After coming in at No. 13 in the initial college football playoff rankings last week Wisconsin dropped to No. 14 in this week’s ranking despite the Badgers beating Iowa 24-22 this past Saturday.
Wisconsin is currently 7-2 as the Badgers came in ahead of Michigan, which is ranked No. 15. Despite the loss to Wisconsin this past weekend Iowa remained in the top 25 as they fell from No. 18 to No. 20.
Overall there were six teams from the Big Ten to be ranked in the college football playoff rankings. Ohio State is still the highest rated team from the Big Ten but they fell a spot from No. 1 to No. 2 as LSU is now ranked No. 1 following the Tigers road victory over Alabama.
Minnesota made the biggest jump in the college football playoff rankings jumping nine spots to No. 8. The Gophers are the second highest ranked team in the Big Ten following their home win over then No. 4 Penn State as the Nittany Lions dropped to No. 9.
With LSU being ranked No. 1 and Ohio State being No. 2, Clemson and Georgia came in No. 3 and No. 4 respectively to round out the rankings. Alabama was ranked fifth while Oregon was sixth in the rankings.