July 24, 2024

The B1G Media has medium expectations for the Badgers in 2024. What does that mean for Wisconsin’s record, and how do they think the rest of the B1G will shake out?

Badgers Expected to finish 7th in the B1G

Big Ten Media Days is this week. That means a lot of press conferences, announcements, and polls. The B1G beat writers for every team plus some national writers all put out their expected order of finish for the conference. 

Here are the results:

1 – Ohio State (21)
2 – Oregon (6)
3 – Penn State 
4 – Michigan
5 – Iowa
6 – USC
7 – Wisconsin
8 – Nebraska
9 – Rutgers
10 – Washington 
11 – Maryland
12 – Minnesota
13 – Illinois
14 – Northwestern
15 – UCLA
16 – Michigan State
17 – Indiana
18 – Purdue

 * Parentheses indicates 1st place votes

• Ohio State 1st, and Oregon 2nd is expected; they are the favorites to win the conference.
• The state of Indiana takes the last two spots. I guess they’ll be Notre Dame fans this year.
• Washington played for a National title last year, but is expected to be 10th in the B1G this year.

…