BadgersWire Staff Predictions: Wisconsin at Northwestern

The Badgers look to bounce back on Saturday

After a tumultuous week in the world of Wisconsin football, the Badgers are finally ready to play a game.

Jim Leonhard will make his debut as the interim head coach when the Badgers travel to Evanston to take on the Northwestern Wildcats. Wisconsin is still in search of their first Big Ten win of the season, while Northwestern has been winless since their season-opening victory over Nebraska.

What Wisconsin team will we see today after an emotional week in Madison? How will the Badgers respond? Here is what our team at BadgersWire thinks about Saturday afternoon’s Big Ten West matchup:

Northwestern Football Schedule 2022: 3 Things To Know

Northwestern football schedule. The 2022 schedule with 3 things to know

Northwestern football schedule 2022: Who does Northwestern miss on the Big Ten schedule and what are 3 things to know?


Northwestern Football Schedule 2022

Aug 27 Nebraska (Dublin, Ireland)

Sept 3 OPEN DATE

Sept 10 Duke

Sept 17 Southern Illinois

Sept 24 Miami University

Oct 1 at Penn State

Oct 8 Wisconsin

Oct 15 OPEN DATE

Oct 22 at Maryland

Oct 29 at Iowa

Nov 5 Ohio State

Nov 12 at Minnesota

Nov 19 at Purdue

Nov 26 Illinois

2022 College Football Schedules: All 131 Teams

Northwestern Football Schedule What To Know: Who do the Wildcats miss from the Big Ten East Division?

Northwestern doesn’t catch a whole lot of breaks in interdivisional play. It misses Michigan and Michigan State (good) along with Indiana and Rutgers (bad).

Also bad – Ohio State. At least the Buckeyes come to Evanston, but the Wildcats have to go to Penn State and Maryland. Making matters worse is that those two are sandwiched around the date with Wisconsin.

Northwestern Football Schedule What To Know: Take a long August trip, stay home in September

Not only does Northwestern get to play in Ireland against Nebraska to start the season, but it gets a week off before diving into a light and creamy non-conference run. Duke, Northern Illinois, and Miami University are all home games before diving back into Big Ten play to start October.

And then there’s a problem …

Northwestern Football Schedule What To Know: What does it all really mean?

Yuck.

The regular season finale against Illinois is winnable, but what kind of shape will the Wildcats be in? There isn’t one sure-thing winnable game from October 1st through Thanksgiving.

Yeah, the non-conference slate isn’t any big deal, and yeah, there are plenty of home games to get up to speed, but Northwestern has five road games in seven dates including a brutal second half run of four road games in five around a home game against Ohio State.

Throw in that Nebraska game, and half the season is away from home – that’s not big-time for a Big Ten program.

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2022 College Football Schedules: All 131 Teams

Northwestern Football Schedule 2021: Analysis, Best and Worst Case Scenarios

Breaking down and analyzing the 2021 Northwestern Wildcats football schedule with the best and worst case scenarios

Breaking down and analyzing the 2021 Northwestern Wildcats football schedule with the best and worst case scenarios.


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Northwestern Football Schedule 2021

Full schedule analysis with best and worst scenarios below

2021 Big Ten Football Schedule

Sept. 4 Michigan State

Sept. 11 Indiana State

Sept. 18 at Duke

Sept. 25 Ohio

Oct. 2 at Nebraska

Oct. 9 OPEN DATE

Oct. 16 Rutgers

Oct. 23 at Michigan

Oct. 30 Minnesota

Nov. 6 Iowa

Nov. 13 at Wisconsin

Nov. 20 Purdue

Nov. 27 at Illinois

Dec. 4 Big Ten Championship (in Indianapolis)

Games vs. The East: at Michigan, Michigan State, Rutgers

Missed Teams From The East: Indiana, Maryland, Ohio State, Penn State

Northwestern Wildcats Football Schedule Analysis: COMING

Northwestern Wildcats Football Schedule Best Case Scenario: COMING

Northwestern Wildcats Football Schedule Worst Case Scenario: COMING

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Northwestern Football Schedule 2020 Prediction, Breakdown, Analysis

Northwestern football schedule 2020 with the Big Ten-only slate

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Northwestern football schedule 2020 with the Big Ten-only slate.


Northwestern Football Schedule 2020

Sept. 5 at Penn State

Sept. 12 Wisconsin

Sept. 19 at Michigan State

Sept. 26 Maryland

Oct. 3 at Iowa

Oct. 10 OPEN DATE

Oct. 17 Illinois

Oct. 24 Nebraska

Oct. 31 at Purdue

Nov. 7 OPEN DATE

Nov. 14 at Minnesota

Nov. 21 Michigan

Nov. 28 OPEN DATE

Missed: Indiana, Ohio State, Rutgers
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