1942 NCAA Championships

Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 8 weights.

8weights

8individual champions

98bouts

16wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Charley Ridenour, Penn State · 3 falls in 13:47

Individual champions

1942 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Title bout
121	Merle Jennings (1) · 2nd titleMichigan State	Michigan State	Dec 3–2 over Malcolm 'Mickey' McDonald (3), Purdue (IN)
128	Burl 'Bo' Jennings (1) · 2nd titleMichigan State	Michigan State	Dec 5–3 over Sidney Marks (3), Oklahoma State
136	Bill Maxwell (1)Michigan State	Michigan State	Fall 5:16 over Fred Bishop, Cornell College (IA)
145	David Arndt (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec 18–5 over Manly Johnson (2), Michigan
155	Vernon Logan (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec 9–3 over Ted Seabrooke (2), Illinois
165	Virgil Smith (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec 2–1 over Bill Carmichael (3), Navy (MD)
175	Dick DiBatista (1) · 2nd titlePennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Dec 5–5 (tiebreaker) over Leon Martin (3), Northern Iowa
Unlimited	Loyd Arms (1)Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec 7–5 over Walter Porowski, Kent State (OH)

Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1942

9 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1942 scoring rules.