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Published Aug 6, 2020

Wisconsin Badgers open at No. 12 in first Amway Coaches Poll

Jon McNamara • BadgerBlitz

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@McNamaraRivals

Wisconsin opened at No. 12 in the first Amway Coaches Poll powered by USA TODAY Sports.

The Big Ten has six teams in Top 25: Ohio State (2), Penn State (7), Wisconsin (12), Michigan (15), Minnesota (18) and Iowa (23). Of those six programs, the Badgers are only slated to play the Wolverines, Gophers and Hawkeyes in 2020.

UW finished No. 13 in the coaches poll last season.

Amway Coaches Poll

Rank	Team

No. 1	Clemson
No. 2	Ohio State
No. 3	Alabama
No. 4	Georgia
No. 5	LSU
No. 6	Oklahoma
No. 7	Penn State
No. 8	Florida
No. 9	Oregon
No. 10	Notre Dame
No. 11	Auburn
No. 12	Wisconsin
No. 13	Texas A&M
No. 14	Texas
No. 15	Michigan
No. 15	Oklahoma State
No. 17	USC
No. 18	Minnesota
No. 19	North Carolina
No. 20	Utah
No. 21	Central Florida
No. 22	Cincinnati
No. 23	Iowa
No. 24	Virginia Tech
No. 25	Iowa State

Wisconsin's 2020 Schedule

Date	Opponent

Sept. 4	Indiana
Sept. 12	@ Northwestern
Sept. 19	@ Nebraska
Sept. 26	Minnesota
Oct. 3	@ Maryland
Oct. 10	Purdue
Oct. 24	Illinois
Oct. 31	@ Michigan
Nov. 14	@ Iowa
Nov. 21	Rutgers

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