Data Skrive:
Camp Randall Stadium is the venue where the Wisconsin Badgers will battle the Western Michigan Broncos on Friday, August 30, 2024.
The Badgers are very heavy favorites (currently -24) in their matchup versus the Broncos, with the over/under being 56.5 points. (On the moneyline, the Badgers are -2778 and the Broncos are +1277.)
Read on for our betting preview for this season, and find all of our expert picks here, too!
Spread
Bet $20, Payout $37.86
Wisconsin -24 vs. Western Michigan
Wisconsin vs. Western Michigan Betting Odds
- Spread favorite: Badgers (-24)
- Moneyline: Badgers (-2778), Broncos (+1277)
- Total: 56.5 points
- TV Channel: FOX Sports Networks
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Wisconsin vs. Western Michigan Betting Stats and Info
- Wisconsin covered six times in 13 games with a spread last season.
- Wisconsin did not cover the spread last season (0-1 ATS) when playing as at least 24-point favorites.
- Wisconsin games went over the point total five out of 13 times last season.
- Western Michigan compiled a 7-5-0 record against the spread last year.
- Western Michigan was an underdog by 24 points or more last year twice, and failed to cover both times.
- Western Michigan games went over the point total seven out of 12 times last season.
Wisconsin vs. Western Michigan Key Players
Wisconsin Badgers
- Tanner Mordecai threw for 2,066 yards last season (158.9 per game) while completing 65% of his passes (204-for-314), with nine touchdowns and four interceptions. He also carried the ball 90 times for 302 yards and four touchdowns, averaging 23.2 yards per game.
- A year ago Braelon Allen picked up 984 rushing yards (75.7 per game) and scored 12 touchdowns.
- Jackson Acker totaled 322 rushing yards on 72 carries, with two touchdowns on the ground, last season.
- Last year Will Pauling was targeted 115 times and collected 74 catches for 837 yards and six touchdowns.
- Bryson Green’s stat line last year revealed 32 catches for 480 yards and two touchdowns. He put up 36.9 yards per game.
- Chimere Dike caught 19 passes for 328 yards and one touchdown, averaging 25.2 yards per game.
- Darryl Peterson boasted an impressive stat line of 4.5 sacks, eight TFL and 46 tackles last year.
- Hunter Wohler’s 2023 campaign saw him total 116 tackles, five TFL, one sack, and two interceptions.
- Last season, Ricardo Hallman hauled in seven interceptions and added 35 tackles, three TFL, and eight passes defended.
Western Michigan Broncos
- Hayden Wolff threw for 1,505 yards while completing 65.5% of his passes last season, with eight touchdowns and five interceptions (125.4 yards per game).
- Jalen Buckley racked up 1,003 rushing yards (83.6 per game) and scored 10 touchdowns.
- Last year Zahir Abdus-Salaam ran for 470 yards on 123 carries (39.2 yards per game), with five rushing touchdowns.
- Kenneth Womack hauled in 76 passes for 691 yards last season while scoring one touchdown. He was targeted 110 times, and averaged 57.6 yards per game.
- Leroy Thomas also chipped in with 401 yards on 36 catches and two touchdowns. He was targeted 58 times, and averaged 33.4 receiving yards last year.
- Anthony Sambucci caught 21 passes on 36 targets for 318 yards and five touchdowns, averaging 26.5 receiving yards per game.
- Last season Marshawn Kneeland put up 4.5 sacks, five TFL and 47 tackles.
- Tate Hallock’s 2023 campaign saw him total 74 tackles, one TFL, and two interceptions.