The Wisconsin Badgers find themselves in an unfamiliar position this weekend: underdogs.
After a disappointing five-set loss against a suddenly-hot Purdue Boilermakers team last Friday night, the Badgers (16-3 Big Ten, 25-3 overall) dropped out of the top four in the rankings to No. 5.
A Sunday afternoon win against the Indiana Hoosiers (9-10, 19-13) ended a two-match losing streak, but the Badgers are out of the running in the Big Ten title race.
That honor goes to the undefeated, No. 1 Nebraska Cornhuskers (18-0, 27-0), who stopped the Badgers’ four-year Big Ten title streak to win their first conference title since 2017.