I mean I’m not going to do silly hypotheticals of guys from different eras but let’s look at the credentials of the ‘85-‘86 team compared to PSU this year:
Looks like they didn’t AA at the lightest weight, favor Lilledahl 3-0 PSU
Penrith: Champ that year, 2nd the next 2 years. Favor him over Davis 3-3
Randall: 2nd that year, 5th and 2nd in prior 2 years. Favor him over Bartlett 6-3 Iowa
Dresser: Champ that year, 4th the year before. Toss up with Van Ness
Heffernan: Champ that year, 2nd the year before and after. Favor him over Van Ness 9-3
Alger: took 5th that season then won it the next 2 years. Favor Mesenbrink 9-6
Kistler: champ that year and the year before, 2nd the year before that. Tossup with Haines
Chiapparelli: took 4th that season, 5th the year before, won it the next year. Favor Starocci 9-9
Goldman: champ that year, 2nd the previous years. Favor him over Barr 12-9
Iowa did not AA at heavyweight, favor Kerk 12-12.
So I’ve got 12-12 with 2 tossups.
Bottom line I wouldn’t say the most likely final result won’t put this year’s PSU team too far ahead of any of the top Iowa teams.