Midway through Sunday's final day of bouting, Penn State continued to lead (as of 10:35), but its margin over second-place Notre Dame had shrunk to 12 points, 170-158. The Irish also had taken a firmer grip on second, with third-place Ohio State (150) falling 10 points behind ND. Earlier in the day, after one round of foil bouting, PSU's lead on ND actually had grown from 16 points to 20 – but the margin dropped eight points after all three weapons had been in action.
At the time of these standings (170-158-150), Penn State had 30 bouts remaining, while ND still had 32 left to fence. Again, if the Irish can rally to finish one point behind the Nittany Lions, there would be co-champions – since PSU fenced one more men's foil bout than ND (moments before Duke's Dorian Cohen withdrew due to injury).