Although Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) planned to attend Yale University and A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez) Iowa, they attend California University in Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993).
The University of Iowa wrestling coach who recruited A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez) was named Jeff Tramer (uncredited). Bennett Tramer was one of the show's writers. The real University of Iowa coach was the legendary Dan Gable. His teams won 21 Big Ten Conference and 15 national championships in his tenure at the school (1976-1997).
Samuel "Screech" Powers (Dustin Diamond) was accepted to Clemson, Emerson, Hamburger University, Princeton, and USC. He was, however, rejected by his first choice - Fisher College for Women. Fisher College is a private college in Boston. Since 1998, it has been coeducational.
The date on the script is November 6, 1991 as found in the Dennis Haskins Saved by the Bell Television Scripts special collection at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The episode aired on October 10, 1992.
A.C. Slater (Mario Lopez) claimed that Iowa hosted the best wrestling school in the country. Iowa did win the 1992 wrestling championship, the year this episode aired. The season marked coach Dan Gable's third perfect season at the school.