Wisconsin plays SEC opponent in latest USA TODAY Sports bowl projections

Greetings, BBN! Conference championships are in the books, the playoff is set, and bowl mania is such a few weeks away! Nine teams from the Southeastern Conference had a season good enough to get a holiday trip, and one of them is playing for a championship and one of them is blue, white, and playing Clemson in the Gator Bowl seeking their 6th bowl…

The Big Blue Nation received quite the palate cleanser on rivalry weekend. Kentucky hit the road and knocked off No. 9 Louisville in front of a record crowd at L&N Federal Credit Union Stadium. Explosive plays and takeaways allowed the Wildcats to run away from the Cardinals thanks to a 31-14 blitz in the last 20-plus minutes of the…

Gameday Weather: South Carolina vs. Kentucky The expected happened last week in Lexington. Top-10 Alabama rolled Kentucky. The expected happened last week in Columbia. South Carolina rolled last-place Vanderbilt to stay alive in the bowl hunt. Now the two SEC East teams will meet in Week 12, and this game could mean a lot when the bowl selection…

Andy Staples Week 11 Picks: Alabama at Kentucky | 11.06.23 Only three weeks remain in the 2023 college football regular season. That means the postseason picture is becoming clear. On Saturday in Starkville, Kentucky (6-3, 3-3) became bowl-eligible for the eighth year in a row. Where will the Wildcats go bowling? KSR is here to help. Once per week…

Wisconsin lost a tough game to Iowa two weeks ago and lost control of its destiny to win the Big 10 West. The Badgers got a big favor with Iowa being upset by Minnesota last week, and now the Badgers hold a one-game lead in the West. Still, winning the West will be challenging for Wisconsin. That is because the Ohio State Buckeyes are coming to…

Looking for information on the best bets in Big Ten play in Week 3, or attempting to create a parlay bet? Our computer model favors betting on the over/under in the Western Kentucky vs. Ohio State matchup, and taking Western Kentucky (+29.5) over Ohio State on the spread. See more analysis on those college football games in the article…

If you are looking for information on the best bets in Big Ten play in Week 3, or creating a parlay bet, our computer model is here to help. It favors betting on the over/under in the Western Kentucky vs. Ohio State matchup, and picking Georgia Southern (+19.5) over Wisconsin against the spread. See more insights on those college football games in…

The bowl projections for Tennessee football entering the 2023 season seem to be a consensus. Nearly every outlet projecting bowl games has the Vols destined for the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, where they'll face Wisconsin. The Tennessee-Wisconsin Citrus Bowl is the matchup projected by Athlon Sports, Action Network, CBS Sports, College Football…

Kentucky is becoming a trendy pick to play in Memphis for some postseason football. After Jerry Palm of CBS Sports projected the Wildcats to make the AutoZone Liberty Bowl earlier this month, another popular outlet is now doing the same. On Monday morning, Action Network's Brett McMurphy unveiled his first weekly bowl projections for the upcoming…

Iowa Hawkeyes (7-5) vs. Kentucky Wildcats (7-5) December 31, 2022 12:00 pm EDT The Line: Kentucky Wildcats -2.5 / Iowa Hawkeyes+2.5 Over/Under: 31.5 (Click here for latest betting odds) The Kentucky Wildcats and Iowa Hawkeyes clash Saturday in the college football Music City Bowl from Nissan Stadium. Iowa enters this matchup at 7-5 overall. The…

New Wisconsin football coach Luke Fickell was asked this week who will start at quarterback for the Badgers in the bowl game against Oklahoma State after their regular QB entered the transfer portal. Fickell shrugged, unable to offer any insight into the process that will be handled by the holdover coaching staff leading up to the Guaranteed Rate…

The Hawkeyes closed out the 2022 regular season with three wins in their last four games to finish with a 7-5 overall record and a 5-4 mark in Big Ten play. On Sunday afternoon, Iowa announced that they have accepted a bid to the Music City Bowl and will face Kentucky for the second straight season. The Hawkeyes are 0-1 all-time against Kentucky in…

The bowl picture amongst middling SEC teams is far from clear entering the final week of the regular season, Kentucky included. Sitting at 6-5, the Wildcats will welcome the Louisville Cardinals to Kroger Field for the Governor's Cup this Saturday, a game that will likely have major implications on where UK lands for its postseason matchup in late…

college football odds series for our Wisconsin Michigan State prediction and pick. The Wisconsin Badgers have entered a new era. Now we get to find out how permanent or long-lasting that era will be. The school fired head coach Paul Chryst after an abysmal start to the 2022 season. There were worries that Wisconsin football had stagnated and that…

With Paul Chryst gone and Jim Leonhard now at the helm, the Wisconsin Badgers have already shown some encouraging signs of improvement. As such, we're backing them as 7.5-point road favorites when they head to East Lansing to take on the reeling Spartans. A pair of underachieving Big Ten programs face off in Lansing on Saturday where the Michigan…

We have reached the halfway point of the season and Purdue is 4-2. We're two plays from 6-0, really. Even though the dream of an undefeated season is dead, some great hings can still be accomplished. A second straight bowl game is very likely, and there is a real chance to win the West Division. It's a good place to be. Let's look around the league…

Over the past decade, Wisconsin has built a reputation of being one of the most consistent, successful athletic programs in the country. Since 2010, Badger men's basketball and football have a combined win percentage of.708, which is the 5th highest in all of NCAA Division 1. Though neither team has won a national championship recently, they have…

247Sports - Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL) vs. Texas A&M ESPN (Kyle Bonagura) - Orange Bowl (Miami Gardens, FL) vs. Florida State ESPN (Mark Schlabach) - Citrus Bowl vs. Kentucky CBS Sports - Music City Bowl (Nashville, TN) vs. Arkansas USA Today - Citrus Bowl vs. Tennessee College Football News - Citrus Bowl vs. Tennessee Action Network - Citrus Bowl…

Last week ATS: 7-11 (5-7 B1G, 2-4 National) Season ATS: 28-29-2 (15-16-1 B1G, 13-13-1 National) (All lines courtesy of Draftkings Sportsbook.) Maryland v. No. 4 Michigan (-17) - 12:00 p.m. - FOX We should find out a little bit about Michigan in this game, since we haven't really been able to learn much about the Wolverines in their first three…

Another college football season is upon us, and expectations are high for the Gophers. Could this be the season Minnesota finally returns to the Rose Bowl? Let's take a look at what the experts are saying. 247Sports - Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL) vs. Arkansas ESPN (Kyle Bonagura) - Pinstripe Bowl (New York, NY) vs. Syracuse ESPN (Mark Schlabach) -…

Two games in the Big Ten have shaken up the New Year's Six projections this week. The big one was Michigan State coming from behind to beat Michigan in East Lansing as a four-point underdog, according to William Hill Sportsbook. The Spartans knocked the Wolverines out of the New Year's Six projections and themselves move up to the No. 6 position in…

With one game left in the regular season, the college football bowl picture at the top of the Big Ten is becoming more clear. Michigan and Ohio State will play for the Big Ten East title and a spot in the Big Ten championship game and, likely, the College Football Playoff as well. Penn State and Iowa both sit at 9-2. The Hawkeyes clinched the Big…