Wisconsin·Big Ten

2015 — The Ten-Win Year

Wisconsin's 2015 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-3
Final result 10-win season Won the Holiday Bowl
AP final #23 post-bowls
SP+ +5.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Alabama 17-35 W vs Miam (OH 58-0 W vs Troy 28-3 W vs Hawai'i 28-0 L vs Iowa 6-10 W @ Nebraska 23-21 W vs Purdue 24-7 W @ Illinois 24-13 W vs Rutgers 48-10 W @ Maryland 31-24 L vs Northw 7-13 W @ Minnes 31-21 W vs USC 23-21 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2015.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: Wisconsin 58, Miami (OH) 0. A 58-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Wisconsin 17, Alabama 35. A 18-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Wisconsin beat USC 23-21 in the postseason.

"On Wisconsin"
— Wisconsin fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What it meant

2015 is a middle chapter for Wisconsin — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.