The Crimson tide are a 4 \u00bd-point selection<\/a>, but the Tigers are like Wisconsin and are on the bubble at No. 6. If they could upset Alabama they might be able to crack the top 4.<\/p>\nOklahoma and Clemson have relatively easy contests this weekend. The Sooners are a 23-point pick at home over West Virginia and the Tigers are 14-point favorites at South Carolina.<\/p>\n
Badgers Could Be Excluded<\/h2>\n
Wisconsin is playing at Minnesota and is a 17-point choice over the Golden Gophers, who are 5-6 on the season and need an unlikely victory to become Bowl eligible.<\/p>\n
If the Badgers win as expected they would move to 12-0. Even though they have one of the best defenses in the country and haven\u2019t lost, they were hurt by a schedule that didn\u2019t include Top 25 teams Penn State and Ohio State. They will play the Buckeyes in the Big 10 Championship game Dec. 2 at Indianapolis\u2019 Lucas Oil Stadium.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin Athletic Director and former football coach Barry Alvarez said he would find it hard to believe that the committee could leave the team out of the playoffs if they finished without any losses.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t see how an undefeated Power Five conference champion would not be in the final four,\u201d he said. \u201cI just don’t see that happening.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Wisconsin has done everything right but they still feel that they are being wronged after the latest College Football Playoff Rankings (CFPR) were announced Tuesday evening. The committee kept the same four teams as last week\u2019s vote but changed the order slightly. Alabama, who is undefeated, has been the preseason favorite to win the NCAA […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":63824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Undefeated Wisconsin Still Out of Top Four of College Football Playoff Rankings<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n