1990 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 1990 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 572 bouts. Oklahoma State won the team title with 117.75 points; Arizona State was second with 104.75. Oklahoma State had two of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Doug Streicher, Iowa · 3 falls in 5:42
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | Jack Griffin (4)Northwestern (IL) | Northwestern (IL) | MD 12–4 over Larry 'Zeke' Jones (2), Arizona State |
| 126 | Terry Brands (1)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 3–2 over Jason Kelber (2), Nebraska |
| 134 | Tom Brands (2)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 9–7 over Dave Zuniga (1), Minnesota |
| 142 | Joe Reynolds (1)Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Dec 7–3 over Thom Ortiz (2), Arizona State |
| 150 | Brian Dolph (2)Indiana (IN) | Indiana (IN) | Dec 11–5 over Gary Steffensmeier (9), Northern Iowa |
| 158 | Pat Smith (1)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 11–7 over Scott Schleicher (3), Navy (MD) |
| 167 | Dan St. John (1) · 2nd titleArizona State | Arizona State | Dec 6–3 over Brad Traviolia (2), Northwestern (IL) |
| 177 | Chris Barnes (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | MD 10–2 over Marty Morgan (2), Minnesota |
| 190 | Matt Ruppel (1)Lehigh (PA) | Lehigh (PA) | Dec 6–5 over Brooks Simpson (3), Iowa |
| 275 | Kurt Angle (1)Clarion (PA) | Clarion (PA) | Dec 4–1 over Greg Haladay (6), Penn State |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1990
Head coach for the 1990 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | Joe Seay | 117.75 |
| 2 | Arizona State | Bobby Douglas | 104.75 |
| 3 | Iowa | Dan Gable | 102.75 |
| 4 | Northwestern (IL) | Tim Cysewski | 66.75 |
| 5 | Nebraska | Tim Neumann | 64.25 |
| 6 | Penn State | Rich Lorenzo | 57.5 |
| 7 | Oklahoma | Stan Abel | 48.25 |
| 8 | Indiana (IN) | Joe McFarland | 45.5 |
| 9 | Iowa State | Jim Gibbons | 43.5 |
| 10 | Minnesota | J Robinson | 42.25 |
| 11 | Northern Iowa | Don Briggs | 40.5 |
| 12 | California-Bakersfield | T.J. Kerr | 30.5 |
| 13 | Navy (MD) | Reg Wicks | 29 |
| 14 | Ohio State | Russ Hellickson | 27 |
| 15 | Clarion (PA) | Bob Bubb | 26.25 |
| 16 | North Carolina | Bill Lam | 23.5 |
| 17 | Lehigh (PA) | Tom Hutchinson | 21.5 |
| 18 | West Virginia | Craig Turnbull | 17.5 |
| 19 | Illinois | Ron Clinton | 15 |
| 20 | Cornell (NY) | Jack Spates | 14 |
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35 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1990 scoring rules.
Cite this page: “1990 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1990/