In the functional equivalent of a Friday Night News Dump, the Big Ten Conference released the 2021 wrestling schedule mid-afternoon on New Years Eve. With a truncated schedule featuring only in-conference matchups, each team will wrestle 9 dual meet matchups between Jan. 8 and the Big Ten Wrestling Championships March 6-7.
Ohio State kicks off its season on the road Jan. 17 for a tri-dual in Champaign versus Illinois and Wisconsin. The program will host just three home meets this season, hosting Rutgers and Michigan State during the final week of January, and welcoming Penn State for the final dual of the season Feb.