Since 2004, the Wisconsin Badgers have landed in the final AP Poll 12 times with nine 10-game win seasons scattered throughout. In the same time span, Kent State has only experienced one winning season and one bowl game, while winning three or fewer games seven times — including each of the past five years.
The programs contrast greatly in their recent history, but the field they’ll be competing on this Saturday is the same. Kent State will enter Madison as long-shot underdogs in hopes of upsetting the No. 8 Wisconsin Badgers.
How Wisconsin and Kent State got here
Wisconsin has already taken care of a MAC team this season, and it didn’t fare well for Kent State’s conference brethren.