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. That’s quite the drop off.
The Badgers are picked to finish 7th. That’s not terrible, but doesn’t meet the expectations of the fans or Luke Fickell himself. If Wisconsin beats every team below them, and loses to every team above them (and Alabama), they will go 7-5. That’s just over their Vegas win total of 6.5, but the same record they had last year. It would be nice if they could pull off an upset or two and prove that things in the Fickell regime are improving rapidly.
In Badger fashion though, for every upset they manage to pull, I’d be worried about dropping a game to a team they “should” beat. Northwestern and Rutgers won’t be pushovers this year.
All that said, I want the Badgers to surpass expectations every season. This year that’s 8-4. So be it.
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This article was written by Cole Tollison and edited by Hayden Breene