Every football program believes they get better in the offseason, but ESPN’s college football reporters aren’t convinced about what Luke Fickell accomplished.
They ranked every team’s offseason moves since the end of the 2024 season, and the Wisconsin Badgers ranked 16th out of the 18 Big Ten teams.
The only two Big Ten teams that ranked below Wisconsin were Maryland and Purdue.
The ranking was based on teams’ ability to retain key players and coaches, along with their transfer portal and high school recruiting additions.
The Badgers’ replacements for the talent they lost don’t come in with a lot of proven production at the Power Four level, and Fickell will be counting on them to elevate their game in 2025.
Expectations will be low for Wisconsin this season, but that can help them fly the under radar and reduce some of the pressure on them.
