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Wisconsin vs Alabama football score, live game updates, start time, odds, news, schedules
Here’s your 2024 Wisconsin Badgers schedule and scores
Here’s your 2024 Wisconsin Badgers schedule and scores. Homecoming is Saturday, October 26, against Penn State. The Badgers close out on November 29, against Minnesota.
The Wisconsin Badgers conclude their non-conference schedule today with as big of a matchup as they come in college football.
The 2-0 Badgers play host to 18-time national champion Alabama in a Big Ten-SEC showdown at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m.
It’s the first game in a home-and-home series between the Badgers and Crimson Tide with the return contest next year in Alabama. Wisconsin is coming off a 27-13 win over South Dakota, a team in the Football Championship Subdivision. Now, the Badgers will move up a weight class and then some when fourth-ranked Alabama and Heisman Trophy candidate Jalen Milroe comes to town.
The perennial power looks different this season. For the first time in 18 years, Nick Saban isn’t on the sidelines as the head coach. Saban, who won six national titles with Alabama, retired after last season, ending his legendary career. Kalen DeBoer, who led Washington to the College Football Playoff in 2023, has taken over in Tuscaloosa.
DeBoer has the Tide off and running, though it’s also been a work in progress. After a 63-0 victory in Week 1, Alabama struggled for three quarters against South Florida before pulling away in a 42-16 win last week.
After scratching out wins in tougher-than-expected games the first two weeks, Luke Fickell’s Badgers are a big underdog against Alabama. Can Wisconsin pull off the upset?
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Wisconsin vs Alabama box score
Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | TOTAL |
WIS | — | — | — | — | — |
ALA | — | — | — | — | — |
Wisconsin vs Alabama start time
- Date: Saturday, Sept. 14
- Time: 11 a.m.
Both Wisconsin and Alabama are playing in the third and final non-conference games on their 2024 schedule before getting a bye next week.
Wisconsin vs Alabama: ‘Big Noon Kickoff’ on Fox
Fox is bringing its ‘Big Noon Kickoff” show to Madison for the Wisconsin-Alabama game.
The pre-game on-site studio show begins two hours before kickoff at 9 a.m. from the Kohl Center Lawn. Events, with giveaways and prizes, begin at 7:30 a.m.
Anchor Rob Stone is joined on the desk with a star-studded cast featuring:
- Mark Ingram II, a 2009 Heisman Trophy winner and Alabama alum
- Matt Leinart, the 2004 Heisman Trophy winner at USC
- Brady Quinn, the former Notre Dame quarterback
- Urban Meyer, the former Ohio State coach and three-time national champion
Musical guest: Rapper Offset coming to Madison to perform for ‘Big Noon Kickoff’ ahead of Wisconsin-Alabama game
What channel is the Wisconsin Badger game on today? TV, live stream
Wisconsin vs Alabama betting odds, betting line, spread
Odds courtesy of BetMGM as of Friday night
- Spread: Wisconsin (+16)
- Money line: Alabama -790, Wisconsin +540
- Total points: 48.5
Wisconsin vs Alabama football predictions
Can the Badgers stun the college football world and upset Alabama? Our beat reporters don’t see that happening.
Mark Stewart: Alabama 27, Wisconsin 17
JR Radcliffe: Alabama 35, Wisconsin 10
Here’s more on their predictions.
Ron Dayne greets Wisconsin Badgers running backs
Ahead of being honored at Saturday’s game to celebrate the 25th anniversary of his Heisman Trophy season, Wisconsin legend Ron Dayne visited the Badgers’ running backs.
He shared a few words of advice on Friday for the players and handed out T-shirts that featured the text “Running Back University.”
During the 1999 season, Dayne set the NCAA’s all-time rushing record.
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Wisconsin football schedule 2024: TV channels, dates, start times
All times Central.
- Friday, Aug. 30: vs. Western Michigan (Recap of the Badgers’ 28-14 win)
- Saturday, Sept. 7: vs. South Dakota (Recap of the Badgers’ 27-13 win)
- Saturday, Sept. 14: vs. No. 5 Alabama | 11 a.m. | FOX (Fubo)
- Saturday, Sept. 21: BYE
- Saturday, Sept. 28: at No. 23 USC *
- Saturday, Oct. 5: vs. Purdue *
- Saturday, Oct. 12: at Rutgers *
- Saturday, Oct. 19: at Northwestern *
- Saturday, Oct. 26: vs. Penn State *
- Saturday, Nov. 2: at Iowa *
- Saturday, Nov. 9: BYE
- Saturday, Nov. 16: vs. No. 3 Oregon *
- Saturday, Nov. 23: at Nebraska *
- Friday, Nov. 29: vs. Minnesota *
- Saturday, Dec. 7: Big Ten Championship (Indianapolis)
* Denotes Big Ten game
Alabama football schedule 2024: TV channels, dates, start times
All times Central.
- Saturday, Aug. 31: Alabama vs. Western Kentucky (Recap of the Crimson Tide’s 63-0 win)
- Saturday, Sept. 7: Alabama vs. South Florida (Recap of the Crimson Tide’s 42-16 win)
- Saturday, Sept. 14: Alabama at Wisconsin | 11 a.m. | Fox (Fubo)
- Saturday, Sept. 21: BYE
- Saturday, Sept. 28: Alabama vs. No. 1 Georgia | 6:30 p.m. | ABC (Fubo)*
- Saturday, Oct. 5: Alabama at Vanderbilt*
- Saturday, Oct. 12: Alabama vs. South Carolina | 11 a.m. | ABC or ESPN (Fubo)*
- Saturday, Oct. 19: Alabama at No. 15 Tennessee*
- Saturday, Oct. 26: Alabama vs. No. 11 Missouri*
- Saturday, Nov. 2: BYE
- Saturday, Nov. 9: Alabama at No. 12 LSU*
- Saturday, Nov. 16: Alabama vs. Mercer | 1 p.m. | ESPN+, SEC Network+
- Saturday, Nov. 23: Alabama at No. 16 Oklahoma*
- Saturday, Nov. 30: Alabama vs. Auburn*
* Denotes SEC game
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Alabama signee Keelon Russell shows off Gatorade National POY jacket at Dallas Mavericks game
American Airlines Center played host to the Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night. A few big-time stars were in the arena as well, watching what eventually turned into a win for Los Angeles. One was Alabama signee Keelon Russell, who was recently named the Gatorade National Player of the Year.
Multiple perks come with winning the award but one of the best may be a custom letterman jacket. The Mavericks posted a video of Russell in the jacket on their Instagram page, something only he can own.
On the right side of his chest, POY is there. Russell then turns over a little bit and shows the Gatorade logo. You can even see his No. 12 on the bottom half, a number he will likely continue to wear once arriving in Tuscaloosa to play for Kalen DeBoer.
You can check out the full video via the Mavs’ Instagram here, it’s the third slide.
Russell played high school football at Duncanville (TX), where he was a Five-Star Plus+ prospect. He was the No. 2 overall recruit in the 2025 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.
The stats throughout the 2024 season were incredible, throwing for 4,177 yards, 55 touchdowns, and just four interceptions while completing 69.5% of his throws. Nearly 300 yards per game in a senior season very few quarterbacks across the country can compete with.
The season just ended for Russell, with Duncanville losing in the 6A-DI semifinals to North Crowley. Getting to and winning another state championship game was the goal but the Panthers fell a couple of games short. Instead, North Crowley will face Austin (TX) Westlake for the crown in Texas’ top classification at AT&T Stadium.
Now, all focus is on getting to Tuscaloosa and getting his college career started with Alabama. DeBoer flipped Russell from SMU over the summer and has only seen his stock soar.
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UNC, Bill Belichick land ex-Alabama offensive tackle
Not many will get to say they played for Nick Saban and Bill Belichick in college.
In fact, Miles McVay might end up being the only one.
McVay, the second-year offensive tackle, will transfer to UNC after spending two seasons with the Crimson Tide, McVay told On3.
McVay is a former four-star offensive tackle in the 2023 recruiting class from East St. Louis, Illinois. He is listed at 6-6, 342 pounds.
McVay saw time in four games as a freshman in 2023, in which he ultimately redshirted. Then in his second season for Alabama, McVay played in all 12 games, primarily on special teams. But he also received some offensive snaps against Western Kentucky, Wisconsin, Missouri, LSU and Mercer.
The transfer portal opened Dec. 9 and will remain open for about another week for all of college football.
Nick Kelly is an Alabama beat writer for AL.com and the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X and Instagram.
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Former Alabama golfer Nick Dunlap collects prestigious PGA Tour honor
There are hot starts to a PGA Tour career, then there’s what former Alabama golfer Nick Dunlap did this season en route to being named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year.
Dunlap, who turned pro after winning The American Express in January, won the prestigious honor in golf on Thursday.
“On behalf of the PGA Tour, congratulations to Nick Dunlap on being named PGA Tour Rookie of the Year,” said PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan. “Nick carved out his place in the PGA Tour record book. To begin 2024 as a collegiate golfer and end it with two PGA Tour victories and among the top-50 players in the FedExCup is truly impressive.”
Not only did Nick Dunlap win twice on tour, he did so in historic fashion. He became the first player in PGA Tour history to win as both an amateur and a professional in the same season.
At 20 years old, he also became the youngest player to be named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year since Jordan Spieth earned the honor back in 2013.
Nick Dunlap won the award thanks to a member vote, with PGA Tour members who played at least 15 events during the 2024 campaign eligible to vote.
Dunlap received 57 percent of the vote, according to the PGA Tour.
Of course, Nick Dunlap’s year began as an amateur college golfer at Alabama. But he played in and won The American Express, then shortly after announced his move to turn pro.
He would later go on to win the Barracuda Championship in July.
Because he played so well, Nick Dunlap finished in the top 50 in the FedEx Cup standings, qualifying him for the PGA Tour’s signature events in 2025.
Dunlap ended his amateur career as the No. 1 player in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He won the 2021 U.S. Junior Amateur and the 2023 U.S. Amateur, joining Tiger Woods as the only players to win each title.
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