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How to watch, stream Penn State wrestling vs. Nebraska: What time is the match? Projected lineups, more

Greg Pickelby:Greg Pickel•about 9 hours•

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Penn State wrestling coach Cael Sanderson. (Pickel/BWI)

Penn State wrestling has its first road Big Ten match of the 2024-2025 season tonight when it takes on Nebraska at the Devaney Center in Lincoln. The No. 1 Nittany Lions are 7-0 while the No. 6 Cornhuskers are 6-1. Head coach Cael Sanderson’s side leads the all-time series 12-7-1 and is the owner of eight straight victories over this particular conference foe.

“We’ll be ready to go on Friday night,” Nebraska coach Mark Manning told FLO Wrestling. “The pure energy of this match and the excitement, you don’t have to talk to the team too much about who we’re wrestling or how great they are,” Manning said. “We all know they’re really good – they’ve won 11 of the last 13 national championships and they haven’t lost a dual meet in 1,809 days or some crazy stat. I think this is a good opportunity, and we’re going to have to bring our A-game because this team is really good, they have a lot of studs, and they’re well-coached. 

“I have a lot of respect for Cael Sanderson, and Casey (Cunningham), and Cody (Sanderson) — they do a super job there and do a great job of developing their guys, not only physically but mentally. It’s fun, it’s why you come to Nebraska and wrestle and work out hard in the offseason is for matches like this to step up and show what you’re all about for seven minutes.”

Get ready for Penn State-Nebraska with our match preview below.

What time, channel, is Penn State-Nebraska on?

Penn State-Nebraska will air on the Big Ten Network. The broadcast crew is not yet known. Those wishing to stream the match can click here to learn more about the available subscription plans via B1G+.

Today’s match starts at 9 p.m. ET.

Those who will not be on hand or don’t have B1G+ subscription can listen to the radio call from longtime program play-by-play man Jeff Byers for free on LionVision by clicking here. The Penn State pre-match show goes live at 7:40 p.m. ET. Blue-White Illustrated will also have updates on The Wrestling Room forum.

Projected starting lineups

This should be a doozy, even if Penn State is favored to win its 64th consecutive dual meet. At 141 pounds, a rubber match should take place between No. 3 Beau Bartlett and No. 6 Brock Hardy. Each owns a win over the other, with the Nittany Lion owning the most recent one. As many as three top-five bouts could take place in addition to numerous otherwise ranked ones.

Here’s a look at the rest of the projected starting lineups. Not that they could change after weigh ins:

125 pounds: No. 12 Luke Lilledahl, PSU vs. No. 6 Caleb Smith, Nebraska

133 pounds: No. 5 Braeden Davis, PSU vs. No. 16 Jacob Van Dee, Nebraska

141 pounds: No. 3 Beau Bartlett, PSU vs. No. 6 Brock Hardy, Nebraska

149 pounds: No. 2 Shayne Van Ness vs. No. 4 Ridge Lovett, Nebraska

157 pounds: No. 3 Tyler Kasak, PSU vs. No. 5 Antrell Taylor, Nebraska

165 pounds: No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink, PSU vs. No. 7 Bubba Wilson, Nebraska

174 pounds: No. 2 Levi Haines, PSU vs. No. 15 Lenny Pinto, Nebraska

184 pounds: No. 1 Carter Starocci, PSU vs. No. 7 Silas Allred, Nebraska

197 pounds: No. 4 Josh Barr, PSU vs. No. 22 Camden McDanel, Nebraska

285 pounds: No. 2 Greg Kerkvliet, PSU vs. No. 24 Harley Andrews, Nebraska

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