No college football offseason is complete without a skim or thorough read, depending on your preference, of Phil Steele’s College Football Preview.
I could take a million angles from the magazine to preview Wisconsin’s season. But Steele always does a tremendous job with in-depth previews of where each roster stands entering the season.
The Big Ten has seen substantial change this offseason. New coaches are at Wisconsin, Nebraska, Purdue and Northwestern, and top programs, including Ohio State and Penn State, have new young quarterbacks.
What isn’t changed? The Big Ten East and West exist for one final season before USC and UCLA join the conference in 2024. That, and Wisconsin has a terrific running back room.
Here is how Phil Steele ranked every Wisconsin position group entering the season, compared to both the Big Ten and the rest of the country: