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

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

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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Let’s bring in some analytics. In the new AP Poll, they put Wisconsin in the Top 5. But has Wisconsin played like a Top 5 team? No. Here are some examples of teams with one-loss that have played better than undefeated Wisconsin.

Big Ten’s Penn State and Ohio State have played better than the Badgers. Penn State and Ohio State’s rank third and fourth respectively in team efficiency. Oklahoma, the team that beat Ohio State, has an overall team efficiency that ranks 13th in the nation. Fellow Big 12 team Oklahoma State is ranked seventh.

Then there is Notre Dame. The Fighting Irish are ranked fifth. And Clemson, the team with the worst loss out of the six, has an overall team efficiency that ranks eighth. What is undefeated Wisconsin’s overall team efficiency ranking? 14th. They may be undefeated but these other teams have played better than the Badgers.

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