Wisconsin given nearly 12% chance to make College Football Playoffs
Luke Fickell’s squad was recently tipped at an 11.8% chance of landing in the 12-team playoff.
In an update from ESPN’s Football Power Index, Wisconsin Badgers fans who once dismissed their team's chances of securing a college football playoff spot may now have a reason to be cautiously optimistic. The Badgers, currently standing at a 4-1 record, have been given an 11.9% probability of making it to the 12-team playoff according to the daily set of 20,000 simulations. This puts them 8th-highest in their conference.
Among the remaining seven opponents for the Badgers this season, three have higher chances of making the playoffs. UCLA leads the pack with a 27.6% chance, followed by Iowa at 21.3% and USC with 17.1%. On the other end of the spectrum, four teams - Purdue, Rutgers, Maryland, and Minnesota - have been given a 0.0% shot at making the playoffs.
The numbers, while not suggesting a certainty, do show that Wisconsin's chances of making the College Football Playoffs are on the rise.
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