Jeff Potrykus

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Madison – Despite a weekend of upsets in college football, Wisconsin failed to gain ground in the College Football Playoff rankings.

UW (8-2) remained in the No. 7 spot in the third set of rankings announced Tuesday night.

The Badgers opened at No. 8 and moved up to No. 7 last week.

Alabama (10-0) stayed at No. 1 but the upsets last week shook up the top 10.

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Ohio State (9-1) moved up three spots to No. 2. Michigan is No. 3, followed by No. 4 Clemson, No. 5 Louisville and No. 6 Washington. Penn State (8-2) was one spot behind UW at No. 8, with Oklahoma and Colorado rounding out the top 10.

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UW has won four consecutive Big Ten games and can clinch the West Division title with victories over Purdue on Saturday in West Lafayette, Ind., and over visiting Minnesota on Nov. 26.

UW senior cornerback Sojourn Shelton stressed where UW is ranked this week isn’t critical. The goal is to win the Big Ten title and finish in the top four of the rankings.

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“The goal is to make the College Football Playoffs,” Shelton said. “Personally, I know I’m not going to get in the playoffs this week or next week. There is still a lot of football to be played.

“As far as the rankings, right now I’m not really buying into that.

“This week is Purdue week.…Control what you can control. I can’t control what the committee members decide.

“The goal is to win this week, win Minnesota week and hopefully that puts us in position to go to Indianapolis.”