All eyes are on the Wisconsin Badgers' week one opponent, Notre Dame, and rightfully so, but there's a competitive conference trio they're stuck playing this season.If the US LBM Preseason Coaches Poll revealed anything, it's that the Badgers could have a tougher schedule than they originally anticipated. To no surprise, teams like Western Illinois, Eastern Michigan, and even a few Big Ten teams such as Michigan State, Purdue, and Minnesota, among others, were unranked.That said, Notre Dame comes in at No. 5, and that's a huge test for Luke Fickell's squad to face right out of the gate.When it comes to Big Ten play, the Badgers could have to play three ranked teams, including back-to-back ranked opponents from October 24-31.Wisconsin football opponents US LBM Preseason Coaches Poll rankingsNo. 5: Notre Dame Fighting IrishNo. 14: USC TrojansNo. 17: Penn State Nittany LionsNo. 22: Iowa HawkeyesRankSchool (Record)PointsLast Season's Rank1st Place Votes1Ohio State (12-2)1,7416382Oregon (13-2)1,637463Georgia (12-2)1,591574Texas (10-3)1,5441325Notre Dame (10-2)1,5241156Indiana (16-0)1,5221147Miami, FL (13-3)1,4092-8Texas A&M (11-2)1,1748-9Oklahoma (10-3)1,10410-10Mississippi (13-2)1,0963-11Alabama (11-4)1,0509-12Texas Tech (12-2)1,0347-13LSU (7-6)951NR-14USC (9-4)83821-15BYU (12-2)78112-16Michigan (9-4)71922-17Penn State (7-6)463NR-18Tennessee (8-5)428NR-19Washington (9-4)406NR-20SMU (9-4)378NR-21Utah (11-2)31314-22Iowa (9-4)29117-23Clemson (7-6)235NR-24Houston (10-3)19419-25Missouri (8-5)158NR-The US LBM Board of Coaches for the 2026 season: Tim Albin, Charlotte; Blake Anderson, Southern Mississippi; Dave Aranda, Baylor; David Braun, Northwestern; Jeff Brohm, Louisville; Fran Brown, Syracuse; Neal Brown, North Texas; Troy Calhoun, Air Force; Jamey Chadwell, Liberty; Curt Cignetti, Indiana; Sonny Cumbie, Louisiana Tech; Spencer Danielson, Boise State; Ryan Day, Ohio State; Kalen DeBoer, Alabama; Manny Diaz, Duke; Jake Dickert, Wake Forest; Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri; Sonny Dykes, TCU; Jason Eck, New Mexico; Mike Elko, Texas A&M; Tony Elliott, Virginia; Matt Entz, Fresno State; Jedd Fisch, Washington; James Franklin, Virginia Tech; Willie Fritz, Houston; Scott Frost, Central Florida; Tony Gibson, Marshall; Alex Golesh, Auburn; Will Hall, Tulane; Blake Harrell, East Carolina; John Hauser, Ohio; Clay Helton, Georgia Southern; Tyson Helton, Western Kentucky; Charles Huff, Memphis; Butch Jones, Arkansas State; KC Keeler, Temple; Charles Kelly, Jacksonville State; Brent Key, Georgia Tech; Zach Kittley, Florida Atlantic; Collin Klein, Kansas State; Tre Lamb, Tulsa; Rhett Lashlee, SMU; Clark Lea, Vanderbilt; Lance Leipold, Kansas; Pete Lembo, Buffalo; Sean Lewis, San Diego State; Dowell Loggains, Appalachian State; Joey McGuire, Texas Tech; Jeff Monken, Army; Kirby Moore, Washington State; Eric Morris, Oklahoma State; Dan Mullen, UNLV; Billy Napier, James Madison; Pat Narduzzi, Pittsburgh; Brian Newberry, Navy; Ken Niumatalolo, San Jose State; Barry Odom, Purdue; Tim Polasek, North Dakota State; Tavita Pritchard, Stanford; Ricky Rahne, Old Dominion; Matt Rhule, Nebraska; Rich Rodriguez, West Virginia; Morgan Scalley, Utah; JaMarcus Shephard, Oregon State; Kirby Smart, Georgia; Will Stein, Kentucky; Jon Sumrall, Florida; Lance Taylor, Western Michigan; Jeff Traylor, Texas-San Antonio; Scotty Walden, Texas-El Paso; Kyle Whittingham, Michigan; Casey Woods, Missouri State.Contact/Follow @TheBadgersWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Wisconsin Badgers news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Jordon Lawrenz on X @jordonlaw_pxp.This article originally appeared on Badgers Wire: Four Wisconsin football opponents make preseason US LBM Coaches Poll

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