UW WRAPS UP REGULAR-SEASON SLATE
• Wisconsin (3-7, 2-6 Big Ten) heads to Mount Pleasant, Michigan, on Thursday for its final third and final non-conference dual of the year against Central Michigan (9-5, 5-2 MAC). The event is set to begin at 6 p.m. UW will wrap up the weekend with a home dual versus Northwestern (1-12, 0-8) on Sunday at the Field House, which begins at 12 p.m.

• Dating back to their first meeting in 1964-65, the Badgers lead the all-time series with CMU by a 3-2 edge. Wisconsin last met the Chippewas in 2009-10 when it won, 20-13.

• UW leads the all-time series, 62-28-2, against Northwestern. The matchup is one of the oldest in school history, as it dates back to 1916-17 when the Badgers fell, 4-0. Wisconsin has dominated the series in recent years with 10 of the last 15 meetings favoring the Badgers.

NOTES TO KNOW
1 RANKINGS UPDATE: Four Wisconsin athletes appeared in the recent RPI rankings, released by the NCAA. In order to qualify, a wrestler must have a minimum of 17 Division I matches. The Badgers included were: No. 26 Johnny Jimenez (125), No. 3 Isaac Jordan (165), No. 20 Ricky Robertson (174) and No. 24 Ryan Christensen (184). In addition to the RPI rankings, the NCAA also released its Division I coaches rankings. Among the 10 weight classes, six included Wisconsin wrestlers. The rankings included No. 16 Ryan Taylor (133), No. 33 Andrew Crone (149), No. 2 Isaac Jordan (165), No. 25 Ricky Robertson (174), No. 31 Ryan Christensen (184) and No. 33 Brock Horwath (285). Two wrestlers are ranked by InterMat. Ryan Taylor comes in at No. 11 in the 133-pound weight class and undefeated Isaac Jordan is ranked at No. 2 behind Oklahoma State's Alex Dieringer in the 165-pound weight class. Isaac jumped one spot after defeating his cousin, then-No. 2 Bo Jordan of Ohio State, on Feb. 12. Jordan is ranked second by FloWrestling and The Open Mat, while Taylor is ranked 12th by FloWrestling.

2 TERRAPINNED: Despite dropping a lopsided affair to OSU on Feb. 12, the Badgers turned their weekend around with a dominant 25-12 win at Maryland.
Seven of 10 Wisconsin competitors gathered victories against the Terrapins, which marks the most since the Badgers swept UW-Whitewater on Nov. 12.
Five Badgers won by decision including, Crone (149), Ricky Robertson (174), Ryan Christensen (184), Eric Peissig (197) and Johnny Jimenez (125). Crone's result noted his sixth-straight win--the second-longest winning streak among Wisconsin's starters. Brock Horwath registered his second major decision of the year with a 10-0 shutout of Youssif Hemida. Jordan finished off his fourth pin of the season at the 3:37 mark of his grapple with Tyler Manion.

3 SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS: Central Michigan features four ranked wrestlers: No. 14 Zach Horan (141), No. 9 Justin Oliver (149), No. 11 Lucas Smith (157) and No. 12 Mike Ottinger (174). Each of the ranked Chippewas own at least 20 wins on the year, as Smith leads the way with 26.
NU sports a starting lineup with three ranked wrestlers. Dom Malone is 19th at 133 pounds, while Jameson Oster (141) and Jason Tsirtis (149) are 19th and 6th, respectively. Malone, who will face his 10th ranked opponent of the season in No. 11 Ryan Taylor, posts a 3-6 record in such matches.

4 WILDCATS REWIND: No. 20 Wisconsin dethroned the 18th-ranked Wildcats, 30-16, in last year's dual at Welsh-Ryan Arena.
The win was fueled by two top-10 match wins and three pins. There are set to be two rematches from the 2014-15 edition of this matchup, as No. 11 Ryan Taylor will face No. 19 Dom Malone at 133 pounds and Ricky Robertson sees Mitch Sliga at 174 pounds. Taylor pinned Malone at the 5:47 mark, while Robertson shut out Sliga in a 4-0 decision. Current UW wrestlers Rylan Lubeck (149) and Jarod Donar (157) also competed in the dual but are not set to take the mat this time around. Lubeck lost to No. 1 Jason Tsirtis in a 6-1 decision and Donar pinned Ben Sullivan five minutes and 30 seconds into the match.

5 JUST JORDAN: Third-ranked 165-pounder Isaac Jordan has started the season with an unscathed 20-0 record to extend a 21-match winning streak, which dates back to last season. The junior's victory at RU on Feb. 5--a 4-0 shutout over No. 8 Anthony Perrotti--gave him the longest winning streak by a UW wrestler since Andrew Howe (165) went 30-0 to begin the 2009-10 season.