1961 NCAA Championships

Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.

10weights

10individual champions

229bouts

18wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Ted Ellis, Oklahoma State · 2 falls in 10:18

Individual champions

1961 individual champions by weight
Weight	Champion	Program	Title bout
115	Eliott 'Gray' Simons (1) · 2nd titleLock Haven (PA)	Lock Haven (PA)	Dec 7–3 over John 'Dick' Wilson (2), Toledo (OH)
123	DuWayne Miller (1)Oklahoma	Oklahoma	Dec 6–5 over Masaaki Hatta (2), Oklahoma State
130	Larry Lauchle (1)Pittsburgh (PA)	Pittsburgh (PA)	Dec 7–0 over Dave Jensen (3), Northern Iowa
137	Norm Young (2)Michigan State	Michigan State	Dec 5–2 over Ron Finley (5), Oregon State
147	Larry Hayes (1) · 3rd titleIowa State	Iowa State	Dec 4–0 over Ron Pifer (3), Penn State
157	Phil Kinyon (1)Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec 3–0 over Kirk Pendleton (2), Lehigh (PA)
167	Don Conway (5)Oregon State	Oregon State	Dec 7–4 over David 'Bruce' Campbell (3), Oklahoma State
177	Bob Johnson (4)Oklahoma State	Oklahoma State	Dec 9–5 over Wayne Baughman (3), Oklahoma
191	Leonard Lordino (1)Northern Colorado	Northern Colorado	Dec 4–0 over Lavern 'Nick' Kohls, Colorado State
Unlimited	Dale Lewis (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma	Oklahoma	Dec 3–2 over Ted Ellis (2), Oklahoma State

Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1961

1961 team standings
Rank	Program	Points
1	Oklahoma State	82
2	Oklahoma	63
3	Iowa State	29
4	Oregon State	28
5	Pittsburgh (PA)	26
6	Lehigh (PA)	24
7	Penn State	20
T8	Michigan State	19
T8	Northern Iowa	19
10	Michigan	18
11	Colorado State	17
T12	Lock Haven (PA)	13
T12	Northern Colorado	13
T14	Purdue (IN)	10
T14	Toledo (OH)	10
T16	Northwestern (IL)	9
T16	Southern Illinois Carbondale	9
18	Utah	7
19	Minnesota-Mankato	6
20	Portland State (OR)	4

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

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1961 scoring rules.