| WINNER | METHOD | OPPONENT |
|---|
| Round of 32 | ||
| Russ Johnson OHIO | PIN 2:49 | Neal Brendel YALE |
| Kirk Thorburn California-Berkeley | PIN 3:48 | John Buxton Montana |
| Dan Jones Marquette University | PIN 5:36 | Kevin Quigley OKLA |
| John Bell NEB | PIN 1:24 | Joel Savage Utah |
| Greg Strobel ORST | PIN 6:19 | Mike Woelffer Illinois State |
| Al Nacin ISU | PIN 3:51 | George Calloway Auburn |
| Jeff Simons NAVY | PIN 9:48 | Fred Penrod IOWA |
| Johnny Johnson NIU | PIN 4:08 | Alex Macaluso OKST |
| Fletcher Carr Tampa | PIN 2:17 | Evan Johnson MINN |
| Ben Ohai BYU | MAJ DEC 9-0 | Jerry Guth WIS |
| Keith Leland POLY | MAJ DEC 11-1 | Milke Furniss W&M |
| Tom Lowe NDSU | DEC 5-2 | Tom Swoyer Drake |
| Bill Allen Washington | DEC 11-7 | Rich Zweig PENN |
| Craig Tritch PITT | DEC 6-3 | John Berg California State University, Fresno |
| Martin Roberts Portland State University | DEC 8-4 | Jim Contreato Dartmouth College |
| Wes Hines UO | DEC 13-9 | Rich Ragan MD |