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Stories from the championship record
Team histories, checked claims and record-book pieces, each built on the brackets and bouts on this site. Subscribe by RSS.
Checking a claim
Do bonus points explain Penn State's NCAA wrestling dynasty?
Penn State set a third straight scoring record in 2026 with 17 tech falls. Across 13 title runs, though, most of its separation came from the podium. Every scored bout since 2001, an arithmetic sensitivity test, and a seed-adjusted comparison with the other champions.
Field guide
Every NCAA championship bout since 1928, and how to find the one you want
A fan's guide to NCAA Wrestling Data: how to get around 39,395 championship bouts since 1928, and how to use Match Finder to find semifinal upsets by program.
From the record book
Fifteen to nothing, four to nothing, eight to nothing: the shutout artists of the NCAA tournament
A fan's look at the shutout artists of the NCAA wrestling tournament: Jake Percival's three straight zeroes in 2005, the Cornell pair tied at ten shutouts, and why Spencer Lee and Troy Steiner sit above everyone.
Checking a claim
Is Penn State's semifinal record really unmatched?
Checking the claim that Penn State under Cael Sanderson has been unmatched in the NCAA quarterfinals and semifinals, bout by bout, against every program and every era.
Running the numbers
Who has pulled the most upsets at the NCAA tournament?
Shane Griffith won the 2021 NCAA title as an eight seed, in a black singlet, for a Stanford program that had been cut. He has since pulled more seeded upsets than any wrestler in the record. We counted them across every seeding era.