Weight class

177 lb

Used at 48 NCAA tournaments, 1951–1998. 48 champions in the record.

Most titles at this weight: Oklahoma State (9), Iowa (7), Iowa State (7), Oklahoma (7), Colorado (3).

Champions at 177 lb by year, newest first
Year	Champion	School	Bracket
1998	Mitch Clark	Ohio State	Bracket
1997	Barry Weldon	Iowa State	Bracket
1996	Les Gutches	Oregon State	Bracket
1995	Les Gutches	Oregon State	Bracket
1994	Dean Morrison	West Virginia	Bracket
1993	Kevin Randleman	Ohio State	Bracket
1992	Kevin Randleman	Ohio State	Bracket
1991	Marty Morgan	Minnesota	Bracket
1990	Chris Barnes	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1989	Chris Barnes	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1988	Royce Alger	Iowa	Bracket
1987	Rico Chiapparelli	Iowa	Bracket
1986	Melvin Douglas III	Oklahoma	Bracket
1985	Melvin Douglas III	Oklahoma	Bracket
1984	Jim Scherr	Nebraska	Bracket
1983	Mark Schultz	Oklahoma	Bracket
1982	Mark Schultz	Oklahoma	Bracket
1981	Ed Banach	Iowa	Bracket
1980	Dave Allen	Iowa State	Bracket
1979	Mark Lieberman	Lehigh (PA)	Bracket
1978	Mark Lieberman	Lehigh (PA)	Bracket
1977	Chris Campbell	Iowa	Bracket
1976	Chris Campbell	Iowa	Bracket
1975	Mike Lieberman	Lehigh (PA)	Bracket
1974	Floyd 'Shorty' Hitchcock	Bloomsburg (PA)	Bracket
1973	Rich Binek	Iowa State	Bracket
1972	Bill Murdock	Washington (WA)	Bracket
1971	Geoff Baum	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1970	Chuck Jean	Iowa State	Bracket
1969	Chuck Jean	Iowa State	Bracket
1968	Bob Justice	Colorado	Bracket
1967	Fred Fozzard	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1966	Tom Peckham	Iowa State	Bracket
1965	Tom Peckham	Iowa State	Bracket
1964	Dean Lahr	Colorado	Bracket
1963	Dean Lahr	Colorado	Bracket
1962	Bob Johnson	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1961	Bob Johnson	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1960	Roy Conrad	Northern Illinois	Bracket
1959	Jim Craig	Iowa	Bracket
1958	Gary Kurdelmeier	Iowa	Bracket
1957	Dan Hodge	Oklahoma	Bracket
1956	Dan Hodge	Oklahoma	Bracket
1955	Dan Hodge	Oklahoma	Bracket
1954	Ned Blass	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1953	Ned Blass	Oklahoma State	Bracket
1952	Bentley Lyon	California-Berkeley	Bracket
1951	Grover Rains	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.