{
  "id": 13934425,
  "title": "Wisconsin given nearly 12% chance to make College Football Playoffs",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/wisconsin-given-nearly-12-chance-to-make-college-football-playoffs",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-12T10:30:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/wisconsin-given-nearly-12-chance-103044029.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.\n\nAmong 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.\n\nThe numbers, while not suggesting a certainty, do show that Wisconsin's chances of making the College Football Playoffs are on the rise.",
  "summary": "Luke Fickell’s squad was recently tipped at an 11.8% chance of landing in the 12-team playoff.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}