The Wisconsin Badgers have not quite figured out how to win important games this season. They are 0-5 in quad-1 games and 9-0 in every other quad game. The good news for Badger fans is that right now, UCLA is billed as a quad-2 game, but it will be their best quad-2 opp0-5onent of the season as the Bruins are a NET 42. The only other team they've played in that range was TCU, whose NET is 47, and they lost to the Horned Frogs.
Why is TCU a quad-1 game, you ask, but not UCLA? Simple, TCU was a neutral site game, and UCLA is at home. If Wisconsin were playing UCLA on the road or even at a neutral location, it would also be quad-1. Which means, this will be a real test.
The bad news, it's going to be a pain to watch. It's only on Peacock.
How do I watch Wisconsin vs. UCLA?
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Who: UCLA Bruins
When: 8 p.m. CT on Tuesday, January 6, 2026
Where: Kohl Center, Madison, Wisconsin
TV: Peacock
Streaming: Peacock
What is the series history between Wisconsin vs. UCLA?
Wisconsin has only ever played UCLA nine total times. As the Bruins are a fairly new team to the Big Ten, there's not a storied history between the programs. The Badgers are 3-6 all-time against UCLA. However, they are 1-1 since the Bruins came to the Big Ten.
What are the current prediction/odds for Wisconsin vs. UCLA?
FanDuel has the odds right now favoring Wisconsin at -3.5. That's pretty good considering they were 6.5 underdogs to Purdue and lost by 16. It does help that UCLA is also coming off a loss to Iowa by 13.
FanDuel also has the over/under at 152.5. Meaning that Vegas is predicting the game to be somewhere around 78-75 (if you take the over).
ESPN currently predicts Wisconsin will win at 55.2%. That's about as good a prediction as you will get. Will the Badgers pull it off? They need to, or the season really starts to unravel.