Dropped College Wrestling Teams
by Jason Bryant | Feb 23, 2017
List of all known dropped wrestling programs. A school's division listed is at the time of the drop. If you know a year when a school dropped its program and its in this list with a zero in the year field, you can send that information to jason@bryantwrestling.com so this list may be updated.
For a list of new and reinstated programs since 2000, click here.
Records are continually updated to correctly identify what past and present level of competition the schools are classified.
| id | School | State | Current | Dropped | Drop Yr. | Former Name | First App. | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arkansas State | AR | 1 | 1953 | ||||
| 2 | Wake Forest | NC | 1 | University | 1960 | 1955 | ||
| 3 | Birmingham-Southern | AL | CLOSED | NAIA | 1961 | 1958 | ||
| 4 | Eagle Grove CC | IA | CLOSED | NJCAA | 1966 | SCHOOL CLOSED | ||
| 5 | Kansas | KS | 1 | 1966 | ||||
| 6 | Denver | CO | 1 | 1967 | ||||
| 7 | Methodist | NC | 3 | 1971 | ||||
| 8 | Nevada | NV | 1 | 1971 | 1961 | |||
| 9 | Parsons | IA | CLOSED | 1973 | 1959 | Announced AWN Vo. 31, No. 2 | ||
| 10 | Idaho | ID | 1 | 1973 | Big Sky | |||
| 11 | UNC Wilimington | NC | 1 | 1973 | ||||
| 12 | Holy Cross | MA | 1 | 1974 | ||||
| 13 | Seattle Pacific | WA | 2 | 1974 | 1957 | |||
| 14 | Cal State-Northridge | CA | 1 | 1975 | San Fernando Valley State | |||
| 15 | Consumnes River | CA | CCCAA | CCCAA | 1975 | |||
| 16 | Kansas State | KS | 1 | 1975 | ||||
| 17 | Morehead State | KY | 1 | 1975 | ||||
| 18 | Central Oregon CC | OR | NJCAA | 1975 | ||||
| 20 | St. Francis | PA | 1 | 1975 | ||||
| 21 | UW-Milwaukee | WI | 1 | 1975 | Wisconsin State | 1956 | Merger between Wisconsin State & Wisconsin Extension | |
| 22 | Eastern Kentucky | KY | 1 | 1976 | ||||
| 23 | Washington | MD | 3 | 1976 | 1947 | |||
| 24 | St. Louis CC-Florissant Valley | MO | NJCAA | 1976 | 1971 | |||
| 25 | Dartmouth | NH | 1 | 1976 | 1956 | |||
| 26 | Cal State East Bay | CA | 3 | 1977 | Cal State-Hayward, Alameda State College | |||
| 27 | UC Santa Barbara | CA | 1 | 1977 | 1958 | |||
| 28 | Hawaii | HI | 1 | 1977 | 1961 | |||
| 29 | Butler | IN | 1 | 1977 | ||||
| 30 | North Carolina A&T | NC | 1 | 2 | 1977 | |||
| 31 | Lehigh County CC | PA | NJCAA | 1977 | ||||
| 32 | South Dakota | SD | 2 | 1977 | 1958 | |||
| 33 | Louisiana-Lafayette | LA | 1 | 1978 | Southwest Louisiana State | |||
| 34 | Western Carolina | NC | 1 | 1978 | ||||
| 35 | Xavier | OH | 1 | 1978 | ||||
| 36 | Alabama | AL | 1 | 1979 | 1958 | March 29, 1979 | ||
| 37 | California | CA | 1 | 1979 | ||||
| 38 | Florida | FL | 1 | 1979 | ||||
| 40 | Eastern Mennonite | VA | 3 | 1979 | ||||
| 41 | Gonzaga | WA | 1 | 1979 | Did not score in Big Sky 1976* | |||
| 42 | Chattahoochee Valley CC | AL | NJCAA | 1980 | Started in 1976 | |||
| 43 | Allan Hancock | CA | CCCAA | CCCAA | 1980 | |||
| 44 | UCLA | CA | 1 | 1980 | ||||
| 45 | Colorado | CO | 1 | 1980 | ||||
| 46 | Georgia | GA | 1 | 1980 | 1961 | December 18, 1979 | ||
| 47 | CCBC-Catonsville | MD | NJCAA | 1980 | ||||
| 48 | North Carolina Central | NC | 2 | 1980 | ||||
| 49 | Marietta | OH | 3 | 1980 | ||||
| 50 | Middle Tennessee State | TN | 1 | 1 | 1980 | |||
| 51 | Utah | UT | 1 | 1980 | ||||
| 52 | Washington | WA | 1 | 1980 | Dropped 1941. Re-Added 1956. | |||
| 53 | Gateway Technical | WI | NJCAA | 1980 | Eliminated all athletics | |||
| 54 | Milwaukee Area Technical | WI | NJCAA | 1980 | ||||
| 55 | Southwest Tech-Fennimore | WI | NJCAA | 1980 | ||||
| 56 | UW-Platteville Richland | WI | NJCAA | 1980 | UW-Richland | 1978 | ||
| 57 | Western Wisconsin Technical | WI | NJCAA | 1980 | Eliminated all athletics | |||
| 58 | Auburn | AL | 1 | 1 | 1981 | Alabama Polytechnic Institute | 1946 | Ranked 9th |
| 59 | Jacksonville State | AL | 1 | 2 | 1981 | |||
| 60 | Arizona | AZ | 1 | 1981 | 1957 | |||
| 61 | American River | CA | CCCAA | CCCAA | 1981 | |||
| 62 | Cal State-Stanislaus | CA | 3 | 1981 | ||||
| 63 | Long Beach City | CA | CCCAA | CCCAA | 1981 | 1958 | ||
| 64 | Ohlone | CA | CCCAA | CCCAA | 1981 | |||
| 65 | Orange Coast | CA | CCCAA | CCCAA | 1981 | |||
| 66 | Connecticut | CT | 1 | 1 | 1981 | 1958 | ||
| 67 | Evansville | IN | 1 | 1981 | ||||
| 68 | Lincoln | MO | 2 | 1981 | ||||
| 69 | Southeast Missouri State | MO | 1 | 1981 | ||||
| 70 | East Carolina | NC | 1 | 1981 | ||||
| 71 | Wayne State | NE | 2 | 1981 | ||||
| 72 | Akron | OH | 1 | 1 | 1981 | |||
| 73 | Rhode Island | RI | 1 | 1 | 1981 | |||
| 74 | Dakota State | SD | NAIA | 1981 | General Beadle | 1962 | ||
| 75 | Tennessee Tech | TN | 1 | 1981 | ||||
| 76 | Richmond | VA | 1 | 1981 | ||||
| 77 | Cabrillo | CA | CCCAA | CCCAA | 1982 | |||
| 78 | Chaffey | CA | CCCAA | CCCAA | 1982 | |||
| 79 | Imperial Valley | CA | CCCAA | CCCAA | 1982 | |||
| 80 | San Mateo | CA | CCCAA | CCCAA | 1982 | 1959 | ||
| 81 | Black Hawk | IL | NJCAA | 1982 | Black Hawk-Moline | 1968 | ||
| 82 | Southern Illinois | IL | 1 | 1982 | SIU-Carbondale | |||
| 83 | Ball State | IN | 1 | 1 | 1982 | 1958 | ||
| 84 | Hanover | IN | 3 | 1982 | ||||
| 85 | Kentucky | KY | 1 | 1 | 1982 | |||
| 86 | Western Michigan | MI | 1 | 1982 | ||||
| 87 | Winona State | MN | 2 | 1982 | ||||
| 88 | Missouri-St. Louis | MO | 2 | 1982 | ||||
| 89 | Colgate | NY | 1 | 1982 | ||||
| 90 | Bowling Green | OH | 1 | 1982 | ||||
| 91 | Central State | OH | NAIA | 1982 | ||||
| 92 | Cincinnati | OH | 1 | 1 | 1982 | 1952 | ||
| 93 | East Tennessee State | TN | 1 | 1982 | ||||
| 94 | Virginia Commonwealth | VA | 1 | 1 | 1982 | |||
| 95 | Marshall | WV | 1 | 1982 | ||||
| 96 | Calvin | MI | 3 | 3 | 1983 | |||
| 97 | Washington | MO | 3 | 1983 | ||||
| 99 | Long Beach State | CA | 1 | 1985 | 1958 | |||
| 100 | Porterville | CA | CCCAA | CCCAA | 1984 | |||
| 101 | San Diego City | CA | CCCAA | CCCAA | 1984 | |||
| 102 | San Jose City | CA | CCCAA | CCCAA | 1984 | |||
| 104 | Hope | MI | 3 | 3 | 1984 |