I think 2028 will be the first year he can potentially challenge for it. His squad is very young and talented with more hammers coming in. OSU fans gotta be feeling pretty good right now.
I predict Ayala making a deep run again to close it out. He can hang with the guys on his side of the bracket but I don't see a world where he can beat Jax Forrest due to style match up. His placement in the bracket is ideal for him.
Dake won something like 28 of 37 matches by bonus his senior year and had multiple wins over David Taylor. That's pretty dominant, especially in the old scoring era.