Wisconsin football: Final record predictions for every Big Ten team

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Wisconsin football: Final record predictions for every Big Ten team

Welcome to the 2023 college football season.

Week 0 games took place this weekend with top teams including No. 13 Notre Dame and No. 6 USC picking up win No. 1 on the season.[affiliatewidget_smgtolocal]

Wisconsin and the rest of the Big Ten get underway this weekend as out-of-conference play leads into the conference schedule later in the month. For the Badgers and the rest of their Big Ten West counterparts, the season represents a golden opportunity for a trip to Indianapolis before USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington join the conference and divisions are eliminated.

There is a pile of work to come here at BadgersWire leading up to Wisconsin vs Buffalo next Saturday at 2:30 p.m. central. Before we get to that, it’s time to predict wins and losses for every Big Ten team in 2023, plus a pick for the conference championship:

Wins: Indiana State, Akron, Rutgers

Losses: Ohio State, Louisville, Maryland, Michigan, Penn State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan State, Purdue

Record: 3-9 (1-8 Big Ten)

Wins: Northwestern, Temple, Wagner

Losses: Virginia Tech, Michigan, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Indiana, Ohio State, Iowa, Penn State, Maryland

Record: 3-9 (1-8 Big Ten)

Wins: Central Michigan, Richmond, Rutgers, Minnesota, Nebraska, Indiana

Losses: Washington, Maryland, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State

Record: 6-6 (4-5 Big Ten)

Wins: Towson, Charlotte, Virginia, Michigan State, Indiana, Illinois, Northwestern, Rutgers

Losses: Ohio State, Penn State, Nebraska, Michigan

Record: 8-4 (5-4 Big Ten)

Wins: Indiana, Youngstown State, Western Kentucky, Notre Dame, Maryland, Purdue, Wisconsin, Rutgers, Michigan State, Minnesota

Losses: Penn State, Michigan

Record: 10-2 (7-2 Big Ten)

Wins: East Carolina, UNLV, Bowling Green, Rutgers, Nebraska, Minnesota, Indiana, Michigan State, Purdue, Maryland, Ohio State

Losses: Penn State

Record: 11-1 (8-1 Big Ten)

Wins: West Virginia, Delaware, Iowa, Northwestern, UMass, Ohio State, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Rutgers, Michigan State

Losses: Illinois

Record: 11-1 (8-1 Big Ten) — Big Ten East Champ

Wins: UTEP, Howard

Losses: Rutgers, Duke, Minnesota, Penn State, Nebraska, Maryland, Iowa, Wisconsin, Purdue, Illinois

Record: 2-10 (0-8 Big Ten)

Wins: Colorado, Northern Illinois, Louisana Tech, Northwestern, Maryland

Losses: Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Purdue, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Iowa

Record: 5-7 (2-7 Big Ten)

Wins: Fresno State, Syracuse, Illinois, Nebraska, Northwestern, Indiana

Losses: Virginia Tech, Wisconsin, Iowa, Ohio State, Michigan, Minnesota

Record: 6-6 (4-5 Big Ten)

Wins: Toledo, Kansas, Florida Atlantic, Nebraska, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Northwestern

Losses: Penn State, Purdue, Maryland, Minnesota

Record: 8-4 (5-4 Big Ten)

Wins: Nebraska, Eastern Michigan, North Carolina, Northwestern, Louisiana, Michigan State, Illinois, Purdue

Losses: Michigan, Iowa, Ohio State, Wisconsin

Record: 8-4 (5-4 Big Ten)

Wins: Utah State, Iowa State, Western Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, Minnesota, Northwestern, Rutgers, Nebraska

Losses: Penn State, Wisconsin, Illinois

Record: 9-3 (6-3 Big Ten)

Wins: Buffalo, Georgia Southern, Purdue, Rutgers, Iowa, Indiana, Northwestern, Nebraska, Minnesota

Losses: Washington State, Illinois, Ohio State

Record: 9-3 (7-2 Big Ten) — Big Ten West Champ

Prediction: Penn State over Wisconsin

A rematch of 2016’s championship game has the same result, unfortunately for Wisconsin fans. It may be a year or two too early for Luke Fickell and the Badgers while Penn State is set to have its best team in more than a decade.