AP PHOTO - The Iowa wrestling team poses for a photo after winning the team title at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships on Sunday at the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway, N.J.

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Top-ranked Iowa won its first outright Big Ten tournament title since 2010 and its 36th in program history here Sunday afternoon.

Led by two-time national champion Spencer Lee at 125 pounds, the Hawkeyes claimed three individual titles and had nine grapplers place fifth or better en route to a relatively easy championship run.

The wire-to-wire leader, Iowa produced 157.5 points, 25.5 clear of runner-up Nebraska (132). Ohio State (112), reigning national champion Penn State (107) and Purdue (83) rounded out the top five.

Lee, the 2020 Big Ten Wrestler of the Year and odds-on favorite to win the Hodge Trophy, was dominant throughout the two-day tournament. He outscored his three foes 47-5, highlighted by a 16-2 dismantling of Purdue’s Devin Schroder in Sunday’s finals.

Pat Lugo (149) and Alex Marinelli (165) also picked up titles for the Hawkeyes. Lugo topped Ohio State’s Sammy Sasso, 2-1, to avenge his only loss of the season. Marinelli scored a third-period takedown to knock off two-time national champion Vincenzo Joseph of Penn State, 3-2. It was the second straight year Marinelli handed Joseph a loss in the conference finals.

Michael Kemerer was the only Hawkeye finalist to come up short. He dropped an 8-5 decision to Penn State’s Mark Hall.

Jacob Warner (197) and Tony Cassioppi (heavyweight) were third for Iowa. Austin DeSanto (133) and Abe Assad (184) took fourth, and Max Murin (141) was fifth.

All nine medalists qualified for the national tournament in two weeks in Minneapolis.

“Job well done. We are not downplaying this,” said Iowa head coach Tom Brands. “The reason why it does get downplayed is because there is another important event. It’s cliché but we have to get ready and there is work to do. But we definitely give ourselves credit. You don’t see what is behind the scenes. We appreciate a job well done, and that was a job well done and it was a battle.”

Kaleb Young (157) was the only Hawkeye not to place. Young entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed, but went 0-2 and will have to hope for an at-large bid to the national tournament.