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It’s Out: Penn State Wrestling Reveals Entire 2025-26 Schedule

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Penn State wrestling has unveiled its entire 2025-26 schedule, both for non-conference dual meets and for the Big Ten season.

The entire Big Ten announced its schedule late Monday morning, with Penn State being the main attraction both of that conference and nationally.

Penn State’s three biggest home dual meets, both in the Big Ten, will be at the Bryce Jordan Center. The team hosts Oklahoma to start the season Friday, Nov. 14, opening the season at the BJC. The next BJC dual meet is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 30, against Mark Manning and Nebraska, who finished second to Penn State at last year’s national championships. Two weeks later, Penn State has its last BJC dual— and penultimate dual meet of the season— against Ohio State, before closing things out with Princeton at Rec Hall the next Friday.

From there, it’s onto the Big Ten Championships, which Penn State hosts at the Jordan Center March 7-8. Two weeks later, it’s the national championships March 19-21 in Cleveland.

THE FULL NON-CONFERENCE SLATE

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Penn State starts its season against Oklahoma, then is off for more than a week before competing at the annual Black Knight Invitational, hosted by Army. 12 days later, Penn State wrestles at Drexel. The team then has a quick turnaround, taking on Lehigh at Rec Hall Dec. 7.

Six days later, the team wrestles at Wyoming.

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Then, Penn State will compete at the Collegiate Duals in Nashville with Stanford and North Dakota State five days before Christmas. Penn State then has eight Big Ten dual meets before ending its regular season in a non-conference bout against Princeton.

THE BIG TEN SLATE

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ST. LOUIS, MO. – MARCH 18: Iowa wrestling coach Tom Brands watches during the NCAA Wrestling Championships on March 18, 2017, at Scottrade Center in St. Louis, MO. (Photo by Keith Gillett/Icon Sportswire)

Penn State starts its Big Ten schedule Jan. 10 against Rutgers at Rec Hall. Six days later, the showdown in Iowa City commences, followed by another road bout at Northwestern Sunday.

Penn State returns home Friday, Jan. 23 to host Indiana at Rec Hall. Two days later, the team hits the road to take on Maryland. In between BJC Duals, the team wrestlers at Michigan Friday, Feb. 6.

It all is expected to end with Penn State’s 13th national title in 15 seasons under Cael Sanderson.

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