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1975 NCAA Championships

Champions, team standings, and brackets for 8 of the 10 weights.

Why 2 weights have no bracket

10weights
10individual champions
510bouts
76wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Bill Kalkbrenner, Oklahoma · 3 falls in 8:46

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Individual champions

1975 individual champions by weight
WeightChampionProgramTitle bout
118Shawn Garel (5)OklahomaOklahomaDec 8–3 over Jim Brown (3), Michigan
126John Fritz (3)Penn StatePenn StateDec 8–6 over Pat Milkovich (1), Michigan State
134Mike Frick (4)Lehigh (PA)Lehigh (PA)Dec 10–5 over Brian Beatson (7), Oklahoma
142Jim BennettYale (CT)Yale (CT)Dec 5–3 over Andre Allen (3), Northwestern (IL)
150Chuck Yagla (1)IowaIowaDec 5–5 (tiebreaker) over Lee Kemp Jr. (3), Wisconsin
158Dan Holm (2)IowaIowaDec 7–6 over John Janiak (4), Syracuse (NY)
167Ron Ray (1)Oklahoma StateOklahoma StateDec 8–3 over Cliff Hatch (3), California-Poly
177Mike Lieberman (3)Lehigh (PA)Lehigh (PA)Dec 5–4 over Chris Campbell (1), Iowa
190Al Nacin (1)Iowa StateIowa StateDec 8–4 over Greg Stevens, Iowa
UnlimitedLarry Bielenberg (1)Oregon StateOregon StateDec 8–2 over Greg Gibson (2), Oregon

Team standings

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Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1975

1975 team standings
RankProgramPoints
1Iowa102
2Oklahoma77
3Oklahoma State68
4Iowa State66.5
5Lehigh (PA)54
6Wisconsin41
7Oregon State36.5
8California-Poly36
9Purdue (IN)34.5
10Penn State33
11Northwestern (IL)32
T12Michigan25.5
T12Oregon25.5
14Yale (CT)24
15Michigan State23.5
16Syracuse (NY)19.5
17William & Mary (VA)18.5
18Kentucky18
T19Hofstra (NY)16.5
T19Minnesota16.5
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1975 team standings, continued
RankProgramPoints
21Washington (WA)15.5
22Brigham Young (UT)14
23Boise State (ID)13.5
24Toledo (OH)12.5
25Slippery Rock (PA)10
T26Air Force (CO)9
T26Clarion (PA)9
28Tennessee8.5
29Northern Illinois7.5
T30New Mexico6.5
T30Pittsburgh (PA)6.5
32Stanford (CA)6
T33Arizona State5.5
T33California-Los Angeles5.5
T35Delaware5
T35Navy (MD)5
T35Portland State (OR)5
38East Carolina (NC)4.5
T39Boston (MA)4
T39Indiana State4
T41Buffalo (NY)3.5
T41Colorado State3.5
T41Missouri3.5
T41Northern Colorado3.5
T45Kent State (OH)3
T45Nebraska3
T45Ohio State3
48Central Michigan2.5
T49Arizona2
T49Duke (NC)2
T49Long Beach State (CA)2
T49Princeton (NJ)2
T49Rhode Island2
T49Tampa (FL)2
T49Utah State2
T49Virginia2
T49Wyoming2
T58California-Berkeley1.5
T58Connecticut1.5
T60Cleveland State (OH)1
T60Drake (IA)1
T60Florida1
T60Miami (OH)1
T60North Carolina State1
T60Ohio1
T60Pennsylvania1
T60Weber State (UT)1
T60Western Michigan1
T69Kansas State0.5
T69Maryland0.5
45 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1975 scoring rules.

1975 programs not in the published standings
RankProgramPoints
16*Northern Iowa22*
26*North Dakota State12*
30*Montclair State (NJ)8.5*
32*Bloomsburg (PA)7.5*
37*Southern Illinois Edwardsville5.5*
50*John Carroll (OH)3*
55*St. Cloud State (MN)2*
65*San Francisco State (CA)1.5*
68*California-Bakersfield1*
68*Minnesota-Mankato1*
81*Alabama0*
81*Army (NY)0*
81*Ball State (IN)0*
81*Bowling Green (OH)0*
81*Brockport (NY)0*
81*Bucknell (PA)0*
81*California Poly Humboldt0*
81*Colorado0*
81*Dartmouth (NH)0*
81*East Stroudsburg (PA)0*
81*Fresno State (CA)0*
81*Gettysburg (PA)0*
81*Illinois0*
81*Illinois State0*
81*Indiana (IN)0*
81*Lock Haven (PA)0*
81*Louisiana State0*
81*Massachusetts0*
81*Montana State0*
81*Morehead State (KY)0*
81*Nebraska Omaha0*
81*North Carolina0*
81*Northern Arizona0*
81*Notre Dame (IN)0*
81*Potsdam (NY)0*
81*Rider (NJ)0*
81*Rutgers (NJ)0*
81*San Jose State (CA)0*
81*Southern Illinois Carbondale0*
81*Utah0*
81*Washington State0*
81*West Chester (PA)0*
81*Western Colorado0*
81*Western Illinois0*
81*Wilkes (PA)0*

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