Just like all the experts drew it up at the beginning of the season, the Wisconsin Badgers will face the Penn State Nittany Lions in the Big Ten championship game. Wisconsin, winners of the West division, will play their fourth conference championship game in its six-year existence. East division winner Penn State is making the programs first-ever trip to Indianapolis for the Big Ten championship game.
The Badgers were faced with arguably the toughest schedule heading into the college football season. Picked to finish third in the league by the official, unofficial poll conducted by cleveland.com, Wisconsin started off their Big Ten schedule 1-2.