College Football News recently released their previews for the Big Ten season and each Big Ten team.
As written about earlier this week, the outlet had four Badgers on their preseason All-Big Ten team: Logan Bruss, Isaiahh Loudermilk, Jack Sanborn and Jack Dunn.
Well, the outlet also ran through the Badgers’ schedule and predicted the outcome of each contest.
Here are their game-by-game record predictions for the 2020 Wisconsin Badgers.
Sept. 4 vs Indiana: W (1-0, 1-0 Big Ten)
Sept. 12 vs Southern Illinois: W (2-0, 1-0 Big Ten)
Sept. 19 vs Appalachian State: W (3-0, 1-0 Big Ten)
Sept. 26 at Michigan: L (3-1, 1-1 Big Ten)
Oct. 3 vs Notre Dame (at Lambeau Field): W (4-1, 1-1 Big Ten)
Oct. 10 vs Minnesota: W (5-1, 2-1 Big Ten)
Oct. 24 at Maryland: W (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten)
Oct. 31 vs Illinois: W (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten)
Nov. 7 at Northwestern (at Wrigley Field): W (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten)
Nov. 14 at Purdue: W (9-1, 6-1 Big Ten)
Nov. 21 vs Nebraska: W (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten)
Nov. 28 at Iowa: L (10-2, 7-2 Big Ten)
As seen above, the outlet has the Badgers’ two losses coming in their two toughest road games—at Michigan and at Iowa. Now, if fans are not allowed to attend games this season that significant home field advantage that the Wolverines and Hawkeyes have could be nearly eliminated.
In early May I went through the Badgers’ schedule and did the same thing, giving game-by-game score predictions for each game.
My results were eerily similar to those of College Football News, as my 10-2 record included an 8-1 Big Ten record and losses coming against Notre Dame and at Iowa.
One big takeaway from much of the offseason talk surrounding Paul Chryst’s team both from local outlets and national? Though the team said goodbye to all-world producers on the offensive and defensive side of the football, Chryst will be able to reload and continue the impressive run of success he’s been on since taking over as head coach in 2015.