![]() That’s a lot of big road games to win, whereas Iowa just has the two ranked matchups, with one at home and the other being Wisconsin. Avenging their season-opening loss over Penn State in the Big Ten Championship Game would put the Badgers in position to crash the College Football Playoff party. 5 in the country at worst, as Penn State faces Iowa on Oct. All but Michigan are on the road.Īn undefeated Penn State goes into the Big Ten College Football game No. ![]() The Nittany Lions face an extremely difficult Big Ten schedule coming up, with No. Penn State’s grind-it-out win against a disappointing Wisconsin team in the season opener and a defeat of ranked Auburn last week propelled the Nittany Lions up the AP rankings to No. (Richard Hurd/Flickr) Penn State wins out until the Big Ten Championship Game (or loses once to Iowa) Having a full Camp Randall could be a big key to Wisconsin getting wins over ranked opponents Iowa and Michigan this season. A 7-0 or 6-1 Hawkeyes team at Camp Randall is a big win, and one that could see Wisconsin claim a spot in the top 10 spots of the rankings, provided the Badgers see out wins against No. The Hawkeyes do need to win the rest of their games, however, as they don’t play any other ranked teams the rest of the year. 6 Penn State, so one of the teams will drop a few spots, but it’s not likely that one loss to the Nittany Lions would send the Hawkeyes spiraling down the rankings more than four or five spots. Wisconsin’s only real chance for a regular season top-10 win is a home game against Iowa on Halloween weekend. Here’s how we get there: Iowa wins every game but Wisconsin (and maybe Penn State) 2, the Badgers will hope to be coming off a top-10 win over Iowa, with a chance to re-insert themselves into the CFP conversation. There’s a lot of season left, and a lot of time to wipe away 14 spots from the team’s current ranking, assuming the CFP Selection Committee’s views of the Badgers are similar to those of the AP voters. Notre Dame has looked shaky in three wins so far, Michigan and Iowa have to come to Camp Randall and the Badgers are better than the rest of their opponents, though the Big Ten slate is never an easy one. A two-loss Big Ten West team isn’t making the playoff. Wisconsin obviously needs to win the rest of its games for a shot at the playoff. 5 Iowa, along with Illinois, Army, Purdue, Rutgers, Northwestern, Nebraska and Minnesota. The Badgers have three ranked teams on the schedule in No. Wisconsin’s path to the playoff obviously requires Wisconsin to win out. ![]() The Path to the College Football Playoff Wisconsin wins out (obviously) ![]() 6 and a top-10 win by Iowa over Iowa State has the Badgers with an outside glimmer of College Football Playoff hope. Penn State’s start to the season has propelled the Nittany Lions to No. ![]()
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