The Big Ten college towns were ranked by Saturday Tradition on Wednesday, and Madison came in eighth — a ranking that is certainly too low.
Whoever made this list failed to actually consider everything that Madison has to offer. There are few fan bases in the country that care about their sports teams as much as Badger fans do.
Camp Randall and the Kohl Center regularly sell out for football and men’s basketball, while the fieldhouse is always packed for the women’s volleyball team. To speak to the fan environment and passion of the Madison community, they were the only school in the nation to have more than 8,200 attend three different women’s sports events in 2022-2023.
Now to speak to the town as a whole, Madison is welcoming to all visitors. Operating as one of the most walkable cities in the country, with attractions like the capitol building, State Street and Lake Mendota, Wisconsin’s campus is tucked away in its own world.
I don’t think it’s crazy to consider Maddison a better college town than almost all of the schools in the conference, just ask ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt!
Do we agree with these B1G college town rankings? pic.twitter.com/Heq8sYSy5P
— Saturday Tradition (@Tradition) April 5, 2023
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