MINNESOTA PREVIEW
Minnesota is having one of its best seasons in the history of the program, recently defeating defending national champion then-No. 1 Oklahoma State, 21-14, on Jan. 15 to become the first No. 1 team in the nation other than Oklahoma State in the last three years. Minnesota is 4-0 in conference action with wins over Northwestern (1/20), Iowa (1/22), Ohio State (1/27) and Penn State (1/29). The Golden Gophers boast a lineup that features eight ranked grapplers, two of which are tabbed No. 1 in the country and another three in the top 10. Leading the pack is No. 1 Dustin Schlatter (149), No. 1 Cole Konrad (Heavyweight), No. 3 Mack Reiter (133), No. 4 C.P. Schlatter (157), No. 10 Matt Nagel (165), No. 10 Roger Kish (184), No. 14 Manuel Rivera (141) and No. 15 Gabriel Dretsch (174).
Minnesota leads the overall series 39-4-1 over Indiana, winning the last meeting in Bloomington 32-7 on Feb. 24, 2005. Indiana's last win over the Golden Gophers came on Jan. 26, 1968 in Bloomington, when the Hoosiers downed Minnesota 20-8 in Bloomington.
Minnesota finished fifth in last year's NCAA Championships and finished runner-up in last year's Big Ten Championships. The Golden Gophers return three All-Americans from last year's top-five squad and placed four overall in the top eight at NCAAs a year ago.
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