A league that hasn’t won a national championship in two decades and scraps for a piece of the spotlight that shines brighter on the Big Ten and Southeastern Conference is basking in the possibility.
“At the end of the day, we’re 7-2 and we’re in a position to do everything we want to accomplish and go win,” Sherrone Moore said of Michigan football.
Badgers coach Luke Fickell announced Monday that running back Dilin Jones and center Jake Renfro had season-ending surgeries while Wisconsin was off last week.
Mockobee finishes his career as the fourth-leading rusher in Boilermakers history, with 2,987 yards, trailing Mike Alstott, Kory Sheets and Otis Armstrong, a College Football Hall of Famer.
Ohio State, Indiana, Texas A&M and Alabama are sitting pretty. But the selection committee will have to make some tough choices as it fills out its first set of rankings.