Wisconsin football opens as a 10.5-point underdog in its Week 12, 2024 contest against the Oregon Ducks, odds via DraftKings Sportsbook.
The game profiles to be the toughest test on Wisconsin’s gauntlet 2024 schedule. It highlights the final stretch of the Badgers’ Big Ten slate that also includes a game against Penn State, at Iowa, at Nebraska and home against Minnesota.
Related: Big Ten football 2024 schedule power rankings
Oregon enters the season with legitimate national title expectations in its first year in the Big Ten. It enters the season with a win total of 10.5 despite a challenging conference slate.
Dan Lanning’s team currently ranks No. 3 in ESPN SP+ with the metric’s No. 1 overall offense rating and No. 14 defense rating. The Ducks went 10-3 in 2022 and 12-2 in 2023 in his first two years in charge, and are now expecting to see a breakthrough in year three.
The late-season game at Camp Randall Stadium presents a golden opportunity for a statement win for Luke Fickell as he looks to establish the Badgers in the new Big Ten landscape. A win as a double-digit home spread against one of the nation’s top three teams certainly fits the definition of an ‘upset.’
DraftKings Sportsbook is yet to release the game’s over-under.
Of note, we’ve also seen the Badgers open as 23.5-point favorites against Western Michigan, 8-point underdogs against Alabama and 4.5-point underdogs against USC.
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