Remember the early-May ESPN FPI projection that gave the Wisconsin Badgers the No. 4-highest chance to both make the College Football Playoff and win the National Championship?
Those rankings have updated constantly with the Big Ten and Pac-12 originally cancelling their 2020 seasons, the Big Ten reinstating their season and conferences from around the country playing the first two weeks of their schedules.
So where do the Badgers stand now? Still at No. 4 behind only the Ohio State Buckeyes, Alabama Crimson Tide and Clemson Tigers.
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The metric gives the team a projected record of 7.3-1.6, an 11.5 percent chance to win out, a 78.8 percent chance at winning the Big Ten West, a 26.9 percent chance to win the Big Ten, a 38.8 percent chance to make the College Football playoff, a 17.8 percent chance to make the National Championship and, finally, a 7.5 percent chance to finish the season national champions.
Notable Big Ten teams included towards the top of ESPN’s FPI includes Ohio State again at No. 1, Penn State at No. 6, Michigan at No. 15, Indiana at No. 18 and Northwestern at No. 19.
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The Badgers are scheduled to kick off their season October 24 at home against the Illinois Fighting Illini in, if ESPN FPI is any indication of what is to come, what could line up to be a special season in Madison.