The Minnesota-Wisconsin series is the most-played FBS rivalry, and a Gophers victory would enable them to tie the all-time series at 63-63-8. Since 1948, the winner of this game has gained possession of Paul Bunyan's Axe.

The Wisconsin football team still needs to win its final game — at home against Minnesota on Friday — to become bowl-eligible. The program's 22-year streak of appearing in a bowl game is on the line, too. National writers making bowl projections are split about whether the Badgers will get a spot. Here's what they say:

In the final week of Wisconsin football’s regular season, the Wisconsin Badgers are set to take on the Minnesota Golden Gophers in the ‘Battle for the Axe.’ After a brutal 44-25 loss to Nebraska last week,