Wisconsin football is now less than 200 days away from opening its 2024 season against Western Michigan.
The 2024 campaign is an important one for Luke Fickell and his program. The team went 7-6 in 2023, an understandable record given the challenges coaches face in their first year at new jobs.
Related: Ranking the Big Ten head football coaches entering the 2024 season
But first-year excuses, or explanations, go away once year two begins. That’s why Wisconsin’s transfer portal haul and returning production must return the Badgers to their top-of-the-conference standing — even against one of the Big Ten’s toughest schedules.
Look ahead to 2024, we’ve already ranked all 18 programs in the Big Ten, ranked all 18 head coaches, predicted each Big Ten team’s 2024 record and checked in on the Las Vegas win totals for each team in the conference.
Now, our ranking of Wisconsin’s 10 best players entering the 2024 season: