2020 Wisconsin Badgers football team

2020 Big Ten Conference football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: December 5, 2020
	$ – Conference champion; x – Division champion/co-champions; y – Championship game participant; As of June 27, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

Wisconsin Badgers football
2020 Wisconsin Badgers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
	West Division
2020 record	0–0 (0–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Paul Chryst (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Rudolph (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Leonhard (4th season)
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium; (Capacity: 80,321)

The 2020 Wisconsin Badgers football team represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Badgers are led by sixth-year head coach Paul Chryst and compete as members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. They play their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

Previous season

The 2019 team started the year nineteenth in the pre-season AP Poll.[1] The team finished with two regular season losses, and were invited to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 2012 to play Oregon. The Badgers lost the game and finished the year at 10–4.

Offseason

2020 NFL Draft


Round	Pick	Player	Team
2	41	Jonathan Taylor	Indianapolis Colts
3	74	Zack Baun	New Orleans Saints
4	146	Tyler Biadasz	Dallas Cowboys
5	166	Quintez Cephus	Detroit Lions
Undrafted		Chris Orr	Carolina Panthers

Transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Transfer to
Bradrick Shaw	#7	RB	6'1	205	Senior	Hoover, AL	California
Aron Cruickshank	#1	WR	5'9	155	Sophmore	Brooklyn, NY	Rutgers
Seth Currens	#10	ILB	6'3	230	Junior	Pickerington, OH	Miami (OH)
Christian Bell	#49	OLB	6'4	246	Senior	Hoover, AL	South Alabama
Griffin Grady	#47	OLB	6'2	205	Sophmore	Dublin, OH	-

Preseason

Spring game

The Badgers will hold their spring game in April 2020

Preseason Big ten Poll

Schedule

The Badgers 2020 schedule consist's of six home games, four away games, and two neutral site games. The Badgers host two of its non-conference games; against Appalachian State of the Sun Belt, and against Southern Illinois of the Missouri Valley.

In Big Ten Conference play, Wisconsin will play all members of the West Division, and draws Indiana, Michigan, and Maryland from the East Division.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV
September 4		Indiana	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI
September 12		Southern Illinois*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI
September 19		Appalachian State*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI
September 26		at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI
October 3	6:30 p.m.	vs. Notre Dame*	Lambeau Field Green Bay, WI (Shamrock Series)	NBC
October 10		Minnesota	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (Paul Bunyan's Axe)
October 24		at Maryland	Maryland Stadium College Park, MD
October 31		Illinois	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI
November 7		vs. Northwestern	Wrigley Field Chicago, IL
November 14		at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN
November 21		Nebraska	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI (Rivalry)
November 28		at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Rivalry)
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings (after November 3) released prior to game All times are in Central time

Source:[2]

Roster

2020 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`2`	Chase Wolf	So
WR	`3`	Kendric Pryor	Sr
QB	`5`	Graham Mertz	Fr
WR	`6`	Danny Davis III	Sr
RB	`8`	Jalen Berger	Fr
RB	`10`	Isaac Guerendo	So
WR	`11`	Stephan Bracey	Fr
QB	`12`	Daniel Wright	Fr
WR	`13`	Chimere Dike	Fr
WR	`13`	Mike Gregoire	So
WR	`14`	Jordan DiBenedetto	Fr
QB	`15`	Danny Vanden Boom	Jr
WR	`16`	Jack Dunn	Sr
QB	`17`	Jack Coan	Sr
WR	`18`	Cam Phillips	Fr
WR	`21`	Cooper Nelson	Fr
WR	`22`	Cade Green	Jr
WR	`24`	Haakon Anderson	Fr
WR	`24`	Adam Krumholz	Sr
WR	`25`	Isaac Smith	Fr
RB	`25`	Nakia Watson	So
FB	`28`	Quan Easterling	Fr
RB	`29`	Brady Schipper	So
TE	`30`	Coy Wanner	Jr
RB	`32`	Julius Davis	Fr
FB	`34`	Mason Stokke	Sr
RB	`36`	Hunter Johnson	Jr
RB	`37`	Garrett Groshek	Sr
TE	`41`	Jack Eschenbach	So
TE	`43`	Hayden Rucci	Fr
FB	`44`	John Chenal	Jr
TE	`46`	Gabe Lloyd	Sr
TE	`47`	Clay Cundiff	Fr
TE	`49`	Cam Large	Fr
OL	`50`	Logan Brown	Fr
OL	`59`	Andrew Lyons	So
OL	`60`	Logan Bruss	Jr
OL	`61`	Dylan Barrett	Fr
OL	`62`	Logan O'Brien	Fr
OL	`64`	Sean Timmis	Fr
OL	`65`	Tyler Beach	Jr
OL	`66`	Tanor Bortolini	Fr
OL	`67`	Cormac Sampson	So
OL	`68`	Ben Barten	Fr
OL	`69`	Aaron Vopal	Jr
OL	`70`	Josh Seltzner	Jr
OL	`71`	Cole Van Lanen	Sr
OL	`73`	Kerry Kodanko	Fr
OL	`73`	Alex Fenton	Jr
OL	`74`	Michael Furtney	So
OL	`75`	Joe Tippmann	Fr
OL	`76`	Kayden Lyles	Jr
OL	`77`	Blake Smithback	Jr
OL	`78`	Trey Wedig	Fr
OL	`79`	Jack Nelson	Fr
WR	`81`	Taj Mustapha	So
WR	`82`	Emmet Perry	Jr
TE	`84`	Jake Ferguson	Jr
WR	`86`	Devin Chandler	Fr
TE	`86`	Luke Benzschawel	Sr
WR	`89`	A.J. Abbott	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
CB	`1`	Faion Hicks	Jr
S	`2`	Reggie Pearson	So
CB	`4`	Donte Burton	So
CB	`5`	Rachad Wildgoose	Jr
CB	`6`	Dean Engram	Fr
OLB	`7`	Spencer Lytle	Fr
CB	`8`	Deron Harrell	Jr
S	`9`	Scott Nelson	Jr
CB	`11`	Alexander Smith	So
S	`12`	Titus Toler	Fr
CB	`16`	Amaun Williams	Fr
CB	`17`	Max Lofy	Fr
S	`18`	Collin Wilder	Sr
OLB	`19`	Nick Herbig	Fr
S	`19`	John Torchio	So
CB	`20`	Semar Melvin	Fr
CB	`21`	Caesar Williams	Sr
ILB	`22`	Jacob Heyroth	So
CB	`24`	James Williams	Fr
S	`25`	Eric Burrell	Sr
CB	`26`	Travian Blaylock	So
CB	`27`	Cristian Volpentesta	Sr
ILB	`29`	Jackson Kollath	Fr
S	`30`	Tyler Mais	Jr
S	`31`	Madison Cone	Sr
ILB	`32`	Marty Strey	So
ILB	`34`	Ross Gengler	Fr
CB	`36`	Kobe Knaak	Sr
OLB	`37`	Riley Nowakowski	Fr
S	`38`	Dante Caputo	Fr
ILB	`39`	Tatum Grass	Fr
OLB	`41`	Noah Burks	Sr
OLB	`42`	Jaylan Franklin	So
OLB	`43`	Preston Zachman	Fr
ILB	`45`	Leo Chenal	So
OLB	`46`	Hegeman Tiedt	Sr
OLB	`48`	Cole Dakovich	Fr
OLB	`50`	Izayah Green-May	Jr
DE	`51`	Giovanni Paez	Fr
OLB	`52`	Kaden Johnson	Fr
OLB	`53`	Malik Reed	Fr
ILB	`54`	Jordan Turner	Fr
ILB	`55`	Maema Njongmeta	Fr
DE	`56`	Rodas Johnson	Fr
DE	`57`	Michael Balistreri	Jr
ILB	`57`	Jack Sanborn	Jr
ILB	`58`	Mike Maskalunas	Sr
DE	`59`	Aaron Witt	Fr
DE	`90`	Isaiah Mullens	So
OL	`90`	James Thompson Jr.	Fr
NT	`91`	Bryson Williams	Jr
DE	`92`	Matt Henningsen	Jr
DE	`93`	Garrett Rand	Sr
DE	`94`	Boyd Dietzen	So
NT	`95`	Keeanu Benton	So
DE	`96`	Cade McDonald	Fr
DE	`97`	Isaiahh Loudermilk	Sr
DE	`98`	C.J. Goetz	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`19`	Collin Larsh	Jr
P	`26`	Jack Van Dyke	Fr
P	`28`	Gavin Meyers	Fr
K	`28`	Blake Wilcox	Fr
LS	`51`	Adam Bay	Sr
LS	`52`	Josh Bernhagen	Sr
LS	`63`	Peter Bowden	Fr
LS	`64`	Duncan McKinley	Fr
P	`96`	Conor Schlichting	Jr

Head coach

Paul Chryst (Wisconsin)

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Joe Rudolph (Wisconsin)
Associate Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator, Offensive Line
Jim Leonhard (Wisconsin)
Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
Bobby April (Louisiana-Lafayette)
Outside Linebackers
Bob Bostad (Wisconsin–Stevens Point)
Inside Linebackers
Inoke Breckterfield (Oregon State)
Defensive Line
Jon Budmayr (Wisconsin)
Quarterbacks
Alvis Whitted (North Carolina State)
Wide Receivers
Chris Haering (West Virginia)
Special Teams
John Settle (Appalachian State)
Running Backs
Mickey Turner (Wisconsin)
Tight Ends
Ross Kolodziej (Wisconsin)
Head Strength & Conditioning Coach

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 19, 2019

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP
Coaches
CFP	Not released																Not released

Game summaries

Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoosiers	0	0	0	0	0
Badgers	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
41–18–2	2017	W, 45–17

Southern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	0	0	0	0	0
Badgers	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Appalachian State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	0	0	0	0	0
Badgers	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Badgers	0	0	0	0	0
Bulls	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–51–1	2019	W, 35–14

vs Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fighting Irish	0	0	0	0	0
Badgers	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–8–2	1964	L, 7–31

Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers	0	0	0	0	0
Badgers	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
61–60–8	2019	W, 38–17

at Maryland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Badgers	0	0	0	0	0
Terrapins	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2017	W, 38–13

Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fignting Illini	0	0	0	0	0
Badgers	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
42–38–7	2019	L, 23–24

vs Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Badgers	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
60–36–5	2019	W, 24–15

at Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
Badgers	0	0	0	0	0
Boilermakers	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
50–29–8	2019	W, 45–24

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cornhuskers	0	0	0	0	0
Badgers	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–4	2019	W, 37–21

at Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Badgers	0	0	0	0	0
Hawkeyes	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
48–43–2	2019	W, 24–22

Awards and honors

References

"Preseason AP Poll". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 31, 2019.
"2020 Wisconsin Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

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[1] "Preseason AP Poll". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 31, 2019.

[2] "2020 Wisconsin Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.

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