2006 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 2006 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 640 bouts. Oklahoma State won the team title with 122.5 points; Minnesota was second with 84. Oklahoma State had two of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Mark Perry, Iowa · 4 falls in 15:33
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | Joe Dubuque (3) · 2nd titleIndiana (IN) | Indiana (IN) | Dec 8–3 over Troy Nickerson (5), Cornell (NY) |
| 133 | Matt Valenti (6)Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Dec 3–2 over Chris Fleeger (5), Purdue (IN) |
| 141 | Nate Gallick (1)Iowa State | Iowa State | Dec 3–2 over Teyon Ware (2), Oklahoma |
| 149 | Dustin Schlatter (1)Minnesota | Minnesota | Dec 4–0 over Ty Eustice (2), Iowa |
| 157 | Ben Cherrington (5)Boise State (ID) | Boise State (ID) | Dec 7–3 over Brian Stith (10), Arizona State |
| 165 | Johnny Hendricks (2) · 2nd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 9–8 over Ryan Churella (1), Michigan |
| 174 | Ben Askren (1)Missouri | Missouri | MD 14–2 over Jake Herbert (2), Northwestern (IL) |
| 184 | Shane Webster (5)Oregon | Oregon | Dec 3–2 over Roger Kish (2), Minnesota |
| 197 | Jake Rosholt (4) · 3rd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 10–3 over Phil Davis (6), Penn State |
| 285 | Cole Konrad (1)Minnesota | Minnesota | Dec 5–2 over Steve Mocco (2), Oklahoma State |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 2006
Head coach for the 2006 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | John Smith | 122.5 |
| 2 | Minnesota | J Robinson | 84 |
| 3 | Oklahoma | Jack Spates | 80.5 |
| 4 | Iowa | Jim Zalesky | 70 |
| 5 | Cornell (NY) | Rob Koll | 62 |
| 6 | Arizona State | Thom Ortiz | 61.5 |
| 7 | Michigan | Joe McFarland | 57.5 |
| 8 | Edinboro (PA) | Tim Flynn | 56 |
| T9 | Lehigh (PA) | Greg Strobel | 53.5 |
| T9 | Penn State | Troy Sunderland | 53.5 |
| 11 | Hofstra (NY) | Tom Ryan | 52.5 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | Zeke Jones | 51 |
| T13 | Iowa State | Bobby Douglas | 48.5 |
| T13 | Northwestern (IL) | Tim Cysewski | 48.5 |
| 15 | Missouri | Brian Smith | 45 |
| 16 | Nebraska | Mark Manning | 40.5 |
| 17 | American (DC) | Mark Cody | 40 |
| T18 | Indiana (IN) | Duane Goldman | 35 |
| T18 | Michigan State | Tom Minkel | 35 |
| 20 | Purdue (IN) | Jessie Reyes | 34 |
Show all 63 teams
6 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 2006 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64* | Air Force (CO) | Wayne Baughman | 0* |
| 64* | Brown (RI) | David Amato | 0* |
| 64* | George Mason (VA) | Mark Weader | 0* |
| 64* | James Madison (VA) | Josh Hutchens | 0* |
| 64* | Millersville (PA) | Neil Barnes | 0* |
| 64* | Rutgers (NJ) | John Sacchi | 0* |
Cite this page: “2006 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/2006/