Wisconsin sealed their playoff fate once they lost to Illinois. Had they won that game, and then beat O$U this week they are absolutely in the playoffs. Even if they beat the Bucks now the only thing it guarantees is a trip to Pasadena which all things considered would be a good way to finish the season.
Ohio $tate is in no matter what IMO.
For the Badgers, there are really three things they need to do to beat Ohio $tate this week. 1) they can’t give up the big plays. 2) they can’t turn the ball over and 3) they need to get some turnovers.
Beating the Bucks isn’t impossible especially if they can put together a similar effort like they did against Michigan and Minnesota. In both games they got Taylor involved and also got a decent pass rush to disrupt the other team and take them out of their element offensively. If there is any weakness it’s the offensive line for the Buckeyes.
The Badgers were in the first game until they started melting down and it snowballed from there.