The calendar has turned to November, and by the end of the upcoming weekend nearly all FBS teams and conferences will have successfully played at least one game. We're still grappling with disruptions of one kind or another, but the 2020 season continues to press forward. Pac-12 and MAC conference teams will jump into the ring this week, and though they'll have some catching up to do in some perception circles, they'll each have played as many games as Wisconsin has; the Badgers have canceled their second straight game while dealing an coronavirus outbreak in their program.
The Badgers dominated Illinois two weeks ago, and based on that very limited sample they have a profile of a team that should contend for, if not run away with, the Big Ten West division.