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1968 NCAA Championships

Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 11 weights.

11weights
11individual champions
463bouts
73wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Jess Lewis, Oregon State · 3 falls in 6:38

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Individual champions

1968 individual champions by weight
WeightChampionProgramTitle bout
115Ken Melchior (1)Lock Haven (PA)Lock Haven (PA)Dec 9–3 over Sergio Gonzales (6), California-Los Angeles
123Dwayne Keller (3)Oklahoma StateOklahoma StateDec 4–2 over Rick Sanders (1), Portland State (OR)
130Dan Gable (2)Iowa StateIowa StateDec 4–1 over David McGuire (1), Oklahoma
137Dale Anderson (1) · 2nd titleMichigan StateMichigan StateDec 9–5 over Masaru Yatabe (2), Portland State (OR)
145Dale Bahr (4)Iowa StateIowa StateFall 2:29 over Mike Grant (3), Oklahoma
152Wayne Wells (1)OklahomaOklahomaDec 14–4 over John Kent (3), Navy (MD)
160Reg Wicks (6)Iowa StateIowa StateDec 7–5 over Cleo McGlory (1), Oklahoma
167Mike Gallego (1)Fresno State (CA)Fresno State (CA)Dec 4–2 over Lamoin Merkley (2), Central Washington
177Bob Justice (4)ColoradoColoradoDec 4–2 over Larry Amundson (6), Minnesota-Mankato
191Dominic 'Nick' Carollo (2)Adams State (CO)Adams State (CO)Dec 6–4 over Tom Kline (5), California-Poly
UnlimitedDave Porter (3) · 2nd titleMichiganMichiganDec 5–4 over Jess Lewis (1), Oregon State

Team standings

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Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1968

1968 team standings
RankProgramPoints
1Oklahoma State81
2Iowa State78
3Oklahoma74
4Michigan State55
5Navy (MD)35
T6California-Poly28
T6Lock Haven (PA)28
T6Portland State (OR)28
9Michigan27
10Northwestern (IL)25
11Oregon State24
12Penn State23
T13California-Los Angeles22
T13Colorado22
T13East Stroudsburg (PA)22
16Brigham Young (UT)21
T17Adams State (CO)19
T17Indiana (IN)19
19Fresno State (CA)18
20Maryland16
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1968 team standings, continued
RankProgramPoints
T21Central Washington14
T21Minnesota-Mankato14
T21Northern Colorado14
T24Hofstra (NY)12
T24Toledo (OH)12
26Oregon11
27Cortland (NY)10
T28Arizona State9
T28Massachusetts Tech9
T28Utah9
31Iowa8
T32Army (NY)7
T32Cornell (NY)7
T32Indiana State7
T32Stanford (CA)7
T36Bloomsburg (PA)6
T36Temple (PA)6
T38Northwest Missouri State5
T38Washington (WA)5
T40Nebraska4
T40Ohio4
T40Southern Illinois Carbondale4
T40Utah State4
T44Arizona3
T44Clarion (PA)3
T44Georgia Tech3
T44Lehigh (PA)3
T44Miami (OH)3
T44West Chester (PA)3
T44Western Colorado3
T44Wisconsin3
T52Ashland (OH)2
T52Colgate (NY)2
T52Colorado State2
T52Davidson (NC)2
T52Delaware2
T52Kent State (OH)2
T52Marquette (WI)2
T52Northern Iowa2
T52Ohio State2
T52Pittsburgh (PA)2
T52South Dakota State2
T52Washington State2
T52Wilkes (PA)2
T52Winona State (MN)2
T52Yale (CT)2
T67Air Force (CO)1
T67Bowling Green (OH)1
T67California-Berkeley1
T67Citadel (SC)1
T67Franklin & Marshall (PA)1
T67Luther (IA)1
T67MacMurray (IL)1
T67North Carolina State1
T67North Central (IL)1
T67Northern Illinois1
T67Pennsylvania1
T67Syracuse (NY)1
T67Virginia Tech1
23 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1968 scoring rules.

1968 programs not in the published standings
RankProgramPoints
80*Ball State (IN)0*
80*Coast Guard (CT)0*
80*Drake (IA)0*
80*Fairleigh Dickinson (NJ)0*
80*Gustavus Adolphus (MN)0*
80*Illinois0*
80*Indiana (PA)0*
80*Ithaca (NY)0*
80*Kansas State0*
80*Long Island Post (NY)0*
80*Minnesota-Moorhead0*
80*New Mexico0*
80*North Carolina0*
80*Oswego (NY)0*
80*Princeton (NJ)0*
80*Rochester Tech (NY)0*
80*San Jose State (CA)0*
80*Shippensburg (PA)0*
80*Tennessee0*
80*Virginia0*
80*Wesleyan (CT)0*
80*Western Michigan0*
80*William & Mary (VA)0*

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