Nine of the nation’s top 20 teams will wrestle at the annual Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational this weekend, including No. 19 Central Michigan.
In the 2016 CKI, the Chippewas took sixth of 34 teams, 11 of which were ranked.
The top-ranked team at the meet, a two-day affair beginning ay 9 a.m. Friday, Dec. , is No. 2 Ohio State.
Around 30 teams will take the mat in Las Vegas, including No. 8 Minnesota, No. 9 Michigan, No. 12 Arizona, No. 13 Nebraska, No. 14 Cornell and No. 16 Northern Iowa.
No. 10 Virginia Tech, which handed CMU its first loss of the season on Nov.