Eight minutes and 12 seconds. That’s all it took to exorcise nearly a decade’s worth of close calls, blown leads and near misses for Rutgers wrestling against some of the nation’s top teams. And Rutgers didn’t just exorcise its demons against No.

Iowa won the first three bouts for a 9-0 lead. Ohio State answered with an overtime victory at 184 and a major-decision win at 197, cutting the deficit to 9-7. Heavyweights are on deck.

Riding the momentum of back-to-back dual wins, Rutgers wrestling returns home against No. 6 Minnesota.

The Iowa Hawkeyes face the Ohio State Buckeyes in this NCAA college wrestling matchup on Friday at the Covelli Center.

Ninth-ranked Minnesota won six matches, including three of the first five by bonus points, and dropped No. 4 Iowa, 21-16, Friday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

MSU wrestling took their first Big Ten win of the season at home against Northwestern. The Spartans held off a late rally from the Wildcats to get a 22-20 victory.

The top-ranked Nittany Lions will visit Maryland on Saturday ahead of a potentially huge storm on the East Coast.