Ohio State brutalized its first three dual-meet opponents, 92-26, and cruised to its third-consecutive Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational Title in the season's first month of action.
Hosting No. 19 Wisconsin is another challenge entirely.
Wisconsin, under first-year head coach Chris Bono, is undefeated in dual meets on the season (6-0), their longest undefeated streak to start a season since winning their first seven duals in 2006-07. Bono joined Wisconsin after leading South Dakota State through perhaps the best six-year stretch in that program's history.
Ohio State fields seven ranked starters; Wisconsin starts six. There is still a talent differential between the teams, as Ohio State fields five returning All Americans to the Badgers one, but Wisconsin isn't a team to be taken lightly.