Wisconsin’s sort of a stalking horse in the Week 8 AP Poll and the Week 8 USA Today coaches poll. The Badgers won’t be in position to play for a BCS National Championship, but they’re in position to benefit from chaos.
College Football Rankings: Big Ten Paced By Wisconsin In Week 8 Polls
LSU, Alabama, and Oklahoma are projected to top the initial BCS rankings of 2011, but Wisconsin (No. 4 AP/No. 4 coaches) should be fourth, and just behind that top three. All the Badgers have to do is hope that two of those three teams lose and take care of business in a down Big Ten.
Wisconsin looks like it is far and away the class of the conference. The Badgers have already clobbered Nebraska (No. 11 coaches/No. 13 AP), and face their toughest test of the regular season when they travel to East Lansing to play Michigan State (No. 13 coaches/No. 15 AP) in Week 8. And the only other ranked Big Ten teams are Michigan (No. 17 coaches/No. 18 AP) and Penn State (No. 22 coaches), neither of which appears anywhere near Wisconsin.
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