2012 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 2012 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 640 bouts. Penn State won the team title with 143 points; Minnesota was second with 117.5. Penn State had three of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: David Taylor, Penn State · 4 falls in 8:46
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | Matt McDonough (1) · 2nd titleIowa | Iowa | Dec 4–1 over Nicholas 'Nico' Megaludis (10), Penn State |
| 133 | Logan Stieber (2)Ohio State | Ohio State | Dec 4–3 over Jordan Oliver (1), Oklahoma State |
| 141 | Kellen Russell (1) · 2nd titleMichigan | Michigan | Dec 6–4 over Montell Marion (3), Iowa |
| 149 | Frank Molinaro (1)Penn State | Penn State | Dec 4–1 over Dylan Ness (7), Minnesota |
| 157 | Kyle Dake (1) · 3rd titleCornell (NY) | Cornell (NY) | Dec 4–1 over Derek St. John (2), Iowa |
| 165 | David Taylor (1)Penn State | Penn State | TF 22–7 over Brandon Hatchett (11), Lehigh (PA) |
| 174 | Ed Ruth (1)Penn State | Penn State | MD 13–2 over Nick Amuchastegui (3), Stanford (CA) |
| 184 | Steve Bosak (4)Cornell (NY) | Cornell (NY) | Dec 4–2 over Quentin Wright (6), Penn State |
| 197 | Cam Simaz (1)Cornell (NY) | Cornell (NY) | Dec 7–5 over Christopher Honeycutt (2), Edinboro (PA) |
| 285 | Tony Nelson (2)Minnesota | Minnesota | Dec 4–1 over Zach Rey (4), Lehigh (PA) |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 2012
Head coach for the 2012 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penn State | Cael Sanderson | 143 |
| 2 | Minnesota | J Robinson | 117.5 |
| 3 | Iowa | Tom Brands | 107.5 |
| 4 | Cornell (NY) | Rob Koll | 102.5 |
| 5 | Ohio State | Tom Ryan | 68.5 |
| 6 | Oklahoma State | John Smith | 66 |
| 7 | Illinois | Jim Heffernan | 62 |
| 8 | Lehigh (PA) | Pat Santoro | 61 |
| 9 | Northwestern (IL) | Drew Pariano | 42.5 |
| 10 | Oregon State | Jim Zalesky | 40.5 |
| T11 | Michigan | Joe McFarland | 39 |
| T11 | Virginia Tech | Kevin Dresser | 39 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | Mark Cody | 38 |
| 14 | Binghamton (NY) | Pat Popolizio | 36 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh (PA) | Rande Stottlemyer | 35 |
| 16 | Stanford (CA) | Jason Borrelli | 33 |
| 17 | Edinboro (PA) | Tim Flynn | 32.5 |
| 18 | Clarion (PA) | Matt Dernlan | 32 |
| T19 | American (DC) | Teague Moore | 31 |
| T19 | Wyoming | Mark Branch | 31 |
Show all 63 teams
7 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 2012 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64* | Brown (RI) | David Amato | 0* |
| 64* | California-Bakersfield | Mike Mendoza | 0* |
| 64* | Drexel (PA) | Matt Azevedo | 0* |
| 64* | Duke (NC) | Clar Anderson | 0* |
| 64* | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | Mike Rogers | 0* |
| 64* | George Mason (VA) | Joe Russell | 0* |
| 64* | Northern Illinois | Ryan Ludwig | 0* |
Cite this page: “2012 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/2012/