Wisconsin football's daunting Week 8 challenge will have a national audience.

The Badgers ' Oct. 18 game against No. 1 Ohio State will kick off at 2:30 p.m. and air on CBS, the Big Ten announced on Oct. 6.

It will be Wisconsin's fourth game in a five-game stretch on one of the major networks. (The lone exception is the Oct. 11 game vs. Iowa, which will be on FS1.)

Ohio State, 5-0, received 59 of the 66 first-place votes in the latest US LBM Coaches Poll . The Buckeyes are coming off a 42-3 walloping of Minnesota and have yet to allow a team to score double-digit points this season. They will face No. 17 Illinois this week.

ESPN currently gives the Badgers a 9% chance of pulling off the upset. Ohio State has a 63-18-5 advantage in the all-time series and has won the last 10 g

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