COLUMBUS – Ohio State coach Ryan Day says Wisconsin’s shocking loss to Illinois doesn’t change a thing and the Badgers will still be formidable when they visit Ohio Stadium on Saturday.
(3) Ohio St. (7-0, 4-0) vs. (13) Wisconsin (6-3, 3-1)
Sat., Oct. 26; Ohio Stadium, Columbus OH (Noon/Fox)
“This is college football. You have to bring it every week,” he told reporters Tuesday. “It’s the same thing with us. We have to bring it this week. It’s going to be our best game of the year, our biggest challenge on both sides of the ball. We have to prepare better than we have all year.”
Ohio State is ranked No. 3 in the AP Top 25 while the loss to the Illini dropped Wisconsin out of the top 10 to No. 13.
Badgers coach Paul Chryst says his team must “turn the page fast.”
Wisconsin still stacks up as the best opponent Ohio State has faced. Five of the last six meetings have been decided by seven points or less.
Nowhere did Wisconsin’s stunning loss at Illinois reverberate more than in Iowa City. The upset gave the 20th-ranked Hawkeyes new life in the Big Ten West.
In recent weeks, Iowa hasn’t looked like a team that is ready to seize such an opportunity. Iowa plays at Northwestern this weekend.