1992 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 1992 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 550 bouts. Iowa won the team title with 149 points; Oklahoma State was second with 100.5. Iowa had three of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Sylvester Terkay, North Carolina State · 4 falls in 6:31
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | Jeff Prescott (1) · 2nd titlePenn State | Penn State | Dec 2–0 over Chad Zaputil (2), Iowa |
| 126 | Terry Brands (1) · 2nd titleIowa | Iowa | Dec 8–5 over Shawn Charles (2), Arizona State |
| 134 | Tom Brands (1) · 3rd titleIowa | Iowa | Dec 6–2 over Alan Fried (2), Oklahoma State |
| 142 | Troy Steiner (1)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 8–2 over Chris Owens (2), Oklahoma State |
| 150 | Matt Demaray (1) · 2nd titleWisconsin | Wisconsin | Dec 5–2 over Troy Sunderland (3), Penn State |
| 158 | Pat Smith (1) · 3rd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 3–1 over Ray Miller (3), Arizona State |
| 167 | Charles Jones Sr. (2)Purdue (IN) | Purdue (IN) | Dec 6–5 over Todd Chesbro (5), Oklahoma State |
| 177 | Kevin Randleman (3)Ohio State | Ohio State | Fall 3:39 over Corey Olson (5), Nebraska |
| 190 | Mark Kerr (4)Syracuse (NY) | Syracuse (NY) | MD 12–4 over Randy Couture (2), Oklahoma State |
| 275 | Kurt Angle (1) · 2nd titleClarion (PA) | Clarion (PA) | Dec 3–2 over Sylvester Terkay (2), North Carolina State |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1992
Head coach for the 1992 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa | Dan Gable | 149 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | John Smith and Kenny Monday co-heads | 100.5 |
| 3 | Penn State | Rich Lorenzo | 89.25 |
| 4 | Iowa State | Jim Gibbons | 72.25 |
| 5 | Ohio State | Russ Hellickson | 64.5 |
| 6 | Arizona State | Bobby Douglas | 63 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | Andy Rein | 34.25 |
| 8 | Clarion (PA) | Bob Bubb | 33.5 |
| 9 | North Carolina State | Bob Guzzo | 33.25 |
| 10 | Northern Iowa | Don Briggs | 28.75 |
| 11 | Nebraska | Tim Neumann | 28 |
| 12 | Purdue (IN) | Mitch Hull | 26.5 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | Stan Abel | 22 |
| 14 | Syracuse (NY) | Ed Carlin | 20.5 |
| 15 | Cornell (NY) | Jack Spates | 18 |
| 16 | Missouri | Wes Roper | 16.5 |
| 17 | Oregon State | Mark Johnson | 16.25 |
| 18 | North Carolina | Bill Lam | 15.5 |
| T19 | Lehigh (PA) | Tom Hutchinson | 15 |
| T19 | Pittsburgh (PA) | Rande Stottlemyer | 15 |
Show all 73 teams
11 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1992 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 74* | Boston College (MA) | Rodney Buttry | 0* |
| 74* | Buffalo (NY) | Charlie Cheney | 0* |
| 74* | Clemson (SC) | Eddie Griffin | 0* |
| 74* | Delaware State | Not yet established | 0* |
| 74* | Drake (IA) | Lonnie Timmerman | 0* |
| 74* | Drexel (PA) | Jack Childs | 0* |
| 74* | Illinois State | George Girardi | 0* |
| 74* | Seton Hall (NJ) | Al Reinoso | 0* |
| 74* | Slippery Rock (PA) | Steve Roberts | 0* |
| 74* | Southwest Missouri | John Kriebs | 0* |
| 74* | Virginia Military | John Trudgeon | 0* |
Cite this page: “1992 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/1992/