Where Wisconsin football falls on The Athletic's 1-136 ranking entering 2025 season
Vannini explained in this article that the Badgers "should move back to the kind of rugged offense we expect, but new faces and a very difficult schedule could make improvement harder to spot."
This seems to be the consistent outlook for the Badgers entering the season. The team may very well be better than it was in 2024, partially due to the move back to the program's traditional identity. However, the strength of its schedule is no joke. Tough matchups seemingly every week from mid-September on could be brutal for Luke Fickell's team as it enters the third year under his leadership.
As mentioned countless times, the Badgers' schedule will be one of the toughest, if not the single toughest, in the Football Bowl Subdivision this season. Wisconsin will face the No. 4, No. 7, No. 9, No. 11, No. 14, No. 17, and No. 29 teams in Vannini's ranking. That presents a major challenge and makes the goal of bowl eligibility extremely difficult. It's not impossible, but the Badgers will have to upset a few teams to reach that point.
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