Cael Sanderson’s Penn State Nittany Lions and Tom Brand’s Iowa Hawkeyes have combined for 18 victories this season.

No. 1 Penn State puts its 65-match win streak to the test against No. 2 Iowa in the most-anticipated college wrestling match of the season.

Tom Brand’s Iowa Hawkeyes have been outstanding through nine matches. But Cael Sanderson’s Penn State wrestlers have been performing at a different level heading into its final match of January.

Penn State wrestling is a 20.5-point favorite for tonight’s showdown with No. 2 Iowa. The line initially opened there, spent most of Thursday at 21.5, and then dipped back to where it started Friday morning.

Iowa and Penn State have split two previous No. 1 vs. No. 2 meetings. Some newer Hawkeyes will get their first taste of the rivalry Friday in State College, Pa.

Iowa is up against a behemoth in Penn State. It's a team coming off of the best NCAA Championship outing ever and has each of its projected wrestlers currently ranked in an All-American position by Intermat. By March, it could be seen as the best team in NCAA wrestling history. Yet, the message remains the same.

College wrestling's match of the year arrives Friday night in State College, where No. 1 Penn State will host No. 2 Iowa for national dual-meet supremacy. Penn State has not lost a match since falling to Iowa five years ago, and the Hawkeyes seek to restore their position atop the Big Ten by ending the Nittany Lions' 65-match win streak.

Top-ranked Penn State hosts No. 2 Iowa in the Big Ten's most anticipated wrestling match of the season. It began with some trash talk.