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2000 NCAA Championships

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

10weights
10individual champions
640bouts
68wins by fall

Most falls in the least time: Antonio Garay, Boston College (MA) · 3 falls in 8:54

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Individual champions

2000 individual champions by weight
WeightChampionProgramTitle bout
125Jeremy Hunter (2)Penn StatePenn StateDec 7–3 over Steve Garland (8), Virginia
133Eric Juergens (1)IowaIowaDec 3–1 over Cody Sanderson (2), Iowa State
141Carl Perry (8)IllinoisIllinoisDec 5–3 over Michael Lightner (2), Oklahoma
149Tony Davis (1)Northern IowaNorthern IowaDec 5–1 over Adam Tirapelle (2), Illinois
157Brett Matter (2)PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaDec 4–2 over Larry Quisel (5), Boise State (ID)
165Donny Pritzlaff (2)WisconsinWisconsinDec 4–2 over Joe Heskett (1), Iowa State
174Byron Tucker (1)OklahomaOklahomaDec 3–0 over Josh Koscheck (3), Edinboro (PA)
184Cael Sanderson (1) · 2nd titleIowa StateIowa StateMD 19–6 over Vertus Jones (2), West Virginia
197Brad Vering (2)NebraskaNebraskaDec 2–1 over Zach Thompson (4), Iowa State
285Brock Lesnar (1)MinnesotaMinnesotaDec 3–2 over Wes Hand (3), Iowa

Team standings

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Published standings · Source: NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships Records Book, All-Time Team Results, 2000

2000 team standings
RankProgramPoints
1Iowa116
2Iowa State109.5
3Minnesota80
4Oklahoma69.5
5Oklahoma State66.5
6Illinois59.5
7Lehigh (PA)46.5
8Nebraska45.5
T9Pennsylvania44
T9Wisconsin44
11Northern Iowa42
12Boise State (ID)41.5
13Michigan38
14Michigan State36.5
15Edinboro (PA)36
T16Arizona State32
T16Penn State32
18Pittsburgh (PA)29.5
19Virginia Tech27.5
20Central Michigan25.5
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2000 team standings, continued
RankProgramPoints
21Hofstra (NY)21.5
22West Virginia21
T23California-Bakersfield20.5
T23Virginia20.5
25Boston College (MA)16.5
T26Clarion (PA)16
T26Ohio16
28Harvard (MA)15.5
29Northwestern (IL)15
T30California-Fullerton14.5
T30North Carolina14.5
32Oregon13
33Bloomsburg (PA)12
T34Cornell (NY)11.5
T34Ohio State11.5
36Oregon State11
37Brigham Young (UT)9
T38George Mason (VA)7.5
T38Indiana (IN)7.5
40Lock Haven (PA)7
T41Eastern Michigan6
T41James Madison (VA)6
T41Missouri6
T41North Carolina State6
45Boston (MA)5.5
46Purdue (IN)5
T47Appalachian State (NC)4.5
T47Army (NY)4.5
T47Fresno State (CA)4.5
T47North Carolina-Greensboro4.5
T47Tennessee-Chattanooga4.5
52Rider (NJ)4
T53Buffalo (NY)3.5
T53Northern Illinois3.5
T55California-Poly3
T55Stanford (CA)3
T57Eastern Illinois2.5
T57Portland State (OR)2.5
T57Virginia Military2.5
T60Brown (RI)2
T60Cleveland State (OH)2
T62East Stroudsburg (PA)1.5
T62Navy (MD)1.5
T64Air Force (CO)1
T64American (DC)1
T64Coppin State (MD)1
T64Kent State (OH)1
T64Marquette (WI)1
T64Old Dominion (VA)1
T70Campbell (NC)0.5
T70Duquesne (PA)0.5
T70Maryland0.5
6 more programs that entered but are not in the published standings

* Calculated from the bouts under the 2000 scoring rules.

2000 programs not in the published standings
RankProgramPoints
73*Citadel (SC)0*
73*Drexel (PA)0*
73*Howard (DC)0*
73*Millersville (PA)0*
73*Slippery Rock (PA)0*
73*Wyoming0*

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