The Wisconsin Badgers will be going bowling after securing a bid by beating Rutgers last Saturday. The question will be where and what bowl? That really depends on how Wisconsin finishes out this closing stretch of the season. If they go 3-0 or 0-3 or somewhere in between, it all changes for them.
As of now, here's what the experts are predicting for Wisconsin and the bowl game they could be in to cap off the season.
CBS Sports: Pinstripe Bowl vs. Pitt
CBS Sports has Wisconsin facing Pitt in the Pinstripe Bowl, which is an interesting one because it's considered a novelty bowl that's used almost for TV ratings more than anything. It's in Yankee Stadium and usually features two teams that may get some extra eyeballs on the game but didn't perform as well as either team would have liked. Last season it was Penn State vs. Clemson.
Both ended with seven wins in the season. Wisconsin fans would like to see the Badgers in a better bowl.
RotoWire: Duke's Mayo Bowl vs. Louisville
RotoWire, which uses more AI projections, has Wisconsin in the Mayo Bowl taking on Louisville. It's hard not to get the image of PJ Fleck drenched in Mayo out of your head for this one. Though maybe you remember Graham Mertz breaking the glass trophy back in 2020 instead.
Wisconsin can still do better, and it falls in the same category as the Pinstripe Bowl. It typically features six- or seven-win teams.
Athlon Sports: Music City Bowl vs. Oklahoma
Athlon Sports is finally starting to get the picture that maybe Wisconsin will end with more than six wins on the season. The Music City Bowl is on December 30th and is one of the better bowls for teams that are typically a tier down from CFP teams. Last season, as a reference, it featured two 8-win programs in Illinois and Tennessee.
ESPN: Music City Bowl vs. Ole Miss or South Carolina
ESPN has a similar tune (get it?) to Athlon Sports, and both experts (Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach) think that Wisconsin will be in the Music City Bowl. However, Bonagura thinks that Wisconsin will be taking on Ole Miss, while Schlabach says it will be South Carolina.
Either way, we see another notable publication putting Wisconsin into a higher-tier bowl and one that Wisconsin fans wouldn't mind traveling to (Nashville).
College Football News: ReliaQuest Bowl vs. Tennessee
The ReliaQuest Bowl is one of the top non-CFP bowls in all of college football. For some teams, it's like a consolation prize because they were expecting a CFP bid, but for others, it's a great honor as they are programs on the rise.
Last season, it was an 8-win Iowa team versus a 10-win Vanderbilt team that battled it out in this one. It's also one of the bowls played on New Year's Eve. It's a good one, and it appears that CFN thinks that Wisconsin will be around eight or nine wins on the season.
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