As the regular season continues to head down its final stretch, the landscape of college football remains in relative disarray. With Ole Miss’ loss to LSU, only three unbeaten teams are left, and numerous conference races are still completely up for grabs.
1. The development of the two-quarterback system
The biggest development from last week was the clear establishment of a big four for the conference, resulting from a convincing beatdown by Wisconsin. Michigan State and Nebraska also impressed, while Ohio State let things get a little too close for comfort.
This is the seventh edition of the Heisman Watch, a weekly feature tracking the candidates for college football’s most prestigious award. For last week’s rankings, click here.
Rutgers’ inaugural Big Ten season looked at first to be one to remember, but it is quickly turning into one the fan base will want to forget. The Scarlet Knights (1-3 Big Ten, 5-3 overall) have gotten clobbered in their last two games leading up to their contest against the Badgers.
The Badgers (9-2-1 Big Ten, 15-2-1 overall) head into their final regular season game against Illinois (5-6-1, 10-7-1) looking to extend their win streak to five games.
Wisconsin (0-6-0 Big Ten, 3-10-2 overall) was five minutes away from recording its first point of the season in Big Ten play. But after a heartbreaking double overtime loss at No. 12 Penn State Sunday, UW will have to try again against No. 2 Indiana (3-2-1, 11-2-3).
No. 4 Wisconsin (10-1 Big Ten, 19-2 overall) defeated No. 13 Purdue (8-3, 18-5) Wednesday night, as the Badgers swept the Boilermakers 28-26, 25-16 and 25-19 to increase their winning streak to 10 games.
The No. 3 Badgers (6-2-0 WCHA, 8-2-0 overall) face another tough test this weekend as they hit the road to take on No. 10 North Dakota (3-3-0, 4-4-0).
After obliterating conference newcomer Maryland last week, Wisconsin will face another Big Ten rookie this Saturday when the Badgers take on Rutgers in Piscataway Township, N.J.
After playing most of their games at home in the first half of the Big Ten season, the No. 5 Badgers begin the second half of Big Ten play Wednesday on the road against No. 13 Purdue (8-2 Big Ten, 18-4 overall).
A new era of college football is finally upon us. Last night, the selection committee handed down its rankings from on high. Now, instead of complaining between who’s No. 2 and No. 3 we can complain about who’s No. 4 and No. 5. In a way, there’s a new paradigm in college football and, in another way, nothing has changed a bit.
Returning the entirety of a Final Four team save one high-volume shooter in guard Ben Brust, you wouldn’t blame head coach Bo Ryan for changing as little as possible with his team. However, judging from what has been seen in practice and the Red/White Scrimmage, there are some changes coming to the rotations.
Finally, it’s the moment we have all been waiting for, the first edition of Shad’s College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings of the season.
Let’s all give some kudos to the NCAA. It has somehow managed to challenge the NFL’s level of hypocrisy, something not thought possible in the last month with pro football’s chronic domestic violence issues.
It was quite thematic of the Badgers’ season.
For the first time since March 5, basketball returned to the Kohl Center. The Badgers welcomed fans back home for their annual Red/White scrimmage to kick off a season with expectations higher than any in living memory.
The No. 5 Badgers’ (9-1 Big Ten, 18-2 overall) win streak continued after they defeated No. 14 Nebraska (6-4, 12-7) Sunday afternoon at the UW Field House. Wisconsin swept Nebraska in three sets 25-19, 25-21, 25-18.
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