Cal Poly Wrestling Releases 2025-26 Schedule
10/14/2025 6:00:00 PM | Wrestling
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Featuring six home duals and the Mustangs hosting the Pac-12 Championships for the just the third time in program history, the Cal Poly wrestling team announced its full 2025-26 schedule on Tuesday.
Season tickets for the 2025-26 Cal Poly wrestling season will be available soon for $45 at GoPoly.com/Tickets, along with single dual tickets. Times for all home duals, along with every road event this season for the Mustangs can be found on the Cal Poly wrestling schedule page.
Cal Poly gets its 2025-26 campaign underway in just over two weeks when they host Purdue at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 31, inside Mott Athletics Center. It will mark the Mustangs’ first meeting with the Boilermakers since Nov. 14, 2014. The following day, the Mustangs will send a handful of wrestlers to the Menlo Open.
Two weeks later, Cal Poly returns to Mott to host a Pac-12 showdown with Cal State Bakersfield at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14. The dual is part of the program’s annual Alumni and Parent Weekend. The festivities get underway on Friday morning with the Mustang Wrestling Foundation Alumni Golf Tournament hosted at the Avila Beach Golf Resort, and wrap up on Saturday, Nov. 15 with the program’s annual Alumni & Supporter Banquet. You can reserve your spot to the program’s Alumni Weekend and find out more information by clicking HERE.
The team will travel to Bakersfield on Nov. 23 to take part in the Roadrunner Open before heading to Las Vegas on Dec. 5-6 to wrestle in the prestigious Cliff Keen Invitational. Last year, Zeth Romney became the first Cal Poly wrestler in 15 years to capture the 133-pound title at the historic tournament, defeating four nationally ranked opponents in the process.
The Mustangs are back at home on Saturday, Dec. 20, to host a tri-dual with Drexel and Cal Baptist. Cal Poly is set to wrestle Drexel at 1 p.m. on that day to get things started then Drexel and Cal Baptist will square off at 2:30 p.m. before the Mustangs battle the Lancers at 4 p.m. Cal Poly will send several wrestlers to Reno Tournament of Champions on Dec. 21 before heading to Evanston, Illinois, for the 61st annual Ken Kraft Midlands Championships on Dec. 29-30.
Cal Poly rings in the New Year at home on Friday, Jan. 10, with a dual against Duke at 7 p.m. The team travels to Pac-12 rival Oregon State on Jan. 18 before returning to Mott on Sunday, Feb. 1, to host Morgan State at 1 p.m. in its final home dual of the season.
The Mustangs head to Stanford on Feb. 6 and Little Rock on Feb. 15 for their final two duals of the season. Cal Poly wraps up regular season action at the California Last Chance Open hosted by Cal State Bakersfield on Feb. 22 in Tulare.
Then Cal Poly will host the Pac-12 Championships on either Wednesday, March 4, or Friday, March 6. An official date for the conference tournament will be shared soon along with further information regarding ticketing. This will mark the first time in 21 years the Mustangs have hosted the Pac-12 Championships and just the third time ever. Cal Poly placed second at last year’s conference championships hosted by Oregon State, tied for the highest finish in program history.
The 2026 NCAA Championships will take place on March 19-21 at Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Last year, the Mustangs sent four wrestlers to NCAAs for the fourth straight year — just the second time in program history the Mustangs have accomplished that feat and the first time since qualifying at least five from 2003 to 2007. Romney shined on the national stage in Philadelphia, capturing third at 133 pounds to earn All-American honors and become the highest finisher in program history in that weight class at NCAAs. The 2024-25 Pac-12 Wrestler of the Year finished last season with an impressive 19-5 record, recording 13 victories over ranked opponents.
Cal Poly returns 18 wrestlers from last year’s team, including Romney, Trevor Tinker and Koda Holeman, who all qualified for NCAAs a year ago.
