2016 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 2016 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 640 bouts. Penn State won the team title with 123 points; Oklahoma State was second with 97.5. Penn State had two of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Mathew Miller, Navy (MD) · 3 falls in 5:38
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | Nicholas 'Nico' Megaludis (3)Penn State | Penn State | Dec 6–3 over Thomas Gilman (4), Iowa |
| 133 | Nahshon Garrett (1)Cornell (NY) | Cornell (NY) | Dec 7–6 over Cory Clark (2), Iowa |
| 141 | Dean Heil (1)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 3–2 over Bryce Meredith (14), Wyoming |
| 149 | Zain Retherford (1)Penn State | Penn State | MD 10–1 over Brandon Sorensen (2), Iowa |
| 157 | Isaiah Martinez (1) · 2nd titleIllinois | Illinois | Dec 6–5 over Jason Nolf (3), Penn State |
| 165 | Alex Dieringer (1) · 3rd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 6–2 over Isaac Jordan (2), Wisconsin |
| 174 | Myles Martin (11)Ohio State | Ohio State | Dec 11–9 over Bo Nickal (1), Penn State |
| 184 | Gabe Dean (1) · 2nd titleCornell (NY) | Cornell (NY) | Dec 5–3 over Timothy 'TJ' Dudley (7), Nebraska |
| 197 | J'Den Cox (2) · 2nd titleMissouri | Missouri | Dec 4–2 over Morgan McIntosh (1), Penn State |
| 285 | Kyle Snyder (2)Ohio State | Ohio State | Dec 7–5 over Nick Gwiazdowski (1), North Carolina State |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 2016
Head coach for the 2016 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penn State | Cael Sanderson | 123 |
| 2 | Oklahoma State | John Smith | 97.5 |
| 3 | Ohio State | Tom Ryan | 86 |
| 4 | Virginia Tech | Kevin Dresser | 82 |
| 5 | Iowa | Tom Brands | 81 |
| 6 | Missouri | Brian Smith | 74.5 |
| 7 | Cornell (NY) | Rob Koll | 67 |
| 8 | Nebraska | Mark Manning | 58 |
| T9 | Illinois | Jim Heffernan | 50.5 |
| T9 | Michigan | Joe McFarland | 50.5 |
| 11 | North Carolina State | Pat Popolizio | 49 |
| 12 | Iowa State | Kevin Jackson | 35 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | Mark Cody | 33.5 |
| 14 | Lehigh (PA) | Pat Santoro | 31 |
| 15 | Rutgers (NJ) | Scott Goodale | 30 |
| 16 | Kent State (OH) | Jim Andrassy | 28.5 |
| 17 | Minnesota | J Robinson | 26 |
| 18 | Wyoming | Mark Branch | 24.5 |
| 19 | Stanford (CA) | Jason Borrelli | 24 |
| 20 | Pennsylvania | Alex Tirapelle | 23.5 |
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Cite this page: “2016 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/2016/