Wisconsin Vs Alabama Game Predictions

The Badgers enter week three with a 2-0 record on paper. The eye-test though, tells another story. They are a team that struggled against Western Michigan, a team who Ohio State promptly beat 56-0 the following week, and failed to dominate South Dakota, an FCS program. Now Wisconsin will face one of their biggest challenges of the year in Alabama in a game that's expected to be fairly lob-sided in the Tide's favor. So how do our writers see the game going?

No one is buying into any upset hype, as all of us have Alabama by multiple scores. The fourth-ranked Crimson Tide just seem too powerful for how the Badgers have been playing. There is a path to winning, but a lot of things would need to go right. A fast start and a vintage Tyler Van Dyke performance could put Wisconsin in a position to win, but we've yet to see either of those things thus far.

If Wisconsin can pull off the upset, they'll almost certainly jump up into the top-25 rankings. If the Badgers lose, they'll have a bye to regroup and then face another tough test in USC on the road. After a subjectively slow start, the Badgers need to hit their stride this week to beat Alabama and then to survive the gauntlet that October and November holds.