 15 | Western Michigan | George Hobbs | 22 |
| 16 | Minnesota | Wally Johnson | 20 |
| 17 | Navy (MD) | Ed Peery | 19 |
| 18 | Pittsburgh (PA) | Dave Adams | 15 |
| 19 | West Chester (PA) | Milton Collier | 13 |
| T20 | Northwestern (IL) | Ken Kraft | 12 |
| T20 | Oregon | Ron Finley | 12 |
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44 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1974 scoring rules.
Cite this page: “1974 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1974/