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1998 NCAA Championships

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

10weights
10individual champions
640bouts
71wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Gordon 'Oscar' Wood, Oregon State · 4 falls in 12:52

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Individual champions

1998 individual champions by weight
WeightChampionProgramTitle bout
118Teague Moore (3)Oklahoma StateOklahoma StateFall 4:50 over David Morgan (1), Michigan State
126Eric Guerrero (3) · 2nd titleOklahoma StateOklahoma StateDec 5–4 over Eric Jetton (1), Wisconsin
134Mark Ironside (1) · 2nd titleIowaIowaDec 9–3 over Shawn Enright (7), Ohio
142Jeff McGinness (2) · 2nd titleIowaIowaDec 3–1 over Casey Cunningham (4), Central Michigan
150Eric Siebert (1)IllinoisIllinoisDec 7–3 over Chad Kraft (3), Minnesota
158Dwight Gardner (3)OhioOhioDec 7–1 over Hardell Moore (1), Oklahoma State
167Joe Williams (1) · 3rd titleIowaIowaDec 7–4 over Brandon Slay (3), Pennsylvania
177Mitch Clark (1)Ohio StateOhio StateTF 17–0 over Vertus Jones (6), West Virginia
190Tim Hartung (2)MinnesotaMinnesotaDec 6–4 over Jason Robison (1), Edinboro (PA)
275Stephen Neal (1)California-BakersfieldCalifornia-BakersfieldTF 20–5 over Trent Hynek (11), Iowa State

Team standings

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Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 1998

1998 team standings
RankProgramPoints
1Iowa115
2Minnesota102
3Oklahoma State99.5
4Penn State70.5
5Central Michigan53
6Iowa State49.5
T7Illinois48
T7West Virginia48
T9Ohio43.5
T9Oregon State43.5
11California-Bakersfield42.5
12Michigan39.5
13Michigan State39
14Fresno State (CA)37.5
T15Edinboro (PA)35.5
T15Oklahoma35.5
17Arizona State35
18Northwestern (IL)34.5
19Wisconsin34
20Pittsburgh (PA)32
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1998 team standings, continued
RankProgramPoints
T21Nebraska28
T21Oregon28
23Ohio State26
T24Clarion (PA)25
T24Purdue (IN)25
26Lehigh (PA)23
27Pennsylvania21.5
28California-Poly13.5
29Harvard (MA)12.5
T30California-Fullerton12
T30Northern Iowa12
32North Carolina11.5
T33Brown (RI)11
T33Lock Haven (PA)11
T35Northern Illinois8.5
T35Rider (NJ)8.5
37Virginia8
T38Bloomsburg (PA)7
T38Syracuse (NY)7
T38Virginia Tech7
41Missouri6
42Old Dominion (VA)5.5
T43Air Force (CO)5
T43Boise State (ID)5
T43Hofstra (NY)5
T46East Stroudsburg (PA)4.5
T46George Mason (VA)4.5
T46Maryland4.5
T46Navy (MD)4.5
T50Army (NY)4
T50Brigham Young (UT)4
T50Kent State (OH)4
T50Wyoming4
T54Eastern Illinois3.5
T54North Carolina State3.5
T56Boston (MA)3
T56Stanford (CA)3
T58Cleveland State (OH)2.5
T58Indiana (IN)2.5
T58Rutgers (NJ)2.5
T58Tennessee-Chattanooga2.5
T62California-Davis2
T62Drexel (PA)2
T64Georgia State1.5
T64Miami (OH)1.5
T64Slippery Rock (PA)1.5
T67American (DC)1
T67Bucknell (PA)1
T67Cornell (NY)1
T67Virginia Military1
14 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 1998 scoring rules.

1998 programs not in the published standings
RankProgramPoints
71*Appalachian State (NC)0*
71*Buffalo (NY)0*
71*Chicago State (IL)0*
71*Columbia (NY)0*
71*Coppin State (MD)0*
71*Davidson (NC)0*
71*Duke (NC)0*
71*Duquesne (PA)0*
71*Franklin & Marshall (PA)0*
71*James Madison (VA)0*
71*Millersville (PA)0*
71*New Mexico0*
71*North Carolina-Greensboro0*
71*Seton Hall (NJ)0*

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