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Year	Big Tens	Big Ten Champs	NCAA Qualifiers	NCAAs	NCAA Champs	All-Americans	Cliff Keen Team Duals	Notes
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004	5th 10th 3rd 3rd 8th 3rd 3rd 4th	1 0 3 3 1 1 3 1	7 3 8 6 5 9 7 7	15th 38th 11th 7th 6th 7th 2nd 10th	1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0	1 0 3 4 5 3 5 4	n/a n/a n/a 3rd DNP 5th 7th 3rd	Kellen Russell Lost Season Steve Luke/Tyrel Todd/Kellen Russell Eric Tennenbaum/Steve Luke/Josh Churella/Tyrel Todd Eric Tennenbaum/Josh Churella/Steve Luke Ryan Churella/Greg Wagner Ryan Bertin/Ryan &Josh Churella/Eric Tennenbaum Ryan Churella
2003	6th	0	8	7th	1	3	8th	Ryan Bertin
2002	3rd	1	9	9th	0	4	5th	Otto Olson
2001	4th	1	8	7th	0	5	5th	Otto Olson
2000	5th	0	7	13th	0	3	n/a	Joe Warren
1999	5th	0	7	13th	0	3	n/a	n/a
1998	4th	2	4	12th	0	3	n/a	Bill Lacure/Airron Richardson
1997	5th	0	6	22nd	0	1	n/a	n/a
1996	7th	0	6	9th	0	5	n/a	n/a
1995	5th	1	5	22nd	0	2	n/a	Chad Biggert
1994	4th	1	5	5th	0	3	DNP	Sean Bormet
1993	5th	1	6	11th	0	3	5th	Sean Bormet

Michigan has never won a NCAA Championship, but finished runner-up five times: 2005, 1974, 1967, 1929 and 1928. The last time the Wolverines earned the Big Ten Championship was 1973. 3 Big Ten Champions in 2005 was the first time since 1974 when we had 4 champions. Michigan had 5 Big Ten Champions in 1965 and 1960. The Wolverines also had 4 Big Ten Champions in 1974, 1967, 1955 and 1930. Michigan had 3 Big Ten Champions in 1961, 1940, 1938 and 1927. Michigan has earned 11 Big Ten Team Championships. Iowa won 34 (1976-1997 in the Dan Gable era when the Hawkeyes won 21 straight Big Ten and 15 NCAA Championships), Illinois 17, Indiana 13, Minnesota 10, Michigan State 8, Purdue 6, Ohio State 2 and Penn State won their first Big Ten Wrestling title in 2011 with 5 champions. Iowa has won 23 NCAA Wrestling Championships, Minnesota won two, and Michigan State, Penn State (2011) and Indiana have won one each. Iowa has won 85 individual national championships with 284 All-Americans and Michigan has won 20 individual titles including 173 All-Americans, Michigan State has won 25 individual championships with 134 All-Americans, Penn State has won 20 individual championships with 167 All-Americans, Illinois has 20 individual titles, Minnesota has 18 titles with 146 All-Americans and Wisconsin has won 17 NCAA individual titles. Iowa has won 186 individual Big Ten Championships, Michigan has earned 120, Minnesota 87, Illinois 70, Michigan State and Wisconsin 67 each. Michigan's record against Iowa is 25-28-1, and they are the only Big Ten team other than Penn State (25-27) that holds an edge in dual meets against the Wolverines. History Lesson: Cliff Keen History Lesson: 1934 NCAA Championships History Lesson: Ed George History Lesson: Skip Nalan Top 20 Wrestling Programs of All-Time Big Ten Wrestling Record Book NCAA Division I Wrestling Championship Brackets from 1928-2011 (Big Ten Championship Brackets 1928-2011) Past Seasons NCAA Wrestling Records Michigan High School Athletic Association Wrestling Records MHSAA Yearly Wrestling Champions

Big Ten Wrestling School	Total Titles	Runner-Up	Last Title	2nd Title	1st Title	Individual Champs
Iowa	34	21	2010	1958	1916	186
Michigan	11	18	1973	1938	1929	120
Minnesota	10	13	2007	1957	1941	87
Illinois	17	10	2005	1917	1913	70
Michigan State	8	5	1972	1966	1961	67
Wisconsin (best finishes were #2 in 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992 and 2007)	0	9	n/a	n/a	n/a	67
Indiana	13	10	1943	1915	1914	53
Northwestern (best finishes were #3 in 1963 and tied for #2 with Iowa and Michigan in 1968)	0	1	n/a	n/a	n/a	36
Purdue	6	1	1954	1945	1942	35
Ohio State	2	2	n/a	1951	1923	31
Penn State	1	3	2011	n/a	2011	25
Nebraska	0	0	n/a	n/a	n/a	0

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