Am I supposed to pretend Wisconsin is bad now? Ohio State has made a lot of teams look silly, and will probably continue to do so. If this were a resume ranking, Bucky would be a lot lower, but there's still a 10% chance they win out per FPI.
My ballot become a cluster of confusing and inconsistent teams past the first 11 teams. Wisconsin still stands out with Top 10 FPI and SP+ rankings thanks to early season dominance. Their last two performances have certainly left a lot to be desired.
We know Wisconsin is still a good team. They got caught looking ahead, resulting in their awful banana peel loss to Illinois and go their soul taken by top-ranked Ohio State. I expect they'll get back on track for the rest of the season and we'll be treated to a good Battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe at the end of the season.
Tough to rank the badgers right now. Coming off a terrible terrible loss to Illinois and a blowout from Ohio State. I'm keeping the badgers above Michigan thanks to the beatdown they gave the Wolverines earlier in the year.
after losing to illinois (what how again?) now get shellacked by OSU, granted OSU is my #2 so shouldn't drop too far for that, but I am dropping them down closer to where others did now.
Bye week comes at a good time for the Badgers. The game against Iowa is winnable but they'll need to produce more on offense against the Hawkeyes' rather good defense. Iowa lacks offense but is nothing if not opportunistic.