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.

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.

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.

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.