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Wisconsin Football: Early Impressions on the 2024 Schedule
The off-season is in full swing for Wisconsin football, but the team will gather back in early August for the beginning of fall camp and the 2024 season. The schedule is much different with the additions of Washington, USC, UCLA, and Oregon to the Big Ten. The 2024 schedule will be harder as well. Here are my initial thoughts on the 2024 Wisconsin football schedule.
Wisconsin Football Road Schedule Seems Manageable
For how tough the Wisconsin football schedule will be, I think their road schedule is doable. The Badgers will travel to USC, Rutgers, Northwestern (game at Lambeau Field), Iowa, and Nebraska.
I think Iowa and Nebraska are the hardest road games. Despite that, Wisconsin can absolutely go into Iowa City and Lincoln and win those games. The road environments are hard, but Wisconsin might be more talented than both those rosters.
It’s hard traveling across the country, but USC always has a poor home crowd. Rutgers won’t blow you away either. The Northwestern game will essentially be a home game.
Wisconsin Football Could Struggle at Home
The home schedule is a gauntlet. Wisconsin football opens up with three home games. The first two will be non-conference games against Western Michigan and South Dakota. A highly anticipated match-up with Alabama follows these tuneups. I can’t see Wisconsin football beating Alabama.
Other home games include Purdue, Penn State, Oregon, and Minnesota. The games against Penn State and Oregon will be very difficult. However, between Alabama, Penn State, and Oregon, the Badgers will win at least one of those games. If I had to guess, they will beat Penn State.
Purdue is still rebuilding and I don’t see Wisconsin football having issues with the Boilermakers. Minnesota has had recent success at Camp Randall, but the Badgers roster is just better overall.
The Badgers Will Win More Than Six Games
The over-under on wins recently came out for the Big Ten. Currently, Wisconsin football has an over-under of 6.5 wins. I can see where that number comes from as there are no guaranteed wins in the Big Ten.
The more I think about it, I’m pretty confident right now the Badgers wins more than six games. Besides Oregon and Alabama, the Badgers won’t be big underdogs in any of their games.
I look at games against Nebraska, Iowa, and Penn State as a 50/50 split. They could win all three. They could easily lose all three games. If I had to guess right now, I think Wisconsin football wins seven games, but would not be surprised if they won six or eight games.
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Vote: Who is Wisconsin High School Boys Basketball’s Top Guard of 2025-26?
With the action-packed Wisconsin high school boys basketball regular season completed and March Madness beginning, it’s time to take a look at some of the outstanding players and cast your vote for the best.
We began by looking at the most prolific individual scoring threats, talented 3-point shooters,strong rebounders, and top free-throw shooters so now it’s time to take a look at the high-caliber guards from throughout the state.
There are hundreds of high-caliber boys basketball players in Wisconsin, and these lists are not intended to be comprehensive.
Voting remains open until March 9 at 11:59 p.m. PT.
(Players are listed in alphabetical order and all nominees are leaders from the 2025-26 season as compiled by Bound.com, and WIAA; the poll is below the list of athletes)
Castillo is averaging 25.4 points per game with 5.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists, and 1.1 steals for Greendale (18-6 overall record).
Collien is averaging 15 points per game with 4.1 rebounds and 2.0 assists for Oakfield (21-3 overall record).
Edwards is averaging 14.1 points per game with 7.1 rebounds and 6.6 assists for D.C. Everest (21-3 overall record).
Gray Jr. was averaging 24.3 points per game with 6.9 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.1 steals prior for West Allis Central (22-2 overall record).
Hereford is averaging 36.4 points per game with 9.0 rebounds, 5.6 assists, and 4.1 steals for Beloit Memorial (22-2 overall record).
Johnson is averaging 27.3 points per game with 8.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists, and 3.6 steals for Milwaukee Juneau (22-1 overall record).
Jones is averaging 23.3 points per game with 5.0 rebounds, 3.3 assists, and 2.6 steals for Germantown (15-9 overall record).
Kern is averaging 16 points per game with 6.2 rebounds and 3.0 assists for New Berlin West (21-3 overall record).
Kilgore is averaging 14.6 points per game with 7.0 rebounds, 3.6 assists, and 3.0 steals for Kewaunee (24-0 overall record).
Kohnen is averaging 16.3 points per game with 3.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists, and 1.3 steals for Slinger (20-4 overall record).
Knueppel is averaging 17.4 points per game with 7.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.9 blocks, and 1.4 steals for Wisconsin Lutheran (24-0 overall record).
Loose is averaging 18.2 points per game with 5.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, and 2.3 steals for Port Washington (23-1 overall).
Manchester is averaging 35.8 points per game for Mount Horeb (19-5 overall record).
Platz is averaging 19.5 points per game with 7.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists, and 1.4 steals for Brookfield East (19-5 overall record).
Prochnow is averaging 21.3 points per game with 11.1 assists, 4.8 assists, and 3.2 steals for Reedsville (21-3 overall record).
Resch is averaging 21.3 points per game with 3.3 assists and 2.0 steals for Arrowhead (18-6 overall record).
Schultz is averaging 27.4 points per game with 6.5 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 2.0 steals for Plymouth (17-7 overall record).
Schwalbach is averaging 15 points per game with 4.7 assists and 3.3 rebounds, and 1.7 steals for Kaukauna (21-3 overall).
Sweeney is averaging 15.5 points per game for Appleton North (20-4 overall record).
Vandenberg is averaging 13 points per game with 2.3 assists and 2.0 rebounds for Freedom (23-1 overall).
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High School on SI voting polls are meant to be a fun, lighthearted way for fans to show support for their favorite athletes and teams. Our goal is to celebrate all of the players featured, regardless of the vote totals. Sometimes one athlete will receive a very large number of votes — even thousands — and that’s okay! The polls are open to everyone and are simply a way to build excitement and community around high school sports. Unless we specifically announce otherwise, there are no prizes or official awards for winning. The real purpose is to highlight the great performances of every athlete included in the poll.
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