2018 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
The 2018 NCAA championships had 10 weights and 640 bouts. Penn State won the team title with 141.5 points; Ohio State was second with 133.5. Penn State had four of the 10 individual champions.
Most falls in the least time: Sam Stoll, Iowa · 3 falls in 8:50
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 125 | Spencer Lee (3)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 5–1 over Nick Suriano (4), Rutgers (NJ) |
| 133 | Seth Gross (1)South Dakota State | South Dakota State | Dec 13–8 over Stevan Micic (2), Michigan |
| 141 | John 'Yianni' Diakomihalis (3)Cornell (NY) | Cornell (NY) | Dec 7–4 over Bryce Meredith (1), Wyoming |
| 149 | Zain Retherford (1) · 3rd titlePenn State | Penn State | Dec 6–2 over Ronnie Perry (15), Lock Haven (PA) |
| 157 | Jason Nolf (3) · 2nd titlePenn State | Penn State | Dec 6–2 over Hayden Hidlay (1), North Carolina State |
| 165 | Vincenzo Joseph (3) · 2nd titlePenn State | Penn State | Dec 6–1 over Isaiah Martinez (1), Illinois |
| 174 | Zahid Valencia (1)Arizona State | Arizona State | Dec 8–2 over Mark Hall (2), Penn State |
| 184 | Bo Nickal (1) · 2nd titlePenn State | Penn State | Fall 2:30 over Myles Martin (2), Ohio State |
| 197 | Michael Macchiavello (4)North Carolina State | North Carolina State | Dec 3–1 over Jared Haught (3), Virginia Tech |
| 285 | Kyle Snyder (1) · 3rd titleOhio State | Ohio State | Dec 3–2 over Adam Coon (2), Michigan |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 2018
Head coach for the 2018 tournament, from the coaching record; a dash where none is established yet.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Penn State | Cael Sanderson | 141.5 |
| 2 | Ohio State | Tom Ryan | 133.5 |
| 3 | Iowa | Tom Brands | 97 |
| T4 | Michigan | Joe McFarland | 80 |
| T4 | North Carolina State | Pat Popolizio | 80 |
| 6 | Missouri | Brian Smith | 61.5 |
| 7 | Cornell (NY) | Rob Koll | 48 |
| 8 | Virginia Tech | Tony Robie | 47.5 |
| 9 | Nebraska | Mark Manning | 47 |
| 10 | Arizona State | Zeke Jones | 43 |
| 11 | Rutgers (NJ) | Scott Goodale | 42.5 |
| 12 | South Dakota State | Chris Bono | 42 |
| T13 | Illinois | Jim Heffernan | 37.5 |
| T13 | Oklahoma State | John Smith | 37.5 |
| 15 | Lehigh (PA) | Pat Santoro | 36.5 |
| 16 | Lock Haven (PA) | Scott Moore | 35 |
| T17 | Minnesota | Brandon Eggum | 27.5 |
| T17 | Wisconsin | Barry Davis | 27.5 |
| T17 | Wyoming | Mark Branch | 27.5 |
| 20 | North Carolina | Coleman Scott | 27 |
Show all 64 teams
8 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 2018 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Head coach | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 58* | Buffalo (NY) | John Stutzman | 1* |
| 66* | Air Force (CO) | Sam Barber | 0* |
| 66* | Citadel (SC) | Rob Hjerling | 0* |
| 66* | Cleveland State (OH) | Ben Stehura | 0* |
| 66* | Gardner-Webb (NC) | Daniel Elliott | 0* |
| 66* | Michigan State | Roger Chandler | 0* |
| 66* | Ohio | Joel Greenlee | 0* |
| 66* | Southern Illinois Edwardsville | Jeremy Spates | 0* |
Cite this page: “2018 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships”, March Matness, NCAA Division I championship record, release affad6e7. https://www.marchmatness.app/tournaments/2018/