Expectations are high for the 2018 Wisconsin football team. They come into the season ranked 4th in the AP Poll, their highest ranking since the 2000 season, where they also started the season number 4. The Badger’s offense is expected to be the best in years with Heisman candidate Jonathan Taylor.
If the Badgers want to make a run at a Big Ten championship and a playoff appearance, it will have to start at home against Western Kentucky. Last season, the Hilltoppers finished the regular season with a 6-6 record and earned a bid to the AutoNation Cure Bowl, where they lost to Georgia State.