Tag: Season Prediction

ESPN FPI sees more trouble ahead for the Wisconsin Badgers

ESPN FPI sees more trouble ahead for the Wisconsin Badgers

ESPN FPI predicted weeks of disappointment were ahead for the 2021 Wisconsin Badgers after their Week 2 victory vs. Eastern Michigan.

The forecast at the time included losses to Michigan and Iowa and a final regular-season record of 9-3.

Well, the outlook has grown increasingly grim since Wisconsin’s bye week. The Badgers dropped the contest against Notre Dame in Chicago thanks to a fourth-quarter collapse, let Michigan win its first game at Camp Randall since 2001 and now sit in last place in the Big Ten West.

ESPN FPI projections are following that outlook, as they now see Wisconsin losing to some of its Big Ten West rivals.

The current FPI projection after Wisconsin’s loss to Michigan? A bowl-less season for the Badgers for the first time 2001:

BadgersWire’s official 2021 Big Ten football season predictions

BadgersWire’s official 2021 Big Ten football season predictions

It is finally Wisconsin Badger game week.

That sentence feels so good to say. And although Nebraska and Illinois kicked off the Big Ten football season on Saturday, we have now entered the official one-week countdown to the start of Big Ten season.

Related: Takes you can get behind: 6 bold predictions for Wisconsin’s 2021 football season

Asher and I got together this weekend to predict every relevant Big Ten outcome this season. We have the projected order of finish of each division, the conference winner, conference offensive and defensive players of the year and teams that we are buying and selling entering the season.

Without further ado, let’s get to football:

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Nate Davis of USA TODAY predicts Seahawks finish 2020 with 9-7 record

Nate Davis of USA TODAY Sports predicts the Seattle Seahawks will finish the 2020 NFL regular season with a 9-7 record.

Seattle Seahawks fans have long taken issue with USA TODAY Sports’ Nate Davis and his power rankings and predictions and now it looks like the 12s will have yet another reason to express their displeasure.

In his most reason piece, Davis has the Seahawks finishing the 2020 NFL regular season with a paltry9-7 record.

“Their 11-5 showing in 2019 was rather fluky given they outscored the opposition by a collective 7 points,” Davis writes. “Seattle must now overcome the apparent loss of DE Jadeveon Clowney, hope its top two running backs (Chris Carson, Rashaad Penny) recover from serious injuries and pray QB Russell Wilson once again masks a subpar offensive line. Four 1 p.m. kickoffs on the East Coast won’t help, nor does a travel itinerary that includes a league-high 29,000+ miles.”

Of note, Davis has the Seahawks’ biggest rival – the 49ers – easily winning the NFC West with an impressive 12-4 finish to put Seattle at No. 2 in the division at the end of the season.

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