1940 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 8 weights.
Most falls in the least time: Leon 'Red' Reynard, Kansas State · 2 falls in 12:23
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | Robert Antonacci (2)Indiana (IN) | Indiana (IN) | Dec (no score) over Delbert Jensen, Northern Iowa |
| 128 | Harold Byrd (2)Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Dec (no score) over Dale Hanson (1), Minnesota |
| 136 | Al Whitehurst (1)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec (no score) over Joe Roman (2), Indiana (IN) |
| 145 | Harold Masem (2)Lehigh (PA) | Lehigh (PA) | Dec (no score) over Bill Combs (1), Michigan |
| 155 | Vernon Logan (1)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec (no score) over Harland Danner (2), Michigan |
| 165 | Gene Grenard (2)Colorado State | Colorado State | Fall 7:47 over Chauncey McDaniel (1), Indiana (IN) |
| 175 | Don Nichols (1)Michigan | Michigan | Dec (no score) over Garnett 'Tuffy' Inman (3), Indiana (IN) |
| Unlimited | George DownesOhio State | Ohio State | Dec (no score) over John Sikich (2), Illinois |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1940
| Rank | Program | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 24 |
| 2 | Indiana (IN) | 14 |
| 3 | Michigan | 10 |
| T4 | Colorado State | 7 |
| T4 | Lehigh (PA) | 7 |
| T4 | Ohio State | 7 |
| T7 | Minnesota | 6 |
| T7 | Northern Iowa | 6 |
| T9 | Iowa State | 5 |
| T9 | Oklahoma | 5 |
| T11 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 4 |
| T11 | Illinois | 4 |
| T13 | Kansas State | 2 |
| T13 | Kent State (OH) | 2 |
| T15 | Dubuque (IA) | 1 |
| T15 | Lafayette (PA) | 1 |
| T15 | Michigan State | 1 |
| T15 | Purdue (IN) | 1 |
| T15 | Southwestern Oklahoma | 1 |
| T15 | Syracuse (NY) | 1 |
| T15 | Temple (PA) | 1 |
15 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1940 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 21* | Appalachian State (NC) | 0* |
| 21* | City College (NY) | 0* |
| 21* | Cornell College (IA) | 0* |
| 21* | Denver (CO) | 0* |
| 21* | Harvard (MA) | 0* |
| 21* | Nebraska | 0* |
| 21* | Northwestern (IL) | 0* |
| 21* | Ohio | 0* |
| 21* | Penn State | 0* |
| 21* | Rutgers (NJ) | 0* |
| 21* | San Jose State (CA) | 0* |
| 21* | St. Lawrence (NY) | 0* |
| 21* | Washington & Lee (VA) | 0* |
| 21* | West Virginia | 0* |
| 21* | Wyoming | 0* |