Iowa State Announces 2025-26 Wrestling Schedule

AMES, Iowa – Iowa State head wrestling coach Kevin Dresser announced the 2025-26 schedule Thursday, which includes home duals against Iowa, UNI, West Virginia and Missouri.

The revamped Cyclone lineup, ranked No. 4 in FloWrestling's preseason summer rankings, will be battle-tested for the postseason with six teams on the dual schedule that finished inside the top 15 at last year's NCAA Championships, including three of the top six teams. Overall, Iowa State's dual slate features 10 of the top 25 teams from the 2025 national tournament.

Iowa State will open its season Nov. 8 hosting the Cyclone Invitational, a five-team individual tournament featuring Wisconsin, Utah Valley, California Baptist and SIU-Edwardsville in addition to the Cyclones. Each team will have two entries per weight class.

ISU opens dual action Friday, Nov. 14, against Nebraska-Kearney inside Hilton Coliseum. The Lopers are coached by former Cyclones Dalton Jensen and Andrew Sorenson who were both NCAA Qualifiers while at Iowa State.

The Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Dual against Iowa returns to Ames on Nov. 30 in what will be another highly anticipated matchup. Additional home dates on the schedule include the Cyclone Open (Jan. 18), Utah Valley (Jan. 23), West Virginia (Feb. 13), UNI (Feb. 15) and Missouri (Feb. 22).

Iowa State will return to the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (Dec. 5-6) before a pre-Christmas trip to Nashville for the Collegiate Duals (Dec. 21). The Cyclones will square off against Ohio State and Lehigh at the Collegiate Duals, which are ranked No. 5 and No. 6, respectively, in FloWrestling's preseason rankings.

After the New Year, ISU takes a long road trip west for duals at Stanford (Jan. 4), Arizona State (Jan. 6) and North Dakota State (Jan. 11).

Iowa State's annual dual in Humboldt, hosted inside Dresser's high school gymnasium, will take place Jan. 25 against Big 12 foe South Dakota State. ISU's final road trip of the regular season will be a challenging one as the Cyclones travel south for duals at Oklahoma (Jan. 30) and Oklahoma State (Feb. 1).

Iowa State will spend the final month of the season at home, finishing with three-straight home duals, before traveling to Tulsa for the 2026 Big 12 Championship (March 6-7) hosted at the BOK Center. The NCAA Championships will be held in Cleveland, Ohio inside Rocket Arena (March 19-21).

Season tickets are now on sale. To renew or purchase, click here. The Cyclone Invite and Cyclone Open are both general admission seating.

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