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Wisconsin Football: Committee right to omit Wisconsin from College Football Playoff top 4

By Terrance Singleton

MADISON, WI - OCTOBER 14: Jonathan Taylor #23 and Danny Davis III #6 of the Wisconsin Badgers celebrate after Taylor scored a touchdown against the Purdue Boilermakers in the first quarter at Camp Randall Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images)
MADISON, WI - OCTOBER 14: Jonathan Taylor #23 and Danny Davis III #6 of the Wisconsin Badgers celebrate after Taylor scored a touchdown against the Purdue Boilermakers in the first quarter at Camp Randall Stadium on October 14, 2017 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Dylan Buell/Getty Images) /
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Despite being undefeated, Wisconsin football was left outside of the top four in the initial College Football Playoff rankings. Here’s why they got it right.

The Big Ten’s lone undefeated team is the Wisconsin Badgers. But are they the best team in their conference? Many people, including myself, believe there are two teams that are better.

It just so happens that those two teams are in the better division, just played each other, and have one loss. I am not a Big Ten hater by any means, but I am a realistic. Wisconsin may be undefeated but they didn’t belong in the Top 4. The committee put the Badgers at No. 9, which is far more reasonable given their resume.

Here are three reasons why the Wisconsin Badgers did not deserve to be in the Top 4.

1. Scheduling

The Badgers’ schedule is filled with so many cupcakes, I got a cavity just reading it. Granted they can’t pick their conference opponents, their out of conference schedule is terrible. It might be the worst schedule out of the teams in contention.

They have only one Power 5 win over a team with a record over .500 (Northwestern). Their best non-conference win came against Lane Kiffin’s Florida Atlantic Owls.

If you want to regarded as one of the best teams in the land you have to schedule games against good teams to see if you stack up. Being undefeated to the committee means nothing if you aren’t playing multiple good teams. This year will be the year that teams learn they need to play good teams.

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