Minnesota wrestling coach J. Robinson knew it would take a balanced squad to win a national championship.

His Golden Gophers may have put together one of the most amazing displays of balance in wrestling history, qualifying no wrestlers for the finals, but winning the national title with all ten of their qualifiers achieving All-American status.

Minnesota outscored second place Iowa 138.5 to 125.5 at Iowa's Carver-Hawkeye arena. The Hawkeyes had four wrestlers in the finals, and brought home two individual national titles, but Minnesota had three wrestlers take home third place finishes and three more take fourths, while Iowa's other qualifiers managed a third, a sixth and an eighth place finish, and one didn't even place.

"I thought we could win with 10 All-Americans and that became our game plan for this year," Robinson said on the NCAA's official homepage. "We knew that the only way we could win was with a team effort and that is what it came down to."

Senior Eric Juergens won his second straight championship for Iowa at 133-pounds, and 157-pounder T.J. Williams won his first national championship. However, the Hawkeyes not only needed wins from finalists Jody Strittmatter at 125-pounds, and Doug Schwab at 141, but they needed three pins and a technical fall from the four finalists.

Strittmatter lost to Fresno State's Stephen Abas, and Schwab lost to Oklahoma's Michael Lightner to clinch the victory for the Golden Gophers.

"I think that our team wrestled well," Iowa coach Jim Zalesky said. "We would have liked to win more today, but I think Minnesota wrestled a good tournament. They have a good balanced lineup and they scored points when they had to. They had guys come back and take third after they got beat."

Oklahoma State finished third with 115.5 points behind three Cowboy finalists. Mark Munoz won their only national championship at 197 pounds, with a 5-3 win over Illinois' Pat Quirk.

Iowa State 184-pounder Cael Sanderson finished his third season undefeated, winning his record 119th straight match against Oklahoma State's Dan Cormier 8-4 for his third straight national championship. Sanderson was named the tournament's outstanding wrestler.

"I have been looking forward to relaxing for quite a while now," he said. "Now I can look back and think about what I can improve on, mentally, to get ready for next season."

Oklahoma finished fourth with 93.5 points, followed by Illinois with 89.0 points. Heavyweight John Lockhart and 149-pounder Adam Tirapelle both won national titles for the Fighting Illini. Iowa State finished sixth with 66.5 points, followed by Michigan with 65.5, Nebraska with 52.5, Arizona State with 48 and Boise State and Wisconsin with 47 each. The Badgers were led by 165-pounder Donny Pritzlaff, with his second consecutive national title.