Another week, another instance of ESPN’s SP+ metric favoring the Wisconsin Badgers.
The Badgers closed their regular season yesterday with a 28-14 win over rival Minnesota. The win moved the Badgers to 7-5 overall and 5-4 in Big Ten play, two games behind Big Ten West-winning Iowa.
If you’ve watched Iowa play, you’d agree it isn’t the most impressive football team in the world. But it wins games, somehow sitting at 10-2 entering the postseason.
Iowa obviously won the game when the two teams met in mid-October. Regardless, ESPN SP+ still has Wisconsin as the best team in the division.
- Wisconsin (No. 27)
- Iowa (No. 31)
- Nebraska (No. 65)
- Minnesota (No. 70)
- Northwestern (No. 71)
- Illinois (No. 75)
- Purdue (No. 90)
WEEK 14 SP+ RANKINGS
* Hell yeah, USF/Cal/Mizzou/Kansas
* Ouch, Texas Tech/Coastal/UNC/UCLA
* Big Ten East: far more Sun Belt East than SEC East
* Resume SP+ top 6: Mich, UGA, FSU, Oregon, Ohio St, Washingtonhttps://t.co/lV9NS45378— Bill Connelly (@ESPN_BillC) November 26, 2023
It is obviously Iowa that will be playing next weekend for the Big Ten Championship.