NCAA Wrestling Championships: How to watch Penn State in the finals; full list of bouts, time, and TV info
PHILADELPHIA — The 2025 NCAA wrestling season comes to a close tonight here at the Wells Fargo Center. Penn State, which has already clinched this year’s team title and could break the points record it set just one season ago, will have finalists in three of the championship bouts. The first one, featuring Carter Starocci against Parker Keckeisen of Northern Iowa at 184 pounds, is set for just after 7 p.m. ET. Before the night is over, 10 first place finishers will join seven others on their weight class’ respective podium.
Get ready for the finals with time and tv info, the list of bouts, and more.
What time and channel is it on?
The action starts at 7 p.m. ET. ESPN is televising it.
What is the schedule for the final round of the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships, and when is the first Penn State match?
Starocci and Keckeisen will take the mat at 7:05 p.m. ET. There will be commercial breaks between most, if not all, of the final bouts. The television window runs until 10 p.m. ET.
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Will the bouts go in a normal order?
Sort of. Obviously, with the 184-pound final going first, things will be immediately out of order. But, from there, they will go back to the typical 125-285 pound format. That means Penn State redshirt sophomore Mitchell Mesenbrink will go for his first 165-pound NCAA title opposite Iowa’s Mikey Caliendo in the seventh bout of the night. And, Penn State redshirt freshman Josh Barr seeks his initial title at 197 pounds opposite Stephen Buchanan of Iowa in the ninth. Here’s the order:
184 pounds: No. 1 Carter Starocci (Penn State) vs. No. 2 Parker Keckeisen (Northern Iowa)
125 pounds: No. 4 Vince Robinson (NC State) vs. No. 7 Troy Spratley (Oklahoma State)
133 pounds: No. 1 Lucas Byrd (Illinois) vs. No. 2 Drake Ayala (Iowa)
141 pounds: No. 1 Brock Hardy (Nebraska) vs. No. 3 Jesse Mendez (Ohio State)
149 pounds: No. 1 Caleb Henson (Virginia Tech) vs. No. 2 Ridge Lovett (Nebraska)
157 pounds: No. 3 Antrell Taylor (Nebraska) vs. No. 8 Joey Blaze (Purdue)
165 pounds: No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (Penn State) vs. No. 3 Mikey Caliendo (Iowa)
174 pounds: No. 1 Keegan O’Toole (Missouri) vs. No. 3 Dean Hamiti (Oklahoma State)
197 pounds: No. 2 Stephen Buchanan (Iowa) vs. No. 4 Josh Barr (Penn State)
285 pounds: No. 1 Gable Steveson (Minnesota) vs. No. 2 Wyatt Hendrickson (Oklahoma State)
Catch up on the latest Penn State wrestling coverage from Blue-White Illustrated
Find links to today’s previous coverage below:
Penn State can break its NCAA Wrestling Championships team points record tonight; here’s how
3 thoughts from three Penn State wrestlers who finished third at the 2025 NCAA Championships
Penn State wrestling clinches fourth straight NCAA Championship
Penn State senior Greg Kerkvliet medically defaults out of the 2025 NCAA Wrestling Championships
