The No. 10 ranked Wisconsin football team announced Tuesday that its game Saturday against Purdue will be canceled due to the team’s number of COVID-19 cases.
Wisconsin’s football activities will also remain paused indefinitely as the team’s cases have now risen to 27 including 15 student-athletes and 12 coaches. This is the second consecutive week that Wisconsin has had to cancel their game after being forced to cancel last week’s road game against Nebraska.
This news has a major impact on Wisconsin’s hopes to make the Big Ten Championship and potentially the College Football Playoff. Due to their shortened season, the Big Ten released a tiebreaker rule that requires teams to play a minimum of six games in order to be eligible for the conference championship.