The Wisconsin Badgers are set for a showdown with old friend Bret Bielema and the Illinois Fighting Illini on Saturday.
Bielema’s team sits at 2-4 through six games this season, that including tough losses against UTSA and Virginia and an impressive Week 0 win over Nebraska. It sounds crazy to say, but Illinois enters this Week 6 game ahead of Wisconsin in the Big Ten West standings.
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But the early gauntlet of games is now over for the Badgers. They face Illinois this weekend, host Army on October 16 and proceed through the rest of the Big Ten schedule with only one ranked game on the horizon—October 30 vs. Iowa.
For what to watch and what to expect from Illinois on Saturday, though, here is a complete 2021 Fighting Illini team preview: