Updated 1:28 p.m. March 21.
The dynasty continues.
Penn State wrestling clinched its fifth consecutive team national title on Saturday morning during the medal rounds of the NCAA Championships when Oklahoma State was mathematically eliminated from contention.
Once again, the Nittany Lions wrapped up the championship well before the Saturday night finals, when a record-tying six Penn State wrestlers will compete for titles.
Penn State had 164 points and the team points record of 177, set by the Nittany Lions in 2025, remains in striking distance with the finals still to come. Oklahoma State was in second place with 119, followed by Nebraska with 101.5, Iowa with 92.5 and Ohio State with 84.5.
The Nittany Lions added to their point total during the early Saturday session with true freshmen PJ Duke winning third at 157 pounds and Marcus Blaze taking fourth at 133.
Duke beat No. 7 seed Kannon Webster of Illinois 7-3 in the consolation semifinals, the won by 20-4 tech fall against No. 8 seed Brandon Cannon of Ohio State in the bronze-medal match. Blaze won a 20-4 tech fall over No. 15 Tyler Knox of Stanford before falling 5-0 to No. 4 Aaron Seidel of Virginia Tech in the third-place bout.
It is the 13th team national title for Penn State in the last 15 tournaments, all under head coach Cael Sanderson, and the longest championship streak of that run. The Nittany Lions won four straight from 2011 to 2014 and 2016 to 2019.
So far during the current streak, Penn State has crowned 13 individual national champions, with the chance to add to that on Saturday night. The Nittany Lions have had 40 individual national champs under Sanderson’s watch and 61 all time.
The team title is Penn State’s 14th overall, having captured one in 1953.
The championship finals will begin at 6:30 p.m. EDT and will air on ESPN
