Wisconsin·Big Ten

2023 — The 2023 Season

Wisconsin's 2023 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the ReliaQuest Bowl
AP final #19 post-bowls
SP+ +4.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Buffalo 38-17 L @ Wash St 22-31 W vs Geor Sou 35-14 W @ Purdue 38-17 W vs Rutgers 24-13 L vs Iowa 6-15 W @ Illinois 25-21 L vs Ohio St 10-24 L @ Indiana 14-20 L vs Northw 10-24 W vs Nebraska 24-17 W @ Minnes 28-14 L @ LSU 31-35 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2023.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2023 season's largest margin: Wisconsin 38, Buffalo 17. A 21-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Wisconsin 10, Ohio State 24. A 14-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Wisconsin fell to LSU 31-35 in the postseason.

"On Wisconsin"
— Wisconsin fanbase voice · 2023· synthesized
What it meant

2023 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.