Single-match tickets for Rutgers wrestling’s 2026-27 season are now available, and the home slate at Jersey Mike’s Arena brings a loaded mix of Big Ten tests and non-conference dates.
Rutgers is set to wrestle eight times in Piscataway, with four conference duals and four additional matchups on the home schedule. The biggest draw is the arrival of four preseason ranked InterMat opponents: No.
1 Penn State, No. 5 Iowa, No.
14 Lehigh and No. 25 Indiana.
Lehigh opens the home portion of the season on Sunday, Nov. 15.
The Scarlet Knights’ full home schedule runs like this: Lehigh on Sunday, Nov. 15; Rider on Thursday, Jan.
7; Penn State on Saturday, Jan. 9; Indiana on Sunday, Jan.
17; American on Saturday, Jan. 30; Northwestern on Friday, Feb.
5; Iowa on Sunday, Feb. 7; and Hofstra on Tuesday, Feb. 16.
Rutgers is coming off another strong year, finishing No. 11 in the final NWCA Coaches Poll for the second straight season in 2025-26. The Scarlet Knights also ended the regular season on a six-match winning streak, highlighted by the program’s first-ever win over then-No. 6 Minnesota, a result that helped RU secure its best regular-season Big Ten finish.
Under head coach Scott Goodale, Rutgers also put nine wrestlers into the NCAA tournament, its highest total since 2016.
A strong core is back for 2026-27. NCAA qualifiers Andrew Barbosa at 165, Shane Cartagena-Walsh at 184 and Remy Cotton at 197 all return, and the roster also adds NCAA qualifiers Daniel Herrera from Iowa State and Brett Ungar from Cornell.
Rutgers enters the season with eight wrestlers in InterMat’s preseason rankings:
No. 8 Shane Cartagena-Walsh (184)
No. 13 Remy Cotton (197)
No. 17 Andrew Barbosa (165)
No. 18 Anthony Knox (125)
No. 19 Brett Ungar (133)
No. 19 Ryan Ford (174)
No. 22 Daniel Herrera (HWT)
No. 26 Conner Harer (157)
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