Wisconsin

5-3

Week 10 · updated Wednesday, Nov 4

Wisconsin lost 0-30 at Iowa and is 5-3.

Fan mood in the week of the Iowa game: sour, sourer than usual for them

Fan mood in each Wisconsin game week this season

Compared with other fanbases in r/CFB game threads that week. Each row is a week, named for its game; the further right the dot, the brighter the talk.

sourerbrightervs Western Illinois W 36-9middle of the packvs Eastern Michigan W 54-10sourat Penn State W 24-20middle of the packvs Michigan State W 31-3middle of the packat UCLA L 7-17sourvs USC W 24-7middle of the packat Iowa L 0-30soursourerbrighterSep 12vs Western IllinoisW 36-9middle of the packSep 19vs Eastern MichiganW 54-10sourSep 26at Penn StateW 24-20middle of the packOct 3vs Michigan StateW 31-3middle of the packOct 17at UCLAL 7-17sourOct 24vs USCW 24-7middle of the packOct 31at IowaL 0-30sour
  • L 13-41 vs Notre Dame
  • W 36-9 vs Western Illinois
  • W 54-10 vs Eastern Michigan
  • W 24-20 at Penn State
  • W 31-3 vs Michigan State
  • L 7-17 at UCLA
  • W 24-7 vs USC
  • L 0-30 at Iowa
  • Next: vs Rutgers, Saturday, Nov 7

Scores ours first. The three losses came by 28, 10 and 30.

Wisconsin fans in other seasons

souruneasymixedhopefulall in2019hopeful2020mixed2026 so faruneasysouruneasymixedhopefulall in2019hopeful2020mixed2026so faruneasy

2021-2025 are not shown: not enough of their chatter was read to place a season.

Since the last game

Wisconsin lost 0-30 at Iowa.

The whole Iowa game

Before Rutgers

Wisconsin has won the last six meetings.

Greg Schiano is 0-3 against Wisconsin as a head coach.

The playoff simulation gives Wisconsin a 71% chance at home against Rutgers on Saturday, Nov 7.

Rutgers game on Now

What the Rutgers game is worth

How fan mood is read

Fan mood compares what Wisconsin fans wrote in r/CFB game threads with every FBS fanbase with enough talk that week. A week runs Monday to Sunday and is named for the game in it. The read is redrawn 300 times from the same commenters, re-ranking every fanbase each time. Sour or all in means the read sat in the bottom or top fifth in at least 70 of every 100 draws; on the sour side or on the bright side, in the bottom or top two fifths in at least 80; anything less settled is middle of the pack. A bright label also needs more positive talk than negative, and a sour one the reverse. Brighter or sourer than usual compares the week with the team's own earlier weeks, after taking out how every fanbase read that week. Each dot sits at the read's rank that week. A week read before these labels keeps the word it was first given, the fifth it sat in (sour, uneasy, mixed, hopeful or all in). Season averages are the mean of a season's reads, in fifths from sour to all in, and seasons before 2026 were read from each week's wider talk, so a comparison across seasons is rough. 2019 and 2020 were read later, in one pass, from saved talk.

Fan mood, week by week

Mood over time

Position = mood · width = volume · color = the kind of feeling

What the reporters say

What reporters say

8 quotes collected this season

What the beat said, in their own words.

When you’re the head coach of a blue blood school, you have to be ready to weather the storms, the overly positive and overly negative
Riley · On33 days before Wisconsin's 2026 game against Iowa
So I think this week the most interesting game is obviously Ohio State at Southern Cal. I was reading some pieces today after the Wisconsin loss that Lincoln Riley is finished
Finebaum · On32 days after the 24-7 game
I would like to thank the University of Wisconsin and the football staff for the opportunity
Graham · Buckys5thquarter3 days after the 31-3 game

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Fan chatter

Fan chatterThe loudest night of the season and what a usual night looks like.

Fan chatter this season

Roaring

The loudest night was the 54-10 win over Eastern Michigan.

FirstSecondThirdFourthWisconsin fansEastern Michigan fansusual

A usual night for Wisconsin fans is steady.

Arguments

The argumentThe one thing this fanbase can't agree on, with receipts.

Inside the fanbase: all 12 corners

Cr/CFB
GGoogle News
LLocked On
BBuckys 5Th Quarter
CCampus paper
BBluesky
YYouTube
7 outlets & communities talking

The split, staged

Warmest corner+0.09
Local
Most bought-in cohort
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Coldest corner+0.02
Casuals
Coolest cohort

How Wisconsin fans actually talk

Rr/CFBFan talk

Wisconsin: be 26th last week Wisconsin: has convincing win at home Wisconsin: gets less votes

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One of the crowd’s most upvoted takes — read for mood, not as a side. The cohort read is the measured part.

From the team’s own coverage

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Locked On

Badgers Win! Wisconsin Hoops Kicks off the season with a win against Denver! Foxwell plays well!

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All 12 corners of the fanbase

negative
0
positive
Casuals+0.02 to Local+0.09

Cohort sentiment is a source-weighted model read — never a quote pinned to a person.

What this fanbase keeps coming back to

fan energy
27%
recent results
19%
where the program is headed
15%
the coaching staff
12%
offense
6%

Topics are model-labeled from Reddit — a rough signal of what this fanbase is circling right now.

week 10. The sources and the divergence rank are measured. Cohort labels and sentiment are a source-weighted model estimate, never a quote attributed to a person.
ArgumentsRecurring arguments this fanbase keeps returning to.

What fans are saying

recruiting resultEarly signal — few voices

fans think the team lacks standout individual talent compared to past years

Chryst really shit the bed in recruiting down the stretch, and the roster was in really, really bad shape. No depth, and a lot of missing talent.

We have fallen -certainly- but I can't think of a single guy on that field that looked like he was draft-ready beyond the punter.

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Sep 7, 2026 · via CFB, WisconsinBadgers

player performanceOne fan's take

One fan believes Flanagan needs to work on her shooting accuracy

Flanagan is going to be a star, but she’s gotta learn to vary her shot.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 22, 2026 · via WisconsinBadgers

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injury availabilityLimited signal that season

fans think the team struggles without their best starting QB

Dear football gods please don't give our starting QB a season ending injury 3 years in a row 🙏

Not really but you can’t just ignore it as a big reason why our offense was so bad last year. Obviously there are still a lot of issues but not having your starting QB will make any college team worse.

Based on 2 comments from 2 posters across 2 threads · Aug 29, 2025 · via CFB

program directionOne fan's take

One fan thinks the team lacks improvement under his leadership

We’ve gone 7–6, 5–7, 4–8, and now we’re four years in still being asked to imagine progress that never shows up on Saturdays.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 7, 2026 · via WisconsinBadgers

program directionOne fan's take

One fan argues the program has been slow to adapt to NIL rules

Everyone blaming a coach who was fired 4 years ago for the current state of the program, especially in the era of NIL, is deluded.

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Sep 6, 2026 · via WisconsinBadgers

player performanceOne fan's take that season

One fan argues the team’s offense is held back by poor line play

The line will need to play better or it won’t go well though. The scheme is one that pretty much needs good line play to anchor the run

Based on 1 comment from 1 poster across 1 thread · Aug 29, 2025 · via CFB

Rival talk

The obsessionThe rival this fanbase can't stop bringing up.
Rent Free · r/CFB fan posts, 2026 season
Wisconsin fans 63% of posts bring up another team▲5pp saltier#22 of 77 saltiest · mostly about Iowa
Who Wisconsin fans can’t stop bringing up
  1. Iowa20%
  2. USC10%
  3. Minnesota7%
  4. Notre Dame7%
  5. Penn State6%
share of Wisconsin’s football posts that mention each team
Wisconsin lives rent-free in
  1. Minnesota11%
  2. Notre Dame8%
  3. Michigan State7%
share of each rival fanbase’s football posts that bring up Wisconsin

How Wisconsin fans talk

Who they talk aboutThe people this fanbase names more than anyone else does.
Who they talk about Against the field · 2026 season

The names this fanbase says more than anyone else does — players, coaches, the places they keep coming back to. Not slang: these are the people carrying the conversation.

Luke Fickell
×177.8 the field
Signature — named ≥10× as often as the rest of college football
Luke Fickell×177.8
Jeff Grimes×347.0
Paul Chryst×61.4

“Off-season Luke Fickell: I wish I had an offensive line like the Green Bay Packers. *Monkey paw curls*”

reddit/CFB · fan post
Fans on Luke Fickell
  1. Luke Fickell is to Wisconsin football what Matt Eberflus was to the Chicago Bears.
  2. They should strongly consider Luke Fickell. He took a G6 team to the 4-team playoff, imagine what he could do at resource rich
  3. Another Luke Fickell special. Being so mentally checked out that we score a big fat Zero against our
  4. I think I’d disagree if Jason Eck didn’t exist. Luke Fickell is probably a fine coach, B-. But he’s never going to have us competing for the
  5. This is what Luke Fickell teams are. Is this finally the nail in Luke Fickell's coffin? 🙏 If this game is
  6. I have been the staunchest of Luke Fickell defenders but I’m out. You can lose to Iowa there’s no shame in it… You can’t lose
  7. Iowa has won 5 straight against Wisconsin, by a 148-26 score. Luke Fickell is 0-4 against Iowa, getting outscored 124-16. It's 67-0 Iowa over the last two
  8. This was the 3rd time in 4 seasons Luke Fickell started 5-2 at Wisconsin. He's 4-12 in the 8th game or later in the season.
What they're calledThe slang the sport reaches for about this program more than most.
What the sport calls them 2026 season · from Words

How often college football reaches for these watchlist words about Wisconsin — against the average FBS program, or against their own usual rate — said by rival fans and national media as readily as by their own people.

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Voice profileHow this fanbase sounds vs. every other fanbase.
Measured
Optimism
17th
Joy
44th
Anger
75th
Doom
54th
Sarcasm
78th
Vs the 127 highest-volume fanbases - 2026 season
Vocabulary by eraThe words that defined each chapter of this program.

Season vocabulary

2026nil
niljosephuclauscnotredame
Money? Iowa is last or nearly last in nil
2025flair
flairplease keepstadiumalabamatrashpunter
Other flair man But we lost are starting quarterback, again So we'll see
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