Oct 13, 7:43 AM EDTstats the morning after a game; scores and grades the same night

Wisconsin

4–1 FBS · Big Ten · this season
Rating
+10.8
Rank
19
Résumé
27
Projected wins
8.5▲ 3.8 vs preseason
CFP odds
11%

Schedule

our line · the market · graded at the early week line
DateOpponentOur lineOursMarketResultPerf.Our call
Sun, Sep 69/6at Notre DameNDWIS +30.8WIS +20.5L 13–4134ND · W
Sat, Sep 129/12Western IllinoisWestern IllinoisWIS −36.6WIS −43.5W 36–952
Sat, Sep 199/19Eastern MichiganEMUWIS −14.7WIS −24.5W 54–1086EMU · L
Sat, Sep 269/26at Penn StatePSUWIS +16.9WIS +10.5W 24–2058PSU · L
Sat, Oct 310/3Michigan StateMSUWIS −9.0WIS −10.0W 31–377MSU · L
Sat, Oct 1710/17at UCLAUCLAWIS +4.5WIS +2.5UCLA −2.5Pass
Sat, Oct 3110/31at IowaIOWAWIS +4.8—wk 9
Sat, Nov 711/7RutgersRUTGWIS −24.3—wk 10
Sat, Nov 1411/14at MarylandMDWIS −11.6—wk 11
Sat, Nov 2111/21at PurduePURWIS −9.8—wk 12

Model on WIS games: 1–3 ATS at the early week line · as the favorite 1–1 · as the dog 0–2 · home 1–1, away 0–2 · avg gap to the market +6.4 · closer than the market 2 of 4

Outlook

from 10,000 season simulations
Projected wins
8.54–1 banked, 7 to play · preseason 4.7
Bowl (6+)94%
9+ wins23%
11+ wins0%

The 7 games left add 4.5 expected wins.

Playoff picture
Reach title game17%
Win conference6%
Make the CFP11%
First-round bye1%
Win it all<1%
  • A CFP bid: 24% with a win vs UCLA, 2% with a loss.

Full bracket on the playoffs page.

Offense and defense

5 games · rank of 138 FBS
rank of 138
Offense
EPA per play+0.0877th
Success rate38.3%123rd
Pass EPA+0.0487th
Rush EPA+0.1251st
Explosive rate13.0%63rd
Quality-drive rate46.0%97th
Points per quality drive4.078th
Defense
EPA allowed−0.1217th
Success allowed35.2%21st
Pass EPA allowed−0.219th
Rush EPA allowed−0.0344th
Explosive allowed6.8%3rd
Havoc rate5.0%137th

Special teams, luck and schedule

through the latest board
rank of 138
Special teams & luck
Special teams EPA / game+0.565th
Turnover margin069th · exp. −0.5
Field position margin+5.0 yd26th
Hidden points / game+1.3banked
Luck, wins+0.13.9 earned
One-score record1–0flipped 3–2
Rush rate over expected−0.4%58th
Overall
Rating, pts vs average+10.819th
Schedule played+5.822nd
Schedule remaining+3.160th
Full schedule+4.146th
Pregame expected wins0.9of 5

Ranking by week

ours vs the AP poll
151025Wk 0Wk 2Wk 4Wk 6
Ours 19th · +10.8Week 6
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Wisconsinoff +0.08 77thdef −0.12 allowed · 17th

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Records and stats cover FBS-vs-FBS games only — the games the model grades. Rate stats exclude garbage time (a lead of 38+ in the first half, 28+ in the third quarter, 22+ in the fourth); turnovers are counted whole. Hover a row for its definition.