Big Ten boasts 10 ranked teams

Minnesota\nNational Ranking: 1\nBig Ten Record: 8-0\nOverall Record: 19-1\nCoach: J. Robinson\nScouting Report: Receiving all 13 first-place votes in the most recent NWCA/TheMat.com national poll … Broke Iowa's 25-year Big Ten title win streak by taking the title in 1999, only to see Iowa take it back last season with 140.5 points to Minnesota's 132.5 … Strength is in the team's depth, but only have one No. 1 seed in 197-pound Owen Elzen ... Feature five No. 2 seeds … 125-pound Leroy Vega was recently named Big Ten wrestler of the week … Beat IU 25-12 in Bloomington.\nMichigan\nNational Ranking: 3\nBig Ten Record: 7-1\nOverall Record: 17-3-1\nCoach: Joe McFarland \nScouting Report: Will rely heavily on fifth-year senior Erick "Otto" Olson, the top-ranked wrestler in the 174-pound weight class … Mike Kulczycki could be a dark horse at 149 pounds. He is seeded fifth going into the tournament but finished third … Wolverines were dominated by Minnesota in their Big Ten opener this season, losing 29-6 … Beat IU 24-14 in Bloomington.\nIowa\nNational Ranking: 4\nBig Ten Record: 6-2\nOverall Record: 18-4\nCoach: Jim Zalesky\nScouting Report: Leads all teams with four defending conference champions, all No. 1 seeds this year … Seniors Jody Strittmatter (125) and Eric Juergens (133) will both be looking for their second titles, while seniors Doug Schwab (141) and T.J. Williams (157) will be vying for their third … Their only two Big Ten losses at Michigan 16-18 and against Minnesota 16-17.\nIllinois\nNational Ranking: 7\nBig Ten Record: 6-2\nOverall Record: 12-2\nCoach: Mark Johnson\nScouting Report: Senior Adam Tirapelle is the No. 1 seed at 149 pounds and took home the individual conference title in 2000. Tied the school record for career pins with his 31st career fall against the Hoosiers' senior Gabe Cook … Other No. 1 seed is senior Nate Patrick, who will face IU junior Viktor Sveda at 184 pounds. Patrick won their first meeting this year 8-4 … The Fighting Illini defeated IU in Illinois this year 39-0.\nOhio State\nNational Ranking: 8\nBig Ten Record: 5-3\nOverall Record: 15-6\nCoach: Russ Hellickson\nScouting Report: Only No. 1 seed is sophomore heavyweight standout Tommy Rowlands. He is undefeated in dual and Big Ten matches at 22-0 and 8-0, respectively, including an 11-6 decision against IU's Mike Dixon … Junior Nick Preston, the No. 2 seed at 197 pounds, finished second at the Big Ten Championships last year.\nMichigan State\nNational Ranking 13\nBig Ten Record: 3-5\nOverall Record: 8-7-1\nCoach: Tom Minkel\nScouting Report: Finished fourth at least year's Big Ten Championships … Best hope for an individual title this year might be 133-pound senior and two-time All-American Pat McNamara, who is the No. 2 seed behind Iowa's Juergens … Defeated the Hoosiers 20-1.\nPurdue\nNational Ranking: 25\nBig Ten Record: 3-5\nOverall record: 10-6\nCoach: Jesse Reyes\nScouting report: Best chance for an individual champion is No. 3 seed Ryan Lange (174) … Also in the top eight seedings are 125-pound Jason Silverstein (No. 4), 133-pound Evan Robinson (No. 4), heavyweight Jake Vercelli (No. 5), 197-pound Jon Bush (No. 7), 157-pound Clovis Crane (No. 8) and 165-pound Kirk Moore (No. 8) … Lost to Hoosiers 20-17 in neutral site match.\nWisconsin\nNational Ranking: 23\nBig Ten Record: 2-6\nOverall Record: 10-10-1\nCoach: Barry Davis\nScouting Report: 165-pound Donny Pritzlaff is the defending NCAA champion and No. 1 seed. Only seven times this season has he defeated his opponents by less than 8 points and has gone undefeated in conference competition for the third year ... Lost to Hoosiers in Wisconsin this year by a score of 25-13.\nPenn State\nNational Ranking: 24\nBig Ten Record: 1-7\nOverall Record: 7-13\nCoach: Troy Sunderland\nScouting Report: Only 133-pound Marat Tomaev and 149-pound Nate Wachter among top eight seeds in Big Ten ... All heavier weight wrestlers have at least a .500 record this season ... Only 184-pound Jeff Knupp and 174-pound Mark Becks have wrestled in the tournament before.\nNorthwestern\nNational Ranking: NR\nBig Ten Record: 0-8\nOverall Record: 4-13-1\nCoach: Tim Cysewski\nScouting Report: expected to finish last in the tournament after dismal, injury-plagued season … Only feature is two wrestlers seeded in top eight, the worst among the teams … Best hope is fourth-ranked 157-pounder Jason Erwinski … Other ranked is heavyweight Josh Saul … Lost to Hoosiers 37-6 in Bloomington.