Wisconsin firmly in the top 20 of ESPN SP+’s final preseason rankings

ESPN’s SP+’s final preseason ranking is always the last milestone before football actually begins. The rankings dropped yesterday.

Wisconsin is projected at a similar spot in every preseason ranking thus far. The USATODAYSports AFCA Coaches Poll has the Badgers at No. 21 and the AP Poll has the team at No. 19.

ESPN’s SP+’s final preseason ranking is always the last milestone before football actually begins. The rankings dropped yesterday. To kill the suspense, Wisconsin ranks No. 19.

The metric has the Badgers with the No. 43-ranked offense and No. 10 defense. It projects the team at 8.9 total wins, 6.2 conference wins and the No. 59-ranked strength of schedule in the country.

Consider this a broken record as we enter a Wisconsin football season: if the offense clicks and rises into the nation’s top 20, the Badgers could be in for a very special season.