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1990 NCAA Championships

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

10weights
10individual champions
572bouts
51wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Doug Streicher, Iowa · 3 falls in 5:42

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Individual champions

1990 individual champions by weight
WeightChampionProgramTitle bout
118Jack Griffin (4)Northwestern (IL)Northwestern (IL)MD 12–4 over Larry 'Zeke' Jones (2), Arizona State
126Terry Brands (1)IowaIowaDec 3–2 over Jason Kelber (2), Nebraska
134Tom Brands (2)IowaIowaDec 9–7 over Dave Zuniga (1), Minnesota
142Joe Reynolds (1)OklahomaOklahomaDec 7–3 over Thom Ortiz (2), Arizona State
150Brian Dolph (2)Indiana (IN)Indiana (IN)Dec 11–5 over Gary Steffensmeier (9), Northern Iowa
158Pat Smith (1)Oklahoma StateOklahoma StateDec 11–7 over Scott Schleicher (3), Navy (MD)
167Dan St. John (1) · 2nd titleArizona StateArizona StateDec 6–3 over Brad Traviolia (2), Northwestern (IL)
177Chris Barnes (1) · 2nd titleOklahoma StateOklahoma StateMD 10–2 over Marty Morgan (2), Minnesota
190Matt Ruppel (1)Lehigh (PA)Lehigh (PA)Dec 6–5 over Brooks Simpson (3), Iowa
275Kurt Angle (1)Clarion (PA)Clarion (PA)Dec 4–1 over Greg Haladay (6), Penn State

Team standings

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Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1990

1990 team standings
RankProgramPoints
1Oklahoma State117.75
2Arizona State104.75
3Iowa102.75
4Northwestern (IL)66.75
5Nebraska64.25
6Penn State57.5
7Oklahoma48.25
8Indiana (IN)45.5
9Iowa State43.5
10Minnesota42.25
11Northern Iowa40.5
12California-Bakersfield30.5
13Navy (MD)29
14Ohio State27
15Clarion (PA)26.25
16North Carolina23.5
17Lehigh (PA)21.5
18West Virginia17.5
19Illinois15
20Cornell (NY)14
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1990 team standings, continued
RankProgramPoints
T21Bloomsburg (PA)13
T21Stanford (CA)13
T21Wisconsin13
24California-Fullerton12.5
25New Mexico11.75
26William & Mary (VA)11.5
27Missouri11
28Syracuse (NY)9.5
29Clemson (SC)9
T30Morgan State (MD)8.5
T30Oregon8.5
T32Michigan8
T32Notre Dame (IN)8
T32Purdue (IN)8
T35George Mason (VA)7.5
T35North Carolina State7.5
T35Wyoming7.5
T38Eastern Illinois7
T38Kent State (OH)7
T38Miami (OH)7
41Lock Haven (PA)6
42Michigan State5.5
43Edinboro (PA)5
44Pittsburgh (PA)4.5
T45Brigham Young (UT)4
T45Bucknell (PA)4
T47Maryland3.5
T47Toledo (OH)3.5
T49Boston (MA)3
T49California-Poly3
T49Fresno State (CA)3
T49Old Dominion (VA)3
T49Rider (NJ)3
T49Slippery Rock (PA)3
T55Duke (NC)2.5
T55Northern Illinois2.5
T57Air Force (CO)2
T57Appalachian State (NC)2
T57Tennessee-Chattanooga2
T57Virginia Military2
61Central Connecticut1.5
62Boise State (ID)1
T63American (DC)0.5
T63Virginia0.5
35 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1990 scoring rules.

1990 programs not in the published standings
RankProgramPoints
19*Portland State (OR)15*
43*Nebraska Omaha5.5*
49*Central Missouri3.5*
58*North Dakota State2.5*
61*Ithaca (NY)2*
61*Virginia State2*
68*South Dakota State1*
70*Cornell College (IA)0.5*
73*Army (NY)0*
73*Augsburg (MN)0*
73*Boston College (MA)0*
73*Brown (RI)0*
73*Central Michigan0*
73*Citadel (SC)0*
73*Cleveland State (OH)0*
73*Columbia (NY)0*
73*Drake (IA)0*
73*Drexel (PA)0*
73*East Stroudsburg (PA)0*
73*Eastern Michigan0*
73*Franklin & Marshall (PA)0*
73*Grand Valley State (MI)0*
73*Hofstra (NY)0*
73*Liberty (VA)0*
73*Lycoming (PA)0*
73*Marquette (WI)0*
73*Millersville (PA)0*
73*New Hampshire0*
73*North Dakota0*
73*Ohio0*
73*Oregon State0*
73*Southwest Missouri0*
73*St. Cloud State (MN)0*
73*Wilkes (PA)0*
73*Wisconsin-Parkside0*

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