June 9, 2026

Ranting about Wisconsin as a Big Ten playoff challenger to Ohio State this season: Buckeye Talk Daily Pod


COLUMBUS, Ohio — ESPN’s preseason rating of teams, the Football Power Index, has Wisconsin with the fourth-best chance to make the College Football Playoff right now, behind Clemson, Ohio State and Alabama. While we knew it’s early, and we know that’s a computer model that relies a lot on the previous year’s performance, and while we know the world is dealing with a pandemic … I just can’t see something like that about Wisconsin and let it sit. So … this Buckeye Talk episode includes a lot of ranting. Stephen Means and I discuss the Badgers as a playoff contender, whether they could beat Ohio State in a Big Ten Championship Game, whether they could get in with a Big Ten title game loss, what type of season it would take for two Big Ten teams to make the playoff, and what kind of quarterback play is required these days…

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