1987 NCAA Championships
Champions, team standings, and brackets for all 10 weights.
Most falls in the least time: Lenny Bernstein, North Carolina · 3 falls in 10:31
Individual champions
| Weight | Champion | Program | Title bout |
|---|---|---|---|
| 118 | Ricky Bonomo (1) · 3rd titleBloomsburg (PA) | Bloomsburg (PA) | Dec 8–4 over Jim Martin (3), Penn State |
| 126 | Bill Kelly (2)Iowa State | Iowa State | Fall 6:31 over Brad Penrith (1), Iowa |
| 134 | John Smith (1)Oklahoma State | Oklahoma State | Sup 18–4 over Gil Sanchez (2), Nebraska |
| 142 | Peter Yozzo (1)Lehigh (PA) | Lehigh (PA) | Fall 3:52 over Pat Santoro (3), Pittsburgh (PA) |
| 150 | Tim Krieger (1)Iowa State | Iowa State | Dec 2–2 (tiebreaker) over Jim Heffernan Jr. (2), Iowa |
| 158 | Stewart Carter (4)Iowa State | Iowa State | Dec 6–3 over Ken Haselrig (3), Clarion (PA) |
| 167 | Royce Alger (1)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 10–4 over Kevin Jackson (2), Iowa State |
| 177 | Rico Chiapparelli (2)Iowa | Iowa | Dec 5–2 over Darryl Pope (1), California-Bakersfield |
| 190 | Eric Voelker (2)Iowa State | Iowa State | Dec 4–3 over Dave Dean (8), Minnesota |
| 275 | Carlton Haselrig (2)Pittsburgh-Johnstown (PA) | Pittsburgh-Johnstown (PA) | Dec 4–2 over Dean Hall (5), Edinboro (PA) |
Team standings
Scoring details →Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1987
| Rank | Program | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa State | 133 |
| 2 | Iowa | 108 |
| 3 | Penn State | 97.75 |
| 4 | Oklahoma State | 85.25 |
| 5 | Bloomsburg (PA) | 47.25 |
| 6 | Clarion (PA) | 46 |
| 7 | North Carolina | 42.75 |
| 8 | Edinboro (PA) | 38.25 |
| 9 | Arizona State | 35.75 |
| 10 | Lehigh (PA) | 32.25 |
| 11 | Wisconsin | 28.5 |
| 12 | Oklahoma | 28.25 |
| 13 | Northern Iowa | 25.5 |
| 14 | Nebraska | 24.5 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh (PA) | 23.5 |
| 16 | Purdue (IN) | 22.5 |
| 17 | Maryland | 22 |
| 18 | Northwestern (IL) | 20.5 |
| T19 | Michigan | 20 |
| T19 | Minnesota | 20 |
Show all 67 teams
| Rank | Program | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | North Carolina State | 16.5 |
| 22 | Oregon State | 16 |
| 23 | Missouri | 14.5 |
| 24 | Navy (MD) | 14 |
| 25 | Fresno State (CA) | 13 |
| 26 | Brigham Young (UT) | 12.5 |
| 27 | Central Michigan | 12 |
| 28 | Ohio | 11.75 |
| 29 | Wilkes (PA) | 11.5 |
| 30 | East Stroudsburg (PA) | 10.75 |
| 31 | James Madison (VA) | 9 |
| 32 | Lock Haven (PA) | 8 |
| T33 | Chicago State (IL) | 7 |
| T33 | Slippery Rock (PA) | 7 |
| T33 | Utah State | 7 |
| T36 | Cleveland State (OH) | 6.5 |
| T36 | Eastern Michigan | 6.5 |
| T38 | Army (NY) | 6 |
| T38 | Montana | 6 |
| T40 | Drake (IA) | 5.5 |
| T40 | Illinois | 5.5 |
| T40 | Indiana (IN) | 5.5 |
| T40 | Michigan State | 5.5 |
| T40 | West Virginia | 5.5 |
| T45 | Citadel (SC) | 5 |
| T45 | Eastern Illinois | 5 |
| T47 | Appalachian State (NC) | 4.5 |
| T47 | Syracuse (NY) | 4.5 |
| T49 | New Mexico | 4 |
| T49 | Virginia | 4 |
| T51 | Bucknell (PA) | 3 |
| T51 | California-Fullerton | 3 |
| T51 | Central Connecticut | 3 |
| T51 | Princeton (NJ) | 3 |
| T51 | Wyoming | 3 |
| T56 | Morgan State (MD) | 2.5 |
| T56 | New Hampshire | 2.5 |
| T56 | Rider (NJ) | 2.5 |
| T59 | Boise State (ID) | 2 |
| T59 | Rutgers (NJ) | 2 |
| T59 | William & Mary (VA) | 2 |
| T62 | Kent State (OH) | 1.5 |
| T62 | Ohio State | 1.5 |
| T62 | Tennessee-Chattanooga | 1.5 |
| T65 | Boston College (MA) | 1 |
| T65 | Drexel (PA) | 1 |
| T65 | Marquette (WI) | 1 |
50 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings
* Calculated from the bouts under the 1987 scoring rules.