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IOWA CITY, Iowa -- In just three weeks, Wisconsin might go from being the toast of the Big Ten West to, well, toast in the Big Ten West.The 10th-ranked Badgers (4-2, 1-2) earned the nations respect after close losses to Michigan and Ohio State, dropping just two spots in this weeks poll. And yet a loss on Saturday at unranked Iowa (5-2, 3-1) would put the Badgers three back of the Hawkeyes in the win column with just five games left.Theres also No. 8 Nebraska (6-0, 3-0), which hosts a Purdue team that just fired its coach on Saturday before it visits Wisconsin next week.The Badgers might prove to be the best overall team in the West. They might also be out of the division title chase before Halloween.For us to be the best, we have to keep improving each week. Thats the (halfway) report, Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst said.Iowa was supposed to be the team that everyone one in the West was looking up at by now.Instead, the Hawkeyes are eager to prove theyre a real division contender again.Iowa rallied from two losses in three games with a tight win at Minnesota on Oct. 8. Last week, they sealed Boilermakers coach Darrell Hazells demise with a 49-35 win that included three late and largely meaningless Purdue touchdowns.Here are the factors that could decide things on Saturday when Iowa and Wisconsin renew acquaintances in Iowa City:SCOUTING THE HAWKEYESPurdues late rally obscured the fact that the Hawkeyes have been much better defensively in recent weeks. On offense, Iowa has a pair of dangerous backs on pace for 1,000-yard seasons in LeShun Daniels Jr. and Akrum Wadley. Quarterback C.J. 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So if were going to want to be in this ballgame, were going to have to do that a little bit better, too, and really be detailed because its going to be tough, Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz said.CICHYS THE MANWisconsin junior linebacker was named the Big Tens defensive player of the week on Monday after making 15 tackles, including 3.5 for a loss, and forcing a fumble against the Buckeyes. He and fellow linebacker T.J. Watt might prove to be a handful for an offensive line that could be without starters Cole Croston and Boone Myers.HOME WOESThe visiting team has won the last five meetings in this series dating back to 2009. Iowa last hosted Wisconsin in 2014, when it also had control of its own destiny in the Big Ten West. But Melvin Gordon had 200 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Badgers rallied for a 26-24 win.HE SAID ITI dont want to be Dr. Doom here. I think hes got a chance, Ferentz on tight end George Kittle, who is questionable for Saturdays game with a foot injury.---Online: www.collegefootball.ap.org ' ' '