Badger Football Still 5th In Playoff, Preps For Gophers

Wisconsin remains at Number five in the new College Football Playoff rankings, one place behind the top four teams that will square off in the national semifinals. Alabama is still first as unbeaten Miami rose one place to second, trading spots with Clemson while Oklahoma remains fourth. Meanwhile, the Badgers are keying in on Saturday’s regular season finale at Minnesota. The Gophers are 2-6 in the Big Ten and 5-6 overall — and they’ve lost to the U-W 13 straight times, which means that Paul Bunyan’s Axe has stayed in Madison since 2003. Senior outside linebacker Garret Dooley says there’s no way the 11-0 Badgers will consider this as a letdown game with Ohio State looming one week later for the Big Ten title.