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Published Aug 7, 2023

Wisconsin Badgers open at No. 21 in first USA Today Sports Coaches Poll

Jon McNamara • BadgerBlitz

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Wisconsin opened at No. 21 in the first USA TODAY Sports AFCA football coaches poll.

The Big Ten has four teams in Top 25: Michigan (2), Ohio State (4), Penn State (7) and Wisconsin (21). Of those programs, the Badgers are only slated to play the Buckeyes in 2023.

UW did not finish in the coaches poll last season.

USA Today Sports AFCA Coaches Poll

Rank	Team	Points

No. 1	Georgia	1,643
No. 2	Michigan	1,510
No. 3	Alabama	1,489
No. 4	Ohio State	1,485
No. 5	LSU	1,294
No. 6	USC	1,228
No. 7	Penn State	1,181
No. 8	Florida State	1,145
No. 9	Clemson	1,078
No. 10	Tennessee	991
No. 11	Washington	941
No. 12	Texas	848
No. 13	Notre Dame	841
No. 14	Utah	839
No. 15	Oregon	820
No. 16	TCU	655
No. 17	Kan State	440
No. 18	Oregon State	365
No. 19	Oklahoma	320
No. 20	North Carolina	315
No. 21	Wisconsin	309
No. 22	Mississippi	303
No. 23	Tulane	225
No. 24	Texas Tech	200
No. 25	Texas A&M	196

Wisconsin's 2023 Schedule

Date	Opponent

Sept. 2	Buffalo
Sept. 9	@ Washington State
Sept. 16	Georgia Southern
Sept. 22	@ Purdue
Oct. 7	Rutgers
Oct. 14	Iowa
Oct. 21	@ Illinois
Oct. 28	Ohio State
Nov. 4	@ Indiana
Nov. 11	Northwestern
Nov. 18	Nebraska
Nov. 25	@ Minnesota

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