| WINNER | METHOD | OPPONENT |
|---|
| Round of 32 | ||
| Mark Churella MICH | PIN 7:24 | Rod Balch CSUB |
| Terril Williams MIZZ | PIN 1:59 | Leo Hennessy Montana |
| Dave Musselman Arizona | PIN 2:09 | Bill Vollrath PSU |
| Paul Martin OKST | PIN 4:06 | Frank Schaede East Carolina |
| Joe Zuspann ISU | DEC 12-5 | John Stallings Auburn |
| Roye Oliver ASU | MAJ DEC 14-3 | Dave Beckman NW |
| Frank Presley MVILLE | DEC 9-6 | John Martineck OKLA |
| Dan Hicks ORST | DEC 7-1 | Evan Hollopeter Cleveland State University |
| Steve Grubman PRIN | DEC 4-2 | Neal Dorow California-Berkeley |
| Bruce Kinseth IOWA | DEC 8-3 | Kevin Griffin Massachusetts |
| Clyde Ruffin SIU-Carbondale | MAJ DEC 15-4 | Scott Brambini RIDER |
| Dave Welch IND | DEC 11-7 | Gary Kessel East Stroudsburg University |
| Buddy Walker Tennessee | DEC 4-1 | Chris Poff BLOOM |
| Scott Heaton POLY | MAJ DEC 11-3 | Mark Reimnitz NDSU |
| Larry Kihlstadius NAVY | DEC 6-3 | Kent Lewis Indiana State |
| Kevin Clark California State University, Fresno | DEC 7-4 | Rick Sherry Western Michigan |