The Wisconsin Badgers are ready to restart their Big Ten play, and now they will face only conference foes for the rest of the regular season. It starts with a bang, too, playing one of the top teams in the Big Ten as well as the country, the Purdue Boilermakers. It will be a test to see whether these last two non-conference games actually served as a reset.
It's going to be a revealing game for the Badgers one way or another, and you'll want to watch it over the weekend. Here's how to watch it.
How do I watch Wisconsin vs. Purdue?
Who: Purdue Boilermakers
When: 7 p.m. CT on Saturday, January 3, 2026
Where: Kohl Center, Madison, Wisconsin
TV: FOX
Streaming: fubo TV and Fox Sports app
What is the series history between Wisconsin vs. Purdue?
The Badgers have played Purdue 190 times in the two schools' history. The Boilermakers rank as the fourth most-played team for Wisconsin. The only teams they've seen more of are Minnesota, Illinois, and Northwestern.
In bad news for Wisconsin, it's also the team that has beaten them the second most and boasts the best overall record versus the Badgers at 115-75 all-time. Yet, Wisconsin has won the last two meetings, during the regular season last year, 94-84, and in the 2024 Big Ten Tournament the year before. That game featured overtime in which the Badgers pulled off the victory 76-75.
These two teams don't like each other, and neither do the fanbases. It was a game that fans found frustrating to see that it was scheduled over break, when the students would mostly be away from campus.
What are the current prediction/odds for Wisconsin vs. Purdue?
The official Vegas odds haven't been posted yet on the game. You can expect to see that about 24 hours before tipoff on sites like FanDuel. However, ESPN's analytics predictor forecasts a pretty lopsided margin for the Badgers.
Right now, the matchup predictor has Purdue's probability of winning at 68.1%, and Wisconsin's at 31.9%.