Wisconsin

5–3 · 3–2 Big Ten · Luke Fickell, 5th season

Lost to Iowa 30–0, Oct 31 · Next: vs Rutgers, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis

Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters

Against the closing line

Wisconsin has beaten the line in 2 of its last 4, by 0.8 points a game. Over the season it’s 1.7 a game over, 53rd of 136.

Of the 11 teams at 5–3 against a schedule this hard, Wisconsin’s +1.7 is 5th.

last 4

+0.8

before

+2.6

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Oct 3, 2026 vs Michigan State +19.5
Oct 17, 2026 @ UCLA −8.0
Oct 24, 2026 vs USC +19.0
Oct 31, 2026 @ Iowa −27.5

every game, with the line

Lately

Won 6 straight at homestreak

Nov 8, 2025 vs Washington +3
Nov 22, 2025 vs Illinois +17
W Sep 12 vs Western Illinois +27
Sep 19 vs Eastern Michigan +44
Oct 3 vs Michigan State +28
Oct 24 vs USC +17

the games, with the score

Wisconsin has won 6 straight at home. Every game of it.
Date	Game	Result	Score
Nov 8, 2025	Wisconsin vsNo. 24 Washington	W	13–10
Nov 22, 2025	Wisconsin vsIllinois	W	27–10
Sep 12, 2026	Wisconsin vsWestern Illinois	W	36–9
Sep 19, 2026	Wisconsin vsEastern Michigan	W	54–10
Oct 3, 2026	Wisconsin vsMichigan State	W	31–3
Oct 24, 2026	Wisconsin vsNo. 16 USC	W	24–7

Won 6 of its last 10count
- Nov 22, 2025 vs Illinois +17
- Nov 29, 2025 @ Minnesota −10
- Sep 6 vs Notre Dame −28
- W Sep 12 vs Western Illinois +27
- Sep 19 vs Eastern Michigan +44
- Sep 26 @ Penn State +4
- Oct 3 vs Michigan State +28
- Oct 17 @ UCLA −10
- Oct 24 vs USC +17
- Oct 31 @ Iowa −30
Covered 6 of its last 10 at homecount
- Sep 6, 2025 vs Middle Tennessee +3.5
- Sep 20, 2025 vs Maryland −27.5
- Oct 11, 2025 vs Iowa −32
- Oct 18, 2025 vs Ohio State −9.5
- Nov 8, 2025 vs Washington +13.5
- Nov 22, 2025 vs Illinois +25.5
- W Sep 12 vs Western Illinois −16
- Sep 19 vs Eastern Michigan +20.5
- Oct 3 vs Michigan State +19.5
- Oct 24 vs USC +19

every kind

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Against expected,

Against expected, this season, a game
a game	offense	defense
Points	−0.7 · 69th	−9.1 · 14th
Total yards	−35 · 94th	−89 · 10th
Touchdowns	−0.2 · 74th	−1.5 · 8th
Passing efficiency	−6.2 · 79th	−22.6 · 13th
3rd downs	+4.5% · 37th	+2.1% · 88th
Turnovers	0.0 · 68th	+0.1 · 60th
Sacks	−0.6 · 33rd	+0.3 · 52nd
Penalty yards	+1.5 · 78th

Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.

every stat, every team

Seasons

2026 5–3
2025 4–8
2024 5–7
2023 7–6
2022 7–6
2021 9–4
2020 4–3
2019 10–4
2018 8–5
2017 13–1
2016 11–3
2015 10–3
2014 11–3
2013 9–4
2012 8–6
2011 11–3
2010 11–2
2009 10–3
2008 7–6
2007 9–4
2006 12–1
2005 10–3
2004 9–3
2003 7–6
2002 8–6
2001 5–7
2000 9–4
1999 10–2
1998 11–1
1997 8–5
1996 8–5
1995 4–5–2
1994 7–4–1
1993 10–1–1
1992 5–6
1991 5–6
1990 1–10
1989 2–9
1988 1–10
1987 3–8
1986 3–9
1985 5–6
1984 7–4–1
1983 7–4
1982 7–5
1981 7–5
1980 4–7
1979 4–7
1978 5–4–2
1977 5–6
1976 5–6
1975 4–6–1
1974 7–4
1973 4–7
1972 4–7
1971 4–6–1
1970 4–5–1
1969 3–7
1968 0–10
1967 0–9–1
1966 3–6–1
1965 2–7–1
1964 3–6
1963 5–4
1962 8–2
1961 6–3
1960 4–5
1959 7–3
1958 7–1–1
1957 6–3
1956 1–5–3
1955 4–5
1954 7–2
1953 6–2–1
1952 6–3–1
1951 7–1–1
1950 6–3
1949 5–3–1
1948 2–7
1947 5–3–1
1946 4–5
1945 3–4–2
1944 3–6
1943 1–9
1942 8–1–1
1941 3–5
1940 4–4
1939 1–6–1
1938 5–3
1937 4–3–1
1936 2–6
1935 1–7
1934 4–4
1933 2–5–1
1932 6–1–1
1931 5–4–1
1930 6–2–1
1929 4–5
1928 7–1–1
1927 4–4
1926 5–2–1
1925 6–1–1
1924 2–3–3
1923 3–3–1
1922 4–2–1
1921 5–1–1
1920 6–1
1919 5–2
1918 3–3
1917 4–2–1
1916 4–2–1
1915 4–3
1914 4–2–1
1913 3–3–1
1912 7–0
1911 5–1–1
1910 1–2–2
1909 3–1–1
1908 5–1
1907 3–1–1
1906 5–0
1905 8–2
1904 5–3
1903 6–3–1
1902 6–3
1901 9–0
1900 8–1
1899 9–2
1898 9–1
1897 9–1
1896 7–1–1
1895 5–2–1
1894 5–2
1893 4–2
1892 4–3

Method

Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.