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Wisconsin football schedule 2026

12 regular-season games, 6 at home and 6 away, from Sep 6 to Nov 27. 9 in the Big Ten. Next up: away at Notre Dame on Sep 6.

September 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Sep 6 at Notre Dame
Sep 12 vs Western Illinois
Sep 19 vs Eastern Michigan
Sep 26 at Penn State TBC

October 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Oct 3 vs Michigan State TBC
Oct 17 at UCLA TBC
Oct 24 vs USC TBC
Oct 31 at Iowa TBC

November 2026 4 games

Date Opponent Time
Nov 7 vs Rutgers TBC
Nov 14 at Maryland TBC
Nov 21 at Purdue TBC
Nov 27 vs Minnesota

Home games at Camp Randall Stadium. College football data by CollegeFootballData.com, updated nightly.

Wisconsin's 2026 season

Wisconsin plays 12 regular-season games in 2026, 6 at home at Camp Randall Stadium and 6 away, opening on Sep 6 and finishing on Nov 27. 9 of them are Big Ten games and 3 are not — which is the shape of a college season: a short non-conference run, most of it early, and then two months inside the conference. The longest run at home is 2 games, from Sep 12 to Sep 19; the longest run on the road is 2, from Nov 14 to Nov 21.

The non-conference games are against Notre Dame on Sep 6, Western Illinois on Sep 12, Eastern Michigan on Sep 19. Those opponents are not in the Big Ten, so they do not appear as rows on the conference grid — a cell naming one carries a dotted underline there to say so. They are part of this team's season all the same, which is why they are on the grid at all rather than left as blank weeks.

Kick-off times are shown in your own timezone rather than US Eastern time — detected automatically, and overridable in the “Times in” control above. A Saturday-evening game in the United States is the small hours of Sunday morning across Europe, and a game that crosses midnight carries a +1 so it cannot be mistaken for the same evening. 8 of these games have no confirmed kick-off time yet and show a “?” rather than a guess. To see how Wisconsin's season compares with the rest of the conference — who has the harder stretch, and whose non-conference run is heaviest — the full Big Ten grid puts all 18 teams side by side.

Frequently asked questions

When does Wisconsin play next?

Wisconsin's next game is away at Notre Dame on Sep 6. The list below shows every remaining game, with kick-off times in your own timezone.

How many games does Wisconsin play in 2026?

12 regular-season games: 6 at home at Camp Randall Stadium and 6 away, from Sep 6 to Nov 27. 9 are against Big Ten opponents and 3 are not. Conference championship games, bowls and the College Football Playoff are not included.

Who does Wisconsin play outside the Big Ten in 2026?

3 games: Notre Dame on Sep 6, Western Illinois on Sep 12, Eastern Michigan on Sep 19. Those opponents are not in the Big Ten, so they have no row of their own on the conference grid — they are marked there with a dotted underline, and named in full on this page.

Why do some of Wisconsin's games have no kick-off time?

Because the networks have not chosen it yet. 8 of 12 games have a date but no confirmed time; college football kick-offs are fixed a week or two ahead, and a game can still move to a different day. Those carry a "?" instead of a time, because a placeholder you could not tell from a real time would be worse than none.

Does Wisconsin play at a neutral site in 2026?

Yes — one game: Lambeau Field on Sep 6. A neutral venue shows no stadium clock in the game details, because its timezone is not the home team's.

What time do Wisconsin's games start in my timezone?

Every confirmed kick-off on this page is converted to the timezone your browser reports, with a manual override in the "Times in" control. College football is published in US Eastern time, so a Saturday-evening game there starts in the small hours of Sunday across Europe, and those carry a +1 mark.

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