1941 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for 6 of the 8 weights.
Most falls in the least time: Bill Maxwell, Michigan State · 3 falls in 20:09
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 121 | Merle Jennings (3)Michigan State | Michigan State | Dec 9–5 over Calvin Mehlhorn (1), Oklahoma State |
| 128 | Burl 'Bo' Jennings (4)Michigan State | Michigan State | Dec 16–6 over Mike Slepecky, Kent State (OH) |
| 136 | Al Whitehurst (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 6–2 over Bill Maxwell (2), Michigan State |
| 145 | David Arndt (1)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 8–3 over Vernon Hassman, Northern Iowa |
| 155 | Earl VanBebber (1)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 3–1 over Leland Porter (3), Kansas State |
| 165 | Virgil Smith (2)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Dec 11–0 over John Roberts (1), Wisconsin |
| 175 | Dick DiBatista (3)Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Dec 5–4 over Al Crawford (1), Appalachian State (NC) |
| Unlimited | Leonard 'Butch' Levy (2)Minnesota | Minnesota | Dec 5–2 over Larry Pickett (4), Yale (CT) |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1941
| Rank | Program | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oklahoma State | 37 |
| 2 | Michigan State | 26 |
| 3 | Minnesota | 12 |
| 4 | Yale (CT) | 8 |
| T5 | Appalachian State (NC) | 7 |
| T5 | Kent State (OH) | 7 |
| T5 | Wisconsin | 7 |
| T8 | Kansas State | 6 |
| T8 | Pennsylvania | 6 |
| T10 | Franklin & Marshall (PA) | 5 |
| T10 | Iowa | 5 |
| T10 | Northern Iowa | 5 |
| T13 | Illinois | 3 |
| T13 | Iowa State | 3 |
| T13 | Lafayette (PA) | 3 |
| T13 | Penn State | 3 |
| T17 | Dubuque (IA) | 2 |
| T17 | Michigan | 2 |
| T17 | Ohio State | 2 |
| T17 | Temple (PA) | 2 |
| T21 | Rutgers (NJ) | 1 |
| T21 | Springfield (MA) | 1 |
| T21 | Virginia Military | 1 |
| T21 | Wyoming | 1 |
14 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1941 scoring rules.
| Rank | Program | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 21* | Cornell College (IA) | 1* |
| 24* | City College (NY) | 0* |
| 24* | Colorado State | 0* |
| 24* | Harvard (MA) | 0* |
| 24* | Idaho | 0* |
| 24* | Indiana (IN) | 0* |
| 24* | Lehigh (PA) | 0* |
| 24* | Lock Haven (PA) | 0* |
| 24* | Nebraska | 0* |
| 24* | Northern Colorado | 0* |
| 24* | Princeton (NJ) | 0* |
| 24* | St. Lawrence (NY) | 0* |
| 24* | Washington & Lee (VA) | 0* |
| 24* | West Virginia | 0* |