Wisconsin fell in ESPN FPI after its 28-13 loss to Penn State on Saturday. The Badgers dropped six spots from No. 25 to No. 31 in the metric, due to their rating falling to 9.2. The dip halts the team’s rapid ascension over its previous three-game winning streak.

The ESPN “College GameDay” staff all listed their pick to win Saturday’s primetime showdown between the Wisconsin Badgers (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) and No. 3 Penn State Nittany Lions (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten). The extended panel for the Week 9 edition of the show included Kirk Herbstreit,

Wisconsin fell to 5-3 on the season and 3-2 in Big Ten play with a 28-13 loss to Penn State on Saturday. The game felt like an inflection point of the season. Either the Badgers would pull a program-defining victory and ascend to 8-4 or 9-3, or yet another loss to a ranked team would send the team on a path to 7-5.