Penn State wrestling announces TV designations for 2024-25

Penn State wrestling will look to win its fourth consecutive national title and 12th in the past 14 years at the 2025 NCAA Championships this spring. Those excited to see the Nittany Lions in action won’t have to wait much longer, with the dual season set to begin one month from today against Drexel.

We now know how to watch that bout against the Dragons, as well as every Penn State wrestling match this season, as the program released TV designations for the upcoming slate on Thursday. The Nittany Lions will have matches featured on the Big Ten Network, B1G+, Flo Wrestling, and Rokfin.

Penn State wrestling 2024-25 TV designations:

Below is the start time and channel/network for every Penn State wrestling event. Duals on broadcast TV are listed in bold.

• 11/16 – NWCA All-Star Classic Exhibition, 7:00 pm ET – FloWrestling
• 11/17 – vs. Drexel, 1:00 pm ET – B1G+
• 11/24 – Black Knight Invitational, 10:00 am ET – FloWrestling
• 12/8 – at No. 21 Lehigh, 2:00 pm ET – FloWrestling
• 12/15  vs. No. 25 Wyoming, 1:00 pm ET – B1G+
• 12/22 – Journeymen Duals, 3:00 pm ET – Rokfin
• 1/10 – vs. Michigan State, 8:00 pm ET – BTN
• 1/17 – at No. 3 Nebraska, 9:00 pm ET- BTN
• 1/24 – at No. 18 Rutgers, 8:00 pm ET – BTN
• 1/31 – vs. No. 2 Iowa (BJC), 7:00 pm ET – BTN
• 2/7 – vs. No. 14 Michigan (BJC), 6:00 pm ET – BTN
• 2/9 – vs. No. 27 Maryland, 1:00 pm ET – B1G+
• 2/14 – at No. 7 Ohio State, 7:00 pm ET – BTN
• 2/16 – at No. 12 Illinois, TBA – B1G+
• 2/21 – vs. American, 7:00 pm ET – B1G+

Entering the season with plenty of contenders

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Beyond the team title chase, Cael Sanderson and Penn State wrestling will enter this season with plenty of individual National Championship contenders. The Nittany Lions have seven top-five ranked wrestlers at their respective weight classes, including No. 3 Beau Bartlett (141), No. 2 Shayne Van Ness (149), No. 5 Tyler Kasak (157), No. 1 Mitchell Mesenbrink (165), No. 2 Levi Haines (174), No. 1 Carter Starocci (184), and No. 1 Greg Kerkvliet (285).

The latest projection according to InterMat has Cael Sanderson’s team with 117.5 points at the 2025 NCAA Championships, which is 31.5 points ahead of second-place Iowa with 86. That, of course, doesn’t even factor in bonus points that would be scored by Penn State’s multiple championship contenders throughout the tournament.

The current projection doesn’t look like it’s close to last year’s record-breaking team, but if Luke Lilledahl (125), Braeden Davis/Aaron Nagao (133), and Josh Barr (197) all rise in the rankings, challenging the record could once again be a possibility.

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