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2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships Fast Facts: Cornhusker Edition

2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships Fast Facts: Cornhusker Edition

Our multi-part series on notable facts and figures from the 2025 NCAA Championships continues with a look at Nebraska's historic performance.

Apr 2, 2025 by Andrew Spey
2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships Fast Facts: Cornhusker Edition

The 2025 NCAA Championships provided us with historic feats, upsets and dozens of notable facts and figures. Flowrestling's Andy Hamilton and Andrew Spey took a dive into some of the compelling stats that came out of national tournament in Philadelphia with some assistance from the Mat Talk Almanac. The multi-part series continues with a look at the trophy-winning performance by the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

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— Nebraska set school records for points at the NCAA Championships (117) and All-Americans (eight) and tied program records for finalists (three) and champions (two). 

— It was the first runner-up finish for the Huskers and Nebraska’s first team trophy since 2009. 

— The 117 points scored by the Huskers would’ve been enough to win the national title five times since 2007. It’s the fifth-highest point total for a runner-up team in tournament history. 

— The Huskers had never scored 80 or more points at the national tournament. Their previous high was 79.5 in 1993. 

— Nebraska has had multiple All-Americans at every NCAA tournament since 2012. 

— When he won the 149-pound title, Ridge Lovett became Nebraska’s first NCAA champion since Jordan Burroughs captured the 165-pound crown in Philadelphia in 2011. Lovett’s win ended a five-match losing streak in the finals for the Huskers. 

— Antrell Taylor followed up Lovett’s win with a victory in the 157-pound title, giving the Huskers multiple national champs for the second time in program history and the first time since brothers Jim and Bill Scherr won back-to-back titles at 177 and 190 pounds in 1984. 

— Nebraska won its first 13 consolation matches in the tournament. 

— The Huskers had the top seed differential in the tournament at plus 38, thanks in large part to three double-digit seeds who made the podium — #20 Camden McDanel (placed eighth at 197), #17 Jacob Van Dee (placed seventh at 133) and #12 Christopher Minto (placed fourth at 165).