Cal Poly Athletics has announced the immediate discontinuation of men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs due to the rapidly evolving and changing NCAA Division I landscape and the looming financial impact of the House vs. NCAA settlement.
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Cal Poly Football extends Big Sky media rights deal
Cal Poly football extended its media rights deal with the Big Sky Conference until the end of the 2029-30 academic year. According to a press release by the Big Sky on Monday, Jan. 6, the conference and ESPN announced “a five-year extension to their current media rights agreement” beginning in the 2025-26 academic year through […]
The Gallop sits down with Cal Poly Athletic Director Don Oberhelman
The Gallop sits down with Cal Poly Athletic Director Don Oberhelman to discuss the overall outlook of Cal Poly Athletics in a long-form interview conducted by Mathew Ho and Nick Bandanza. Oberhelman delivers insight into the various new athletic facilities, like the Comerford Pavilion and the Madden Center, and provides a new timeline for the Madden Center’s opening. With the ever-changing […]
Cal Poly Football earns first Big Sky win of season over Northern Colorado
Cal Poly Football opened Big Sky Conference play with a 28-7 win at Northern Colorado on Saturday. The Mustangs moved to 2-2 (1-0 Big Sky) on the season after their convincing win against the Bears (0-5, 0-1). With the win, Cal Poly has won back-to-back games for the first time since the 2018 season when […]
Down to the Wire: How Cal Poly Baseball can win the Big West Conference
As the Big West season begins to wind down, the Mustangs find themselves three games behind conference leader and No. 22 UC Santa Barbara. Cal Poly (17-7 Big West) is behind first-place UC Santa Barbara (20-4 Big West) and second-place and No. 15 UC Irvine (18-6 Big West.) The Mustangs hold tiebreakers over the Gauchos […]
Cal Poly Track and Field sweeps Big West Championships
For the first time in school history, the Mustangs swept both the Men’s and Women’s Big West Championships, becoming the first school to do so in 14 years. The Mustang men won their first Big West championship in program history as the competitions lasted from May 3-4 and May 10-11. For the women, it was […]
Cal Poly Quarterback Sam Huard enters the NCAA Transfer Portal
Cal Poly’s starting quarterback, Sam Huard, announced via social media on Monday he is entering the NCAA Transfer Portal. The window to officially enter the transfer portal ends on Tuesday, April 30. The redshirt junior started nine games in his first season as a Mustang and threw 18 touchdowns and 2,247 yards passing. His total […]
Cal Poly Women’s Tennis splits final two matchups to end regular season
Cal Poly Women’s Tennis wrapped their regular season with a sweep over UC Riverside and a narrow loss to Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara. The Mustangs (10-9, 5-4 Big West) were close to upsetting the No. 53 ranked Gauchos (14-7, 9-0 Big West) after cruising to a sweep over the Highlanders (4-19, 0-9 Big West) […]
Cal Poly Beach Volleyball moves up to No. 4 ranking in AVCA Coaches’ Poll
The Mustangs tied their highest ranking of all time after coming in fourth on the latest Associated Volleyball Coaches Association poll. The Mustangs jumped from sixth to fourth place in the NCAA-recognized poll following two top-ten victories this past weekend against No. 5 ranked TCU and No. 10 ranked LMU at the Center For Effort […]
Cal Poly Women’s Tennis drops thriller to Cal State Fullerton, sweeps UC Irvine
Cal Poly Women’s Tennis split their two duals this week against Big West opponents Cal State Fullerton and UC Irvine. The Mustangs (9-8, 4-3 Big West) opened up the week with a close loss to the Titans (12-8, 4-4 Big West) before bouncing back against the Anteaters (5-13, 1-6 Big West) with a sweep. Mustangs […]
Men’s Tennis wraps up road schedule against UC Riverside, falls to UC Irvine at home
Cal Poly men’s tennis split their matchups against Big West Conference rivals UC Riverside and UC Irvine. The Mustangs (7-7, 2-1 Big West) wrapped up their road schedule with a 4-0 win against the Highlanders (4-15, 0-3 Big West) but fell in a close 4-3 matchup to the Anteaters (12-5, 2-0 Big West.) Mustangs sweep […]

