2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships

The 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships take place March 4-5, 2023, at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The University of Michigan is playing host to the 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships for the first time since 2010.

The host Wolverines are the defending team champions, but rank fifth among Big Ten teams in the final NWCA coaches poll of the regular season.

No. 1 Penn State looks to take its first Big Ten title since 2019, while No. 2 Iowa goes for its record 38th team title. No. 4 Nebraska is also in the mix seeking its first-ever Big Ten wrestling team title. The Cornhuskers are looking for their first team title since winning the Big 12 in 2009.

The wrestling championships begin Saturday, March 4, with the first-round, quarterfinal, semifinal and wrestle-back matches happening during Sessions I and II.  The wrestling championships end Sunday, March 5, with seventh-place matches and consolation semifinals during Session III. First, second and third place matches highlight Session IV.

The Big Ten Network will have live streaming coverage of all four sessions at the 2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships.

2023 Big Ten Wrestling Championships

Saturday, March 4

• 10 a.m. Session I (First round, quarterfinals, wrestle-backs)
• 5:30 p.m. Session II (Consolation matches, wrestle-backs)
• 7:30 p.m. Session II (Semifinals)

Sunday, March 5

• 11 a.m. Session III (Consolation semifinals), 7th place matches)
• 3:30 p.m. Session IV (1st, 3rd and 5th-place matches)

During the 2022 Big Ten Wrestling Championships, the University of Michigan won the tournament behind performances from 125-pounder Nick Suriano and 184-pounder Myles Amine.

Big Ten team wrestling titles by year

• 2022: Michigan
• 2021: Iowa
• 2020: Iowa
• 2019: Penn State
• 2018: Ohio State
• 2017: Ohio State
• 2016: Penn State
• 2015: Ohio State and Iowa
• 2014: Penn State
• 2013: Penn State
• 2012: Penn State
• 2011: Penn State
• 2010: Iowa
• 2009: Iowa
• 2008: Iowa
• 2007: Minnesota
• 2006: Minnesota
• 2005: Illinois
• 2004: Iowa
• 2003: Minnesota
• 2002: Minnesota
• 2001: Minnesota
• 2000: Iowa
• 1999: Minnesota
• 1998: Iowa
• 1997: Iowa
• 1996: Iowa
• 1995: Iowa
• 1994: Iowa
• 1993: Iowa
• 1992: Iowa
• 1991: Iowa
• 1990: Iowa
• 1989: Iowa
• 1988: Iowa
• 1987: Iowa
• 1986: Iowa
• 1985: Iowa
• 1984: Iowa
• 1983: Iowa
• 1982: Iowa
• 1981: Iowa
• 1980: Iowa
• 1979: Iowa
• 1978: Iowa
• 1977: Iowa
• 1976: Iowa
• 1975: Iowa
• 1974: Iowa
• 1973: Michigan
• 1972: Michigan State
• 1971: Michigan State
• 1970: Michigan State
• 1969: Michigan State
• 1968: Michigan State
• 1967: Michigan State
• 1966: Michigan State
• 1965: Michigan
• 1964: Michigan
• 1963: Michigan
• 1962: Iowa
• 1961: Michigan State
• 1960: Michigan
• 1959: Minnesota
• 1958: Iowa
• 1957: Minnesota
• 1956: Michigan
• 1955: Michigan
• 1954: Purdue
• 1953: Michigan
• 1952: Illinois
• 1951: Ohio State
• 1950: Purdue
• 1949: Purdue
• 1948: Purdue
• 1947: Illinois
• 1946: Illinois
• 1945: Purdue
• 1944: Michigan
• 1943: Indiana
• 1942: Purdue
• 1941: Minnesota
• 1940: Indiana
• 1939: Indiana
• 1938: Michigan
• 1937: Illinois
• 1936: Indiana
• 1935: Illinois
• 1934: Indiana

Four-time Big Ten champions

• Alex Marinelli, Iowa — 2019-2022 (165)
• Isaiah Martinez, Illinois — 2015-16 (157), 2017-18 (165)
• Nathan Tomasello, Ohio State — 2015-16-18 (125), 2017 (133)
• Logan Stieber, Ohio State — 2012-13 (133), 2014-15 (141)
• David Taylor, Penn State — 2011 (157), 2012-14 (165)
• Ed Ruth, Penn State — 2011-12 (174), 2013-14 (184)
• Kellen Russell, Michigan — 2008-12 (141)
• Mike Ironside, Iowa — 1995-98 (134)
• Jim Heffernan, Iowa — 1983, 1985-87 (155)
• Duane Goldman, Iowa — 1983-84 (177), 1985-86 (190)
• Barry Davis, Iowa — 1981-82 (118), 1983-84 (126)
• Ed Banach, Iowa — 1980-82 (177), 1983 (190)
• Mike DeAnna, Iowa — 1977-79, 1981 (167)
• Tom Milkovich, Michigan State — 1970-71 (134), 1972-73 (143)
• Joe Scarpello, Iowa — 1947-50 (175)
• Arnold Plaza, Purdue — 1947, 1949-50 (121), 1948 (114.5)
• Verne Gagne, Minnesota — 1944 (175), 1947 (285), 1948 (191), 1949 (285)

Most individual champions

• 9: Iowa, 1983
• 8: Iowa, 1985
• 7: Iowa, 1981; Iowa 1982; Iowa, 1984; Iowa, 1986
• 6: Michigan State, 1969; Iowa, 1978; Iowa, 1979; Iowa, 1987; Iowa, 1992; Iowa, 1995

Most Big Ten titles by coach

• 21: Dan Gable, Iowa
• 9: Cliff Keen, Michigan
• 8: W.H. Thorn, Indiana
• 7: Paul Prehn, Illinois; Grady J. Peninger, Michigan State
• 6: H.E. Kenney, Illinois; J. Robinson, Minnesota; C.C. Reeck, Purdue; Cael Sanderson, Penn State; Tom Brands, Iowa.

Fastest fall, all matches

• 16 seconds: Robert Kokesh (Nebraska) over Taylor Massa (Michigan) — 174 quarterfinals (2015)
• 18 seconds: Elijah Oliver (Indiana) over Zeke Moisey (Nebraska) — 125 first round (2019)
• 20 seconds: Austin Gomez (Wisconsin) over Ridge Lovett (Nebraska) — 149 semifinals (2022)
• 23 seconds: Bart Cheselvig (Iowa) over Keith Bollman (Illinois) — 177 quarterfinals (1992); Tony Dallago (Illinois) over Braden Atwood (Purdue) — 184 consolation first round (2012)
• 25 seconds: Shawn Whitcomb (Michigan State) over George Fraher (Purdue) — 285 quarterfinals (1980); J Jaggers (Ohio State) over Nick Bertucci (Purdue) — 141 consolation first round (2012)

Fastest fall, championship match

• 43 seconds: Mike Potts (Michigan State) over Al Jenson (Minnesota) — 285 (1984)
• 47 seconds: Ed Banach (Iowa) over Jim Kleinhans (Wisconsin) — 177 (1980)
• 50 seconds: Jack Riley (Northwestern) over Erickson (Chicago) — 285 (1931); Jack Panning (Minnesota) over Bill Reinbolt — 177 (1973)