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The Wisconsin Badgers enter the 2025 season without the hype of a College Football Playoff contender.
The team is fresh off one of its more disappointing seasons in recent memory, as a five-game losing streak to close the year clinched its first campaign without a bowl appearance since 2001. Many expect at least a return to stable winning in 2025, especially given Luke Fickell’s pedigree as a head coach and the program’s impressive offseason of roster improvements. However, the nation’s top-ranked schedule is tempering any expectations of a further breakthrough.
Wisconsin starts its quest to return to its once-stable position near the top of the Big Ten with a home game against Miami (Ohio) on Aug. 28. It begins its gauntlet schedule with a Week 3 trip to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to face the No. 8-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. With games against Oregon, Ohio State, Washington, Iowa, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota following, any finish above .500 would mark a relative success.
With less than two weeks remaining before the RedHawks travel to Camp Randall Stadium to kick off the season, here are bold predictions from the Badgers Wire staff for Wisconsin’s 2025 campaign.
Ben Kenney: Billy Edwards Jr. is a top-three quarterback in the Big Ten
This prediction may be more about what the Big Ten doesn’t have than Edwards Jr.’s individual excellence. Given health, he should deliver Wisconsin’s best quarterback season since Jack Coan’s 2019 campaign. That output could rank favorably if a collection of first-year starters, Dante Moore (Oregon), Julian Sayin (Ohio State), Bryce Underwood (Michigan and Demond Williams Jr. (Washington), all struggle.
Edwards should be a perfect fit for Jeff Grimes’ pro-style offense. Wisconsin fans are correct for having high expectations for his play specifically, and for the unit overall.
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