Wisconsin football drops in the latest ESPN Football Power Index rankings
Yahoo Sports • 1 min read • Latest: Sep 8, 2026, 10:20 AM
Last updated Sep 8, 2026
Wisconsin experienced a significant decline in the latest ESPN Football Power Index rankings published September 8, 2026. The Badgers fell 10 spots to rank 53rd nationally just one week into the college football season. Within the Big Ten conference, the team is now positioned 12th. Luke Fickell's squad began the season with an FPI of 4.8 but has seen that metric decrease to 3.8. The ranking system, which utilizes 20,000 simulations of the remaining schedule to predict future performance, identifies this shift as the second-worst trend in the Big Ten. Only Rutgers recorded a steeper decline in the conference, dropping 29 spots with a -6.9 FPI movement.
- •Wisconsin fell 10 spots in the ESPN Football Power Index.
- •The Badgers hold a national rank of 53rd.
- •The team moved from 11th to 12th within the Big Ten conference.
- •Luke Fickell leads the Wisconsin program.
- •The current FPI for Wisconsin is 3.8.
- 10:20 AMYahoo Sports — Wisconsin football suffers 17th biggest fall in ESPN's FPI rankings
"The Wisconsin Badgers suffered a major fall in ESPN's Football Power Index rankings.
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