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Big Ten Reveals 2026-27 Wrestling Schedule

The Big Ten Conference finalized dates for Purdue's 107th season of wrestling.

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by Brook Weber

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Big Ten Conference announced its 2026-27 wrestling schedule on Tuesday, setting up the slate for Purdue’s 107th season of wrestling.

Time and television designations will be released at a later date.

The nation’s No. 21 team in the InterMat preseason tournament rankings, Purdue features its youngest roster since the 2006-07 season. Nineteen of the 30 Boilermakers are entering just their first or second years of college wrestling, including 11 true freshmen.

The team is headlined by returning two-time All-American Joey Blaze (No. 3 at 165 pounds) and three-time NCAA Championships qualifier Brody Baumann (No. 22 at 174). Other key returnees include consistent starters Gavin Brown (149) and James Rowley (184), along with Isaiah Schaefer (141), who debuted at No. 23 in the preseason rankings after redshirting his freshman season.

NON-CON UPDATES

NON-CON UPDATES

Purdue’s non-conference schedule was previously announced here. However, a couple of updates to the early part of the season have been made since then.

The Boilermakers will travel to Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, for a unique opportunity to compete aboard the USS Yorktown (CV-10), an aircraft carrier harbored along the coast of Charleston. The event, dubbed “Throwdown on the Yorktown,” has officially been set for Saturday, Nov. 7, with Sunday, Nov. 8, reserved as a makeup date in case of inclement weather.

Purdue will face Air Force (2 p.m. ET) and The Citadel (5 p.m.) in a pair of duals overlooking the Atlantic Ocean on the top deck of the former U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, which served during World War II and the Vietnam War. Limited tickets are still available here.

The Boilermakers’ doubleheader in the nation’s capital has been moved forward one day to Friday, Nov. 20. Purdue will face George Mason at the Johnson Center in Fairfax, Va., at noon before battling American at Bender Arena in Washington, D.C., at 7 p.m. The two schools are separated by approximately a 40-minute drive in the DMV area.

The setup inside George Mason’s Johnson Center is a distinctive experience for wrestling. The Patriots are hosting Purdue for their third annual dual on the ground level of their student union, a multilevel campus hotspot that is open to the public. (pictured below)

George Mason will transform its student union into a wrestling venue for the program's third annual Johnson Center dual on Friday, Nov. 20. (Photo courtesy of GMU Athletics)George Mason will transform its student union into a wrestling venue for the program's third annual Johnson Center dual on Friday, Nov. 20. (Photo courtesy of GMU Athletics)
BIG TEN SLATE

BIG TEN SLATE

Purdue will open Big Ten action with three straight matchups against preseason top-10 foes (via InterMat dual rankings), starting with a Sunday, Jan. 3, dual against No. 3 Nebraska in West Lafayette. The Huskers boast a ranked wrestler at all 10 weight classes, including six in the top 10.

The following Sunday, Jan. 10, the Boilers will travel to face No. 6 Ohio State at the Covelli Center in Columbus. The Buckeyes last hosted Purdue on Jan. 19, 2025, when then-sophomore Joey Blaze showed out in his home state and defeated four-time All-American Sammy Sasso, 5-1, in front of a hostile crowd. Ohio State won the dual, 34-10.

A week later, Purdue returns home to host No. 10 Minnesota on Sunday, Jan. 17. It will be the first meeting with the Gophers since the 2024-25 season, when a short-handed Purdue team fell in Minneapolis.

The Boilers hit the road again the following week for their only double-dual weekend of the conference slate, competing at No. 18 Michigan on Friday, Jan. 22, and at Northwestern on Sunday, Jan. 24. Purdue then comes home to host Maryland on Friday, Jan. 29.

The Boilermakers defeated the Wildcats (31-13, Jan. 10, 2025, in West Lafayette) and Terrapins (28-11, Jan. 16, 2025, in College Park) in each of the last two meetings. Purdue will wrestle Michigan for the first time since Jan. 20, 2019.

Purdue has just two duals scheduled for the month of February, the fewest in the final month of the regular season since the 2021-22 season. The team returns to the Great Lakes State to battle Michigan State on Friday, Feb. 5. It marks the Boilers’ first dual in East Lansing since defeating the No. 22 Spartans, 21-12, on Feb. 12, 2021.

The Boilermakers close the regular season with a Super Bowl Sunday showdown against No. 25 Indiana in West Lafayette on Feb. 14. Purdue will look to get back to its winning ways against its in-state rival after winning 12 straight in the series from 2011 through 2022.

The Big Ten Championships will go down at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, home of the NHL’s Blue Jackets, from March 6-7. It is the first time the conference will host its end-of-year tournament at a neutral site.

The NCAA Championships take place March 18-20 at Enterprise Center in St. Louis — home of the St. Louis Blues.