2008 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 2008 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 640 bouts. Iowa won the team title with 117.5 points; Ohio State was second with 79. Iowa had two of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Lou Ruggirello, Hofstra (NY) · 3 falls in 4:54
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | Angel Escobedo (1)Indiana (IN) | Indiana (IN) | Dec 10–3 over Jayson Ness (2), Minnesota |
| 133 | Coleman Scott (3)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Fall 0:49 over Joey Slaton (4), Iowa |
| 141 | Jeff 'J' Jaggers (6)Ohio State | Ohio State | Dec 5–2 over Chad Mendes (1), California-Poly |
| 149 | Brent Metcalf (1)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 14–8 over Bubba Jenkins (6), Penn State |
| 157 | Jordan Leen (8)Cornell (NY) | Cornell (NY) | Dec 5–4 over Michael Poeta (2), Illinois |
| 165 | Mark Perry (2) · 2nd titleIowa | Iowa | Dec 5–2 over Eric Tannenbaum (1), Michigan |
| 174 | Keith Gavin (1)Pittsburgh (PA) | Pittsburgh (PA) | Dec 4–2 over Steve Luke (2), Michigan |
| 184 | Mike Pucillo (2)Ohio State | Ohio State | Dec 4–3 over Jake Varner (1), Iowa State |
| 197 | Phil Davis (2)Penn State | Penn State | Dec 7–2 over Wynn Michalak (4), Central Michigan |
| 285 | Dustin Fox (1)Northwestern (IL) | Northwestern (IL) | Dec 4–2 over James 'JD' Bergman (2), Ohio State |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 2008
Head coach for the 2008 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa | Tom Brands | 117.5 |
| 2 | Ohio State | Tom Ryan | 79 |
| 3 | Penn State | Troy Sunderland | 75 |
| 4 | Nebraska | Mark Manning | 74 |
| T5 | Iowa State | Cael Sanderson | 72 |
| T5 | Oklahoma State | John Smith | 72 |
| T7 | Central Michigan | Tom Borrelli | 69 |
| T7 | Michigan | Joe McFarland | 69 |
| 9 | Cornell (NY) | Rob Koll | 67 |
| 10 | Minnesota | J Robinson | 61.5 |
| 11 | Missouri | Brian Smith | 48.5 |
| 12 | Indiana (IN) | Duane Goldman | 43 |
| 13 | Northwestern (IL) | Tim Cysewski | 41 |
| 14 | Illinois | Mark Johnson | 40.5 |
| 15 | Hofstra (NY) | Tom Shifflet | 38 |
| 16 | Pittsburgh (PA) | Rande Stottlemyer | 33.5 |
| 17 | Wisconsin | Barry Davis | 31 |
| 18 | Navy (MD) | Bruce Burnett | 30.5 |
| 19 | Stanford (CA) | Kerry McCoy | 29 |
| 20 | Northern Iowa | Brad Penrith | 27 |
Show all 66 teams
8 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 2008 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 63* | Rutgers (NJ) | Scott Goodale | 1* |
| 68* | Boston (MA) | Carl Adams | 0* |
| 68* | Brown (RI) | David Amato | 0* |
| 68* | Clarion (PA) | Teague Moore | 0* |
| 68* | Duquesne (PA) | John Hartupee | 0* |
| 68* | Eastern Michigan | Derek DelPorto | 0* |
| 68* | Millersville (PA) | Neil Barnes | 0* |
| 68* | Virginia Tech | Kevin Dresser | 0* |
Cite this page: “2008 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/2008/