Oklahoma City hosted the 2006 NCAA Wrestling Team Championship from March 16-March 18, 2006. 64 teams vied for the NCAA team championship, and over 320 wrestlers competed for individual honors. Oklahoma State University crowned 2 individual champions (Johny Hendricks at 165 pounds and Jake Rosholt at 197 pounds) and 4 other Cowboys qualified as All-Americans as the Cowboys earned a dominant victory in the tournament. It was the 4th consecutive NCAA tournament victory by the Cowboys, and their 34th NCAA team wrestling championship overall.
The 2006 tournament team results
| Rank |
School |
Points |
| 1 |
Oklahoma State |
122.5 |
| 2 |
Minnesota |
84 |
| 3 |
Oklahoma |
80.5 |
| 4 |
Iowa |
70 |
| 5 |
Cornell |
62 |
| 6 |
Arizona State |
61.5 |
| 7 |
Michigan |
57.5 |
| 8 |
Edinboro |
56 |
| 9 |
Lehigh |
53.5 |
| 9 |
Penn State |
53.5 |
| 11 |
Hofstra |
52.5 |
| 12 |
Penn |
51 |
| 13 |
Iowa State |
48.5 |
| 13 |
Northwestern |
48.5 |
| 15 |
Missouri |
45 |
| 16 |
Nebraska |
40.5 |
| 17 |
American |
40 |
| 18 |
Indiana |
35 |
| 18 |
Michigan State |
35 |
| 20 |
Purdue |
34 |
| 21 |
Wisconsin |
33.5 |
| 22 |
Oregon |
33 |
| 23 |
Cal Poly |
32 |
| 24 |
Boise State |
31.5 |
| 25 |
Illinois |
29 |
| 26 |
Central Michigan |
26 |
| 27 |
West Virginia |
23 |
| 28 |
Northern Iowa |
20.5 |
| 29 |
Virginia Tech |
18.5 |
| 30 |
Tennessee - Chattanooga |
15 |
| 31 |
Harvard |
14 |
| 31 |
North Carolina - Greensboro |
14 |
| 33 |
The Citadel |
13 |
| 34 |
Navy |
12 |
|
| Rank |
School |
Points |
| 35 |
Pittsburgh |
10 |
| 36 |
Northern Illinois |
9 |
| 37 |
Stanford |
8.5 |
| 37 |
Wyoming |
8.5 |
| 39 |
Kent State |
8 |
| 40 |
California - Davis |
7 |
| 41 |
Army |
6.5 |
| 41 |
Cal State - Fullerton |
6.5 |
| 41 |
Oregon State |
6.5 |
| 44 |
Columbia |
6 |
| 45 |
Ohio State |
5.5 |
| 46 |
Buffalo |
5 |
| 47 |
Cal State - Bakersfield |
4.5 |
| 49 |
North Carolina |
4.5 |
| 49 |
Bloomsburg |
4 |
| 49 |
Cleveland State |
4 |
| 49 |
Eastern Illinois |
4 |
| 49 |
Lock Haven |
4 |
| 49 |
Slippery Rock |
4 |
| 54 |
Fresno State |
3 |
| 55 |
Gartner-Webb |
2.5 |
| 55 |
Old Dominion |
2.5 |
| 55 |
Duquesne |
2.5 |
| 58 |
Drexel |
2 |
| 58 |
Eastern Michigan |
2 |
| 58 |
North Carolina State |
2 |
| 61 |
Maryland |
1 |
| 61 |
Rider |
1 |
| 63 |
Sacred Heart |
0.5 |
| 64 |
Air Force |
0 |
| 64 |
Millersville |
0 |
| 64 |
Brown |
0 |
| 64 |
George Mason |
0 |
| 64 |
James Madison |
0 |
|
The Championship finals (with NCAA champions in bold)
| Weight class |
Championship Match (Champion in boldface) |
| 125 lbs |
Joe Dubuque, Indiana DEC Troy Nickerson, Cornell, 8-3 |
| 133 lbs |
Matthew Valenti, Penn DEC Christopher Fleeger, Purdue, 3-2 |
| 141 lbs |
Nate Gallick, Iowa State DEC Teyon Ware, Oklahoma, 3-2 |
| 149 lbs |
Dustin Schlatter, Minnesota DEC Tyler Eustice, Iowa, 4-0 |
| 157 lbs |
Ben Cherrington, Boise State DEC Brian Stith, Arizona State, 7-3 |
| 165 lbs |
Johny Hendricks, Oklahoma State DEC Brian Churella, Michigan, 9-8 |
| 174 lbs |
Ben Askren, Missouri MAJOR Jake Herbert, Northwestern, 14-2 |
| 184 lbs |
Shane Webster, Oregon, DEC Roger Kish, Minnesota, 3-2 |
| 197 lbs |
Jake Rosholt, Oklahoma State DEC Phil Davis, Penn State, 10-3 |
| 285 lbs |
Cole Konrad, Minnesota DEC Steve Mocco, Oklahoma State, 5-2; TB2 |
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