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1974 NCAA Championships

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

10weights
10individual champions
496bouts
67wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Jim Woods, Western Illinois · 3 falls in 7:19

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Individual champions

1974 individual champions by weight
WeightChampionProgramTitle bout
118Gary Breece (2)OklahomaOklahomaDec 3–2 over Jack Spates (4), Slippery Rock (PA)
126Pat Milkovich (1) · 2nd titleMichigan StateMichigan StateDec 5–2 over Billy Martin Jr. (3), Oklahoma State
134Tom Sculley (3)Lehigh (PA)Lehigh (PA)Dec 4–3 over Jim Miller (5), Northern Iowa
142Rick Lawinger (2)WisconsinWisconsinDec 8–2 over Steve Randall (4), Oklahoma State
150Jarrett Hubbard (1) · 2nd titleMichiganMichiganDec 14–7 over Bob Holland (3), Iowa State
158Rod Kilgore (2)OklahomaOklahomaDec 9–7 over Larry Zilverberg (1), Minnesota
167Doug Wyn (2)Western MichiganWestern MichiganDec 5–2 over Jeff Callard (4), Oklahoma
177Floyd 'Shorty' Hitchcock (6)Bloomsburg (PA)Bloomsburg (PA)Dec 10–4 over Mel Renfro (1), Washington (WA)
190Greg Strobel (1) · 2nd titleOregon StateOregon StateDec 7–2 over Ben Ohai (2), Brigham Young (UT)
UnlimitedJim Woods (8)Western IllinoisWestern IllinoisDec 9–5 over Gary Ernst (3), Michigan

Team standings

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Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1974

1974 team standings
RankProgramPoints
1Oklahoma69.5
2Michigan67
3Oklahoma State64
4Iowa State63
5Iowa48.5
6Washington (WA)44.5
7Penn State43
8Oregon State39.5
9Lehigh (PA)35
10Slippery Rock (PA)33.5
11Clarion (PA)31.5
12Brigham Young (UT)30.5
13Wisconsin26
14Michigan State24
15Western Michigan22
16Minnesota20
17Navy (MD)19
18Pittsburgh (PA)15
19West Chester (PA)13
T20Northwestern (IL)12
T20Oregon12
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1974 team standings, continued
RankProgramPoints
22San Jose State (CA)11.5
23Ohio9
T24East Carolina (NC)8
T24William & Mary (VA)8
T26Indiana State6
T26Utah6
T28Central Michigan5.5
T28Cornell (NY)5.5
T30Northern Colorado5
T30Portland State (OR)5
32Illinois4
33Miami (OH)3.5
T34Auburn (AL)3
T34Buffalo (NY)3
T34California-Los Angeles3
T34Hofstra (NY)3
T34Kansas State3
T34Northern Illinois3
T34Washington State3
T41Delaware2.5
T41Southern Illinois Carbondale2.5
T43California-Santa Barbara2
T43Colorado2
T43Fresno State (CA)2
T43Idaho State2
T43Missouri2
T43New Mexico2
T43Syracuse (NY)2
T43Toledo (OH)2
T51Air Force (CO)1.5
T51California-Berkeley1.5
T51Cincinnati (OH)1.5
T51Maryland1.5
T51Massachusetts1.5
T51Tennessee1.5
T57Boston (MA)1
T57Bowling Green (OH)1
T57Drake (IA)1
T57Kent State (OH)1
T57Long Beach State (CA)1
T57Rhode Island1
T57Rutgers (NJ)1
T57Utah State1
T57Virginia1
T57Wyoming1
T67Ball State (IN)0.5
T67Duke (NC)0.5
T67Northern Arizona0.5
44 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1974 scoring rules.

1974 programs not in the published standings
RankProgramPoints
12*Northern Iowa31*
15*Bloomsburg (PA)24*
17*Western Illinois23*
21*Yale (CT)15*
23*California-Poly14*
27*Colorado State10.5*
38*East Stroudsburg (PA)4.5*
40*Indiana (IN)3.5*
40*North Dakota State3.5*
40*Potsdam (NY)3.5*
44*Elizabethtown (PA)3*
52*South Dakota State2.5*
56*California Poly Humboldt2*
56*Notre Dame (IN)2*
71*Lake Superior State (MI)1*
71*Minnesota-Mankato1*
71*Southern Illinois Edwardsville1*
87*Alabama0*
87*Appalachian State (NC)0*
87*Arizona0*
87*Boise State (ID)0*
87*Brockport (NY)0*
87*Cleveland State (OH)0*
87*Colgate (NY)0*
87*Dartmouth (NH)0*
87*Florida0*
87*Georgia Tech0*
87*Harvard (MA)0*
87*Illinois State0*
87*John Carroll (OH)0*
87*Marquette (WI)0*
87*Montana State0*
87*Montclair State (NJ)0*
87*Nebraska0*
87*New Jersey (TCNJ)0*
87*North Carolina0*
87*North Carolina State0*
87*Old Dominion (VA)0*
87*Pennsylvania0*
87*Princeton (NJ)0*
87*Rider (NJ)0*
87*Virginia Tech0*
87*Wilkes (PA)0*
87*Wisconsin-Milwaukee0*

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