PFF ranks the Badgers near the middle of Big Ten

Ahead of the 2023 CFB season, Pro Football Focus (PFF) ranked the 14 teams in the Big Ten with Wisconsin coming in near the middle. 

Ahead of the 2023 college football season, Pro Football Focus (PFF) ranked the 14 teams in the Big Ten, and Wisconsin came in near the middle. Officially, the Badgers were seventh in the conference.

With Luke Fickell (Cincinnati) taking over at head coach, Wisconsin fans are expecting a step up in production from their Badgers who went 7-6 last year. Offensive coordinator Phil Longo brought his air raid offense from North Carolina, and transfer quarterback Tanner Mordecai (SMU) is considered a significant improvement over multi-year starter Graham Mertz.

Mixed with the addition of Mike Tressel (Cincinnati) at defensive coordinator and more than a dozen new players via the transfer portal, Wisconsin has a lot of buzz around their team going into 2023.

Based off PFF’s power rankings, the Badgers are the fourth-best team in the Big Ten West, a position they’ve finished at or below only once over the last four seasons.

Wisconsin seems rather likely to prove PFF wrong in the Badgers’ first full campaign under Luke Fickell.

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