ROSEMONT, Ill. — The Big Ten Conference office announced the dates and opponents for the 2021-22 wrestling season Wednesday. The schedule features eight conference duals for each of the 14 Big Ten programs and concludes with the 2022 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, to be held over the first weekend in March at Nebraska.
All 14 teams will open Big Ten action Jan. 7-17. On opening night, Jan. 7, reigning Big Ten Champion Iowa will play host to Minnesota, while Big Ten Dual Meet Co-Champion Penn State will travel to Maryland. Indiana will open its conference slate against Rutgers in Piscataway, N.J., Northwestern will visit Wisconsin, and Purdue will travel to Nebraska. The following weekend (Jan. 14-17), Illinois and Michigan will make their conference season debuts by traveling to Rutgers and Ohio State, respectively.
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The final regular-season dual will take place Feb. 20, with Nebraska hosting the defending Big Ten Dual Meet Co-Champion Iowa.
The 108th Big Ten Wrestling Championships will be held March 5-6, 2022, at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb., with Nebraska playing host to the event for the first time. All 14 conference schools will participate in the championships, which begins Saturday, March 5, with the first-round, quarterfinal, semifinal and wrestleback matches taking place during Sessions I and II. Action continues Sunday, March 6, with consolation semifinals and seventh-place matches getting underway during Session III and the first-, third- and fifth-place matches highlighting Session IV.
The 2021-22 Big Ten wrestling schedule can be found in the link above. Times and television designations will be announced at a later date.
| DAY | Date | matchup |
|---|---|---|
| Friday | January 7 | Minnesota at Iowa |
| Friday | January 7 | Penn State at Maryland |
| Friday | January 7 | Purdue at Nebraska |
| Friday | January 7 | Indiana at Rutgers |
| Friday | January 7 | Northwestern at Wisconsin |
| Sunday | January 9 | Purdue at Iowa |
| Sunday | January 9 | Northwestern at Minnesota |
| Sunday | January 9 | Indiana at Penn State |
| Sunday | January 9 | Rutgers at Wisconsin |
| TBD | January 7-9 | Ohio State at Michigan State |
| Friday | January 14 | Illinois at Rutgers |
| Friday | January 14 | Iowa at Northwestern |
| Friday | January 14 | Michigan at Ohio State |
| Friday | January 14 | Nebraska at Minnesota |
| Saturday | January 15 | Michigan State at Purdue |
| Sunday | January 16 | Iowa at Illinois |
| Sunday | January 16 | Wisconsin at Minnesota |
| Sunday | January 16 | Rutgers at Penn State |
| Monday | January 17 | Michigan State at Indiana |
| Friday | January 21 | Maryland at Indiana |
| Friday | January 21 | Penn State at Michigan |
| Friday | January 21 | Rutgers at Michigan State |
| Friday | January 21 | Iowa at Ohio State |
| Friday | January 21 | Illinois at Purdue |
| Friday | January 21 | Nebraska at Wisconsin |
| Sunday | January 23 | Rutgers at Michigan |
| Sunday | January 23 | Penn State at Michigan State |
| Sunday | January 23 | Nebraska at Northwestern |
| Sunday | January 23 | Maryland at Ohio State |
| Sunday | January 23 | Wisconsin at Purdue |
| Friday | January 28 | Penn State at Iowa |
| Friday | January 28 | Wisconsin at Maryland |
| Friday | January 28 | Minnesota at Michigan |
| Saturday | January 29 | Northwestern at Illinois |
| Saturday | January 29 | Purdue at Indiana |
| Sunday | January 30 | Michigan at Maryland |
| Friday | February 4 | Minnesota at Illinois |
| Friday | February 4 | Michigan State at Maryland |
| Friday | February 4 | Michigan at Nebraska |
| Friday | February 4 | Ohio State at Penn State |
| Saturday | February 5 | Wisconsin at Iowa |
| Sunday | February 6 | Indiana at Illinois |
| Sunday | February 6 | Maryland at Northwestern |
| Sunday | February 6 | Minnesota at Purdue |
| Sunday | February 6 | Ohio State at Rutgers |
| TBD | February 6 or 11 | Nebraska at Penn State |
| Friday | February 11 | Michigan at Indiana |
| Friday | February 11 | Northwestern at Michigan State |
| Friday | February 11 | Ohio State at Minnesota |
| Friday | February 11 | Illinois at Wisconsin |
| Saturday | February 12 | Maryland at Rutgers |
| Sunday | February 13 | Michigan State at Michigan |
| Sunday | February 13 | Illinois at Nebraska |
| Sunday | February 13 | Indiana at Ohio State |
| Saturday | February 19 | Purdue at Northwestern |
| Sunday | February 20 | Iowa at Nebraska |
