Pitt's Matthew Wilps controls Penn State's Quentin Wright on Friday during the 197-pound NCAA semifinal. Wright eventually recovered to win the match in a tiebreaker.

DES MOINES, Iowa — Penn State has all but clinched a third straight national title.

All that’s left for the powerhouse Nittany Lions is for David Taylor to defend the title that Cornell’s Kyle Dake has worked so hard to take.

Penn State had 114.5 points and a commanding 20.5-point lead over Oklahoma State heading into Saturday’s finals of the NCAA championships.

Minnesota is third in the team race with 86 points, followed by Iowa with 68.

The Nittany Lions also have five wrestlers set to compete for a title, including a surging Taylor.

He and Dake — who is one win away from becoming the third four-time NCAA champion — will meet up at 165 pounds in one of the most anticipated championship matches in recent memory.

“It’s pretty simple. He’s going to do something no one is going to do and I’m trying to do something that no one is going to do,” Taylor said.

“Obviously, he’s looking pretty good, but I’m not too worried about it,” Dake said about Taylor.