College Football
#56

Wisconsin Badgers

Big Ten · 4-2

Camp Randall Stadium · 80,321 seats

Wisconsin Badgers rank #56 among FBS teams in the Predictium ratings with an opponent-adjusted net rating of +0.044 points per play (Elo 1574), a 4-2 record in the Big Ten, and 50% of that rating still riding on preseason priors.

Ratings

Net rating
+0.044
#56 in FBS
Offense
-0.001
higher is better
Defense
-0.044
lower is better
SOS
+0.039
mean opp. rating
Elo
1574
Off EPA/play
+0.010
higher is better
Def EPA/play
-0.089
lower is better
Off success
-0.001
Def success
-0.027
Off explosive
+0.005
Def explosive
-0.018
Rush EPA
+0.057
offense
Pass EPA
-0.030
offense
Pts / drive
2.16
9.5 drives/gm
Pts / opportunity
2.96
inside opp 40

Offense and Defense are the net rating's own split (offense − defense reconciles to net rating exactly); everything else is opponent-adjusted, per play. Defensive numbers are from the defense's perspective: negative means opponents produced less than expected. SOS is the mean net rating of every opponent on the schedule.

What drives our rating

No black box: these are the actual model inputs behind Wisconsin's number, including exactly how much is still preseason prior versus observed play.

Preseason prior-0.012

Where our rating started before a snap was played

Prior season rating-0.030

Last season's final rating, for comparison

Offseason adjustment+0.019

This season's prior minus last season's final rating — our offseason risers/fallers number

Prior remaining50%

How much of today's rating still rides on that prior — fades as real games arrive

Returning production31%

Share of last season's production (PPA) back on the roster

Recruiting talent+0.70σ

Recruiting talent, standard deviations above the FBS average

Transfer portal+7.1 pts

Net production gained or lost through the transfer portal

Coaching changeNo

First-year head coach adds uncertainty and resets some priors

Rating trajectory

Weekly net rating across the season — starts at the preseason prior and moves as real games replace it.

+0.05-0.01Wk 1Wk 8

Schedule & results

WkOpponentResultOur lineMarketATS
1NNotre DameL 13–41———
2vsWestern IllinoisW 36–9———
3vsEastern MichiganW 54–10———
4@Penn StateW 24–20———
5vsMichigan StateW 31–3———
7@UCLAL 7–17———
8vsUSCOct 24———
9@IowaOct 31———
10vsRutgersNov 7———
11@MarylandNov 14———
12@PurdueNov 21———
13vsMinnesotaNov 28———