Ohio State is well-positioned to make a run at another NCAA wrestling championship in 2018. FloWrestling ranked the Buckeyes right behind the defending champion Penn State Nittany Lions in the preseason rankings, with three other Big Ten teams cracking the Top Ten. “There are two superteams this year in the NCAA, and one of them is Ohio State,” Flo said in the site’s analysis of the team’s potential starters. “The Buckeyes represent the greatest threat to dethrone Penn State after reloading in the offseason.” Ohio State returns 113.5 team points from its 2017 NCAA runner-up squad – a total greater than Buckeye head coach Tom Ryan’s 2015 title team scored, “more than Penn State’s 2011 and 2014 title teams, more than Iowa’s 2009 title team, and more than Minnesota’s 2007 title team.” In other words, this team is going to be good. Digging further into Ohio State’s chances to challenge Cael Sanderson’s dynasty in Happy…
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