2010 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 2010 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 638 bouts. Iowa won the team title with 134.5 points; Cornell (NY) was second with 90. Iowa had three of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Brent Jones, Virginia · 2 falls in 1:33
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | Matt McDonough (3)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 3–1 over Andrew Long (5), Iowa State |
| 133 | Jayson Ness (1)Minnesota | Minnesota | Dec 6–4 over Daniel Dennis (2), Iowa |
| 141 | Kyle Dake (1)Cornell (NY) | Cornell (NY) | Dec 7–3 over Montell Marion (6), Iowa |
| 149 | Brent Metcalf (2) · 2nd titleIowa | Iowa | Dec 3–2 over Lance Palmer (1), Ohio State |
| 157 | JP O'Connor (1)Harvard (MA) | Harvard (MA) | Dec 6–4 over Chase Pami (7), California-Poly |
| 165 | Andrew Howe (1)Wisconsin | Wisconsin | Dec 9–3 over Dan Vallimont (6), Penn State |
| 174 | Jay Borschel (2)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 6–2 over Mack Lewnes (1), Cornell (NY) |
| 184 | Max Askren (6)Missouri | Missouri | Dec 10–3 over Kirk Smith (1), Boise State (ID) |
| 197 | Jake Varner (1) · 2nd titleIowa State | Iowa State | Dec 5–2 over Craig Brester (2), Nebraska |
| 285 | David Zabriskie (1)Iowa State | Iowa State | Dec 3–2 over Jared Rosholt (2), Oklahoma State |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 2010
Head coach for the 2010 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa | Tom Brands | 134.5 |
| 2 | Cornell (NY) | Rob Koll | 90 |
| 3 | Iowa State | Kevin Jackson | 75 |
| 4 | Wisconsin | Barry Davis | 70.5 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | Jack Spates | 69 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | John Smith | 65 |
| 7 | Minnesota | J Robinson | 63 |
| 8 | Ohio State | Tom Ryan | 62 |
| 9 | Penn State | Cael Sanderson | 49 |
| 10 | Missouri | Brian Smith | 48 |
| 11 | Boise State (ID) | Greg Randall | 43.5 |
| T12 | Central Michigan | Tom Borrelli | 39.5 |
| T12 | Nebraska | Mark Manning | 39.5 |
| 14 | American (DC) | Mark Cody | 38 |
| 15 | Virginia | Steve Garland | 34 |
| 16 | Edinboro (PA) | Tim Flynn | 32 |
| 17 | Lehigh (PA) | Pat Santoro | 30.5 |
| T18 | California-Poly | John Azevedo | 30 |
| T18 | Michigan State | Tom Minkel | 30 |
| 20 | Maryland | Kerry McCoy | 29.5 |
Show all 65 teams
12 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 2010 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 55* | Citadel (SC) | Rob Hjerling | 2.5* |
| 66* | Air Force (CO) | Joel Sharratt | 0* |
| 66* | Brown (RI) | David Amato | 0* |
| 66* | California-Davis | Lennie Zalesky | 0* |
| 66* | Campbell (NC) | Billy Greene | 0* |
| 66* | Clarion (PA) | Teague Moore | 0* |
| 66* | Columbia (NY) | Brendan Buckley | 0* |
| 66* | Davidson (NC) | Bob Patnesky | 0* |
| 66* | Gardner-Webb (NC) | Richard Wince | 0* |
| 66* | George Mason (VA) | Mark Weader | 0* |
| 66* | North Dakota State | Arthur Maughan | 0* |
| 66* | Northern Illinois | Dave Grant | 0* |
Cite this page: “2010 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/2010/