Weight class

126 lb

Used at 35 NCAA tournaments, 1931–1998. 35 champions in the record.

Most titles at this weight: Oklahoma State (9), Iowa (7), California-Bakersfield (3), Iowa State (3), Penn State (3).

Champions at 126 lb by year, newest first
Year	Champion	School	Bracket
1998	Eric Guerrero	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1997	Eric Guerrero	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1996	Sanshiro Abe	Penn State	Bracket
1995	Jeff McGinness	Iowa	Bracket
1994	David Hirsch	Cornell (NY)	Bracket
1993	Tony Purler	Nebraska	Bracket
1992	Terry Brands	Iowa	Bracket
1991	Jason Kelber	Nebraska	Bracket
1990	Terry Brands	Iowa	Bracket
1989	Kendall Cross	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1988	Jim Martin	Penn State	Bracket
1987	Bill Kelly	Iowa State	Bracket
1986	Brad Penrith	Iowa	Bracket
1985	Barry Davis	Iowa	Bracket
1984	Kevin Darkus	Iowa State	Bracket
1983	Barry Davis	Iowa	Bracket
1982	Dan Cuestas	California-Bakersfield	Bracket
1981	Dan Cuestas	California-Bakersfield	Bracket
1980	John Azevedo	California-Bakersfield	Bracket
1979	Randy Lewis	Iowa	Bracket
1978	Mike Land	Iowa State	Bracket
1977	Nick Gallo	Hofstra (NY)	Bracket
1976	Jack Reinwand	Wisconsin	Bracket
1975	John Fritz	Penn State	Bracket
1974	Pat Milkovich	Michigan State	Bracket
1973	Mark Massery	Northwestern (IL)	Bracket
1972	Pat Milkovich	Michigan State	Bracket
1971	Yoshiro Fujita	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1970	Dwayne Keller	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1938	Allen Sapora	Illinois	Bracket
1937	Dale Brand	Cornell College (IA)	Results
1935	Ross Flood	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1934	Ross Flood	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1933	Ross Flood	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1931	Bobby Pearce	Oklahoma State	Bracket

A year's heaviest class is listed by the pound limit the NCAA used that year; before 1987 it was unlimited. "Results" marks a year whose bracket has not yet been verified line by line against the official sheet; the results list is complete either way.