quick comparison of these numbers and the team scores for those years....Cal-St Bakersfield would have been top 10 lots of those years but surprisingly (to me at least) best would have been 5th in '81. Then again this was the 'big 4' era and not too many teams crashed that party.
think mspart may have been referencing Saitiev vs USA matchups at world championships/Olympics only. here's a link to the Pat Smith match for those who haven't seen it.