Nothing in college football is more important than the scoreboard, or the win-loss columns in each conference’s standings. The Wisconsin Badgers (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) enter Saturday’s primetime matchup with No.

Three years ago, Penn State opened its season with a 16-10 victory over Wisconsin in Madison. If you remember what happened at Camp Randall on that day, it would be accurate to call the Nittany Lions’ victory “unlikely”. Still, it was a courageous effort keyed by the PSU defense, which made Wisconsin quarterback Graham Mertz look bad.

If Penn State is going to head into next week’s big home game without a loss on its record, it will certainly have earned it. Penn State is coming off a bye week after improving to 6-0 with a come-from-behind road win at USC two weeks ago. Now the Nittany Lions head back on the road to face Wisconsin in primetime on Saturday night in Madison.