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Wisconsin football has one of the toughest schedules in college football next season.
How tough? Brad Crawford recently ranked college football’s 10 most challenging 2025 slates, mostly based on the number of projected games against ranked opponents. Wisconsin has Crawford’s fifth-toughest schedule, with a total of six games against projected top-ranked teams.
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The Badgers begin the 2025 season with light nonconference matchups against Miami (OH) and Middle Tennessee. They then travel to Tuscaloosa, Alabama in Week 3 for a daunting road game against what should be a top-10 Alabama Crimson Tide team. That precedes a conference schedule that includes home matchups against Maryland, Iowa, Ohio State, Washington and Illinois, plus road tests at Michigan, Oregon, Indiana and Minnesota.
The Buckeyes, Fighting Illini, Wolverines, Ducks and Hoosiers should all be ranked entering the 2025 season. That doesn’t even consider Iowa, Washington and Minnesota — three of the sport’s steadiest teams over the last half-decade.
Crawford ranks Wisconsin’s 2025 schedule behind only that of Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi State and Oklahoma. It’s no coincidence that the entire top four all play in the SEC. When only the Big Ten is considered, no team has a tougher road through the 2025 season.
If it wasn’t already clear, the Badgers’ gauntlet schedule will be a major storyline through the upcoming campaign. The team missed a bowl game in 2024 for the first time in 23 seasons, showing a further regression in year two under head coach Luke Fickell.
Fickell has since made several significant coaching staff changes, including the firing of offensive coordinator Phil Longo and the subsequent hire of Kansas’ Jeff Grimes. That move returned the program closer to its classic identity and…
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Author : Badgers Wire
Publish date : 2025-01-30 19:03:00
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