Clearly, No. 2 Ohio State and No. 4 Michigan have been the class of the Big Ten so far. No. 8 Wisconsin and No. 10 Nebraska will get a chance to prove the conference isn’t the Big Two and Little Eight like it used to be years ago when Woody Hayes was leading the Buckeyes and Bo Schembechler was coaching the Wolverines. Sure, the conference has four teams in the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll for the first time since 1960 during the regular season. The Badgers , though, have to beat the Buckeyes on Saturday at home to stay highly ranked and to prove they belong among the Big Ten’s best after a closely contested loss at Michigan . ”You hope to earn that right to be in those conversations,” Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst acknowledged Tuesday. The Cornhuskers, who play Saturday at Indiana, will get their chance in back-to-back road games Oct. 29 against Wisconsin and Nov. 5 against Ohio State. Nebraska coach Mike Riley said he didn’t personally peek ahead to those opponents during the team’s recent bye week, but the program is keeping tabs on schools it will face later in the schedule.…
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