While Badger Football earned a respectable #10 ranking from the inaugural USA Today Coaches poll in advance of the 2017 college football season. Winning the C otton Bowl an dreturning numerous starters has a way of boosting your preseason stock.
But what if anything does the first poll of the season tell us about the Badger Football opponents this year?
Only three other Big Ten teams made the Top 25 and all were ranked ahead of Badger Football. However, the Michigan Wolverines one spot ahead of the Badgers at #9 are the only team in the USA Today Top 25 that are on the Badger Football schedule for 2017.