College Football Playoff: Wisconsin Badgers enter rankings at No. 25

The Wisconsin Badgers (8-2, 5-1) returned to the Amway Coaches and AP Top 25 polls earlier this week at No. 22 and No. 23, respectively.

On Tuesday evening, the College Football Playoff committee released its week two rankings, with the Badgers breaking in at No. 25 -- with the two teams they lost to, Alabama and Iowa, in the top five.

Wisconsin and Iowa are two of six Big Ten conference teams in the College Football Playoff rankings. Ohio State is No. 3 and Iowa is No. 5. Michigan State falls from No. 7 to No. 13, while Michigan jumps three spots to No. 14. Northwestern, after their win against Penn State, moves up three spots as well to No. 18.

Clemson and Alabama are No. 1 and 2, respectively, with Notre Dame in the No. 4 and final spot...for this week.

The full standings