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Wisconsin football vs Alabama odds: spread, money line, over/under, predictions
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Journal Sentinel reporter Mark Stewart discusses the UW football team’s chances against No. 4 Alabama at Camp Randall on Saturday.
The Wisconsin football team won it first two games of the season but it turned in less-than-inspiring performances in each and failed to cover the spread as double-digit favorites.
The Badgers are in a new role on Saturday. They’re double-digit underdogs at home.
That’s not a surprise given the strength of the opponent Luke Fickell’s team is facing. Fourth-ranked Alabama is coming to Camp Randall Stadium.
Can the Badgers keep it close and maybe even pull off a shocker against one of the nation’s highest scoring teams? The last time the Badgers played an SEC team in Wisconsin as a double-digit underdog they stunned a top-five team in LSU in 2016 at Lambeau Field.
Here are the latest odds for the Wisconsin-Alabama game.
Wisconsin vs Alabama odds: spread, money line, total points
Spread: Wisconsin +16
Money line: Alabama -795, Wisconsin +545
Total points: 48.5
Alabama is 1-1 against the spread this season, while the Badgers are 0-2. Alabama’s Week 1 game against Western Kentucky went over the 59.5-point total before last week’s Crimson Tide-South Florida game was under the 63.5 total. Both of the Badgers’ games were below the total.
ESPN predictor model
You won’t find too many people or models predicting Wisconsin to beat Alabama.
ESPN’s predictor model gives Alabama a 92.2% chance of winning.
Are the Badgers ready to pull off a big upset?
Wisconsin vs Alabama stats
Here’s where each team stands in scoring offense and defense through two games.
Led by Heisman Trophy candidate Jalen Milroe, Alabama can put up points in a flurry. The Crimson Tide has the seventh-highest scoring offense in the country at 52.5 points per game. It scored 63 points in its season-opening shutout win over Western Kentucky and then had 42 last week against South Florida, though it needed a 28-point fourth quarter to get to that total.
The Crimson Tide has allowed just 8 points per game, good for 17th in scoring defense. It shut out Western Kentucky in Week 1 before allowing 16 last week to South Florida.
Wisconsin’s 27.5 points per game ranks 87th of the 133 Football Bowl Subdivision teams. It needed two fourth-quarter touchdowns to get to 28 points in Week 1 against Western Michigan and then started fast against Football Championship Subdivision South Dakota with two first-quarter TDs before cooling off in putting up 27 points in a 14-point victory.
Wisconsin’s scoring defense is ranked 40th. The Badgers allow 13.5 points per game.
Wisconsin vs Alabama predictions
The Journal Sentinel’s beat reporters have the Badgers suffering their first loss of the season to the national title contender.
Mark Stewart: Alabama 27, Wisconsin 17
JR Radcliffe: Alabama 35, Wisconsin 10
Here’s more on their predictions.
Wisconsin-Alabama reader predictions: Fans have little optimism for the Badgers in Saturday’s game
About 1,000 animal welfare activists who tried to gain entry on Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired rubber bullets and pepper spray into the crowd and arrested the group’s leader.
It was the second attempt in as many months by protesters to take beagles from the Ridglan Farms facility in Blue Mounds, a small town about 25 miles (about 40 kilometres) southwest of Wisconsin’s capital, Madison.
Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett said in a video statement that 300 to 400 protesters were “violently trying to break into the property” and assault officers. He said protesters have ignored designated areas for peaceful protest and blocked roads to prevent emergency vehicles from entering.
“This is not a peaceful protest,” Barrett said.
The sheriff’s department said a “significant” number of people were arrested out of about 1,000 protesters at the site but did not give an exact total as they were still being processed as of the afternoon.
Protesters tried to overcome barricades that included a manure-filled trench, hay bales and a barbed-wire fence. Some protesters did get through the fence but were unable to enter the facility, where an estimated 2,000 beagles are kept, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
Wisconsin guard Andrew Rohde reflects on early March Madness exit
Wisconsin guard Andrew Rohde said the Badgers ‘thought we could do so many things’ in the NCAA Tournament before it ended abrupty with an upset loss.
Wisconsin men’s basketball has added a sharpshooting wing via the transfer portal.
Miami (Ohio) transfer Eian Elmer has signed with the Badgers, the team announced April 18. The 6-foot-7 wing will join UW with one year of eligibility remaining.
Elmer averaged a career-high 12.7 points and 5.9 rebounds while shooting 49.8% from the field and 42.9% from 3-point range in 2025-26. His production helped the RedHawks go 32-2 and earn an at-large NCAA Tournament bid.
“We are really excited to add another excellent addition to our spring signees,” UW coach Greg Gard said in a release. “Eian brings a wealth of experience and scoring punch as a 6-7 wing. … A terrific shooter, his skillset and production fit excellently into our plan as we build out next year’s team. Throughout our evaluation process, our staff loved his size, power and skill and truly believe he will thrive in our system.”
Elmer is Wisconsin’s third transfer portal addition since the end of the 2025-26 season, joining former George Washington guard Trey Autry and former Hofstra forward Victory Onuetu. UW also added Australian guard Owen Foxwell.
The additions of Autry, Onuetu and now Elmer leave Gard’s staff with three more roster spots to fill ahead of the 2026-27 season.
The Badgers are looking to replace much of their production from a 2025-26 team that went 24-11. Nolan Winter is expected to be the team’s only returning starter after John Blackwell and Aleksas Bieliauskas entered the transfer portal and Nick Boyd and Andrew Rohde exhausted their eligibility.
MILWAUKEE – Friday’s severe storms have passed. And with that, the threat of any severe weather has also passed for the immediate future as no storms or rain are expected for several days.
However, plenty of damage remains across southeastern Wisconsin as of Saturday morning, in addition to the ongoing flooding threat.
Several area rivers are at flood stage, and there are multiple river flood warnings in effect.
FOX6 Weekend WakeUp on Saturday begins at 6 a.m.
On the scene in the morning
What we know:
Farmstead damage in Franklin
FOX6’s Hayley Spitler is in Franklin on Saturday morning, April 18, getting a daylight look at the damage from last night’s storms.
Storm damage in Caledonia
Friday’s storms left quite the mark across southern and southeastern Wisconsin, including at L and L Farms and Greenhouse in Caledonia.
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School and business closings
When the weather gets a little dicey, schools and businesses may shut down. Monitor the latest list of closings, cancellations, and delays reported in southeast Wisconsin.
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