Penn State wrestling 2024-2025 schedule: Who will the Lions face at the BJC? Full dates announced
The 2024-2025 Penn State wrestling schedule is out. The defending champion Nittany Lions will wrestle seven matches in State College, including two matches at the Bryce Jordan Center, are going to a multi-team event in December and have a neutral site dual meet with a traditionally strong Pennsylvania-based program.
Dual meet schedule includes two BJC matches
As Blue-White Illustrated previously reported, the regular season kicks off when Drexel visits Rec Hall on Sun., Nov. 17. That match is set to start at 1 p.m. ET to statt the dual meet portion of the schedule. One day earlier, the Lions will have six competitors in the NWCA All-Star Classic. The exhibition event starts at 7 p.m. on Nov. 6 at Rec Hall. A week later, the team will send wrestlers to the Army Black Knight Invitational on Nov. 24 at West Point.
Penn State will host Wyoming on Dec. 15 after wrestling Lehigh at the PPL Center in Allentown on Dec. 8. It closes out the 2024 portion of the schedule with a trip to the Collegiate Wrestling Duals in Nashville, Tenn. Head coach Cael Sanderson’s team will battle Binghamton, Little Rock, and Missouri on Sun., Dec. 22. Those matches will be at 3 p.m., 5 p.m., and 7 p.m. ET, respectively.
The 2025 portion of the schedule starts with the Big Ten opener opposite Michigan State at Rec Hall on Jan. 10. Penn State then travels to Nebraska on Fri., Jan 17 and Rutgers on Fri., Jan. 24. Iowa visits State College on Fri., Jan. 31 for the first of two Penn State dual matches at the BJC. The second happens a week later when Michigan comes to town on Fri., Feb. 7. The regular season concludes with trips to Ohio State and Illinois on Fri., Feb. 14, and Sun., Feb. 16, respectively. A Senior Day match with American ends the dual meet portion of the schedule at Rec Hall on Fri., Feb. 21.
Start times for all matches will be announced at a later date.
Full 2024-2025 Penn State wrestling schedule
November
16 – NWCA All-Star Classic at Rec Hall, 7 p.m.
17 — vs. Drexel, 1 p.m.
24 — Army Black Knight Invitational, 10 a.m.
December
Top 10
- 1Breaking
Transfer Portal change
NCAA D-I Committee shortens college football, basketball transfer portal from 45 to 30 days
- 2Hot
Georgia arrest
Bulldogs WR Colbie Young arrested on assault charges
- 3
Heisman Trophy Odds
Betting favorites shaken up after Week 6 of college football
- 4Trending
Antidote of confidence
Minnesota players drank sprite from PJ Fleck before USC upset
- 5
JuJu Watkins
USC star signs multi-year endorsement deal with Nike
8 — Penn State vs. Lehigh at PPL Center in Allentown, 2 p.m.
15 — vs. Wyoming, 1 p.m.
22 — Collegiate Wrestling Duals: vs. Binghamton (3 p.m.), Little Rock (5 p.m.) and Missouri (7 p.m.)
January
10 — vs. Michigan State, TBD
17 — At Nebraska, TBD
24 — Penn State At Rutgers, TBD
31 — vs. Iowa at the Bryce Jordan Center, TBD
February
7 — vs. Michigan at the Bryce Jordan Center, TBD
9 — vs. Maryland, TBD
14 — Penn State at Ohio State, TBD
16 — at Illinois, TBD
21 — vs. American, TBD
March
8-9 — Penn State at Big Ten Championships at Northwestern
20-22 — NCAA Championships in Philadelphia
