I would not discount this team just because they are in a bad stretch. This team won the B10 title last year with the same exact team...
While I will agree with you that Wisconsin is definitely a good team that is simply having a bad stretch, part of that conference title was a favorable schedule. Two other teams (MSU and Maryland) tied them for first, and we were
one game away from a share of the title. Look at those four teams' schedules last year:
WISC: 5 games vs. top 5 in B1G (2-3), 7 games vs. bottom 4 in B1G (6-1)
MSU: 7 games vs. top 5 in B1G (5-2), 4 games vs. bottom 4 in B1G (5-1)
UMD: 7 games vs. top 5 in B1G (5-2), 6 games vs. bottom 4 in B1G (6-0)
ILL: 7 games vs. top 5 in B1G (2-5), 5 games vs. bottom 4 in B1G (4-0)
A title is a title, but when
one game is meaning so much at the end of the year, racking up 6 wins vs. the cellar dwellers (compared to our undefeated 4...) and dodging two more games than the rest of the contenders with the top teams makes a huge difference.