For those clamoring for Wisconsin to open a season against a Conference USA school your wish has been granted.
UW announced in a press release that it will kick off the 2018 season against Western Kentucky. The game will be played at Camp Randall Stadium Sept 1 of that year.
That game will mark the first-ever meeting between the two football programs. It also wraps up the Badgers’ non-conference schedule for the next four years (2016-19). UW had previously announced games against LSU (2016) and BYU (2017, 2018) during that same span.
In conjunction with the football announcement, the school also announced a home-and-home series in men’s basketball against WKU in 2017 and 2018.