What a difference a year makes! Last season, Michigan was one of if not the favorite to win the national title, with a ton of horsepower coming back for their covid year and transfers filling in the depth chart. This year, they’re still a strong dual meet team, but the odds of the Wolverines repeating as Big Ten tournament champs are very, very slim.
The Nittany Lions, however, are poised in a big way to repeat at the tournament that actually matters - the one that, this year, is in Tulsa. There are obviously holes in the lineup for Penn State (one in particular that’s been a hole for a few years), but top to bottom it’s a strong lineup in the blue and white that will wait another week to be fully challenged.