| WINNER | METHOD | OPPONENT |
|---|
| Round of 32 | ||
| Stan Dziedzic SRU | PIN 2:37 | Lane Headrick MICH |
| Clyde Frantz PSU | PIN 5:28 | Dwight Mitchell Eastern Kentucky |
| Edward Thompson BLOOM | PIN 7:45 | Curt Callahan MD |
| Bob Tomasovic ORST | PIN 2:57 | Tom Meier NEB |
| Lyle Ballew Washington | PIN 3:56 | Don Yahn IOWA |
| Bob Ferraro Indiana State | PIN 10:46 | Tom Minkel CMU |
| Bob Tscholl OHIO | DEC 6-3 | Paul Sheridan Utah |
| Carl Adams ISU | DEC 5-2 | John Sattler NAVY |
| Rondo Fehlberg BYU | DEC 12-8 | Dennis Buford Western Michigan |
| Clyde Smith NW | DEC 12-6 | Chris Samuelson Drake |
| Carl Evans Ball State | MAJ DEC 10-0 | Todd Stevenson Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
| Ted Adams WYO | DEC 9-7 | Richard Casey SIU-Carbondale |
| Mark Malley MSU | MAJ DEC 13-4 | Jim Hanson University of Notre Dame |
| Brad Zemmel MIZZ | DEC 7-3 | Bruce McCampbell Cal State-Santa Barbara |
| Mike Grant OKLA | DEC 11-5 | Jay Arneson OKST |
| Gary Drury PUR | DEC 2-1 | Bill Harris California-Berkeley |