Tale of the Tape: How Wisconsin Matches Up With Oregon

Wisconsin (2-5, 0-4) will look to get back on track on Saturday at No. 6 Oregon (6-1, 3-1). The Badgers are in the midst of a five-game losing streak, including 10 consecutive losses against power-four opponents. Is there any hope against the Ducks in Eugene? Badger Blitz takes a look at the numbers.

Wisconsin Offense vs. Oregon Defense

Advantage: Oregon

No need for a run game/pass game breakdown. The numbers heavily favor Oregon across the board.

Wisconsin ranks No. 129 in FBS in scoring offense (15.5 ppg). In Big Ten Conference play, the Badgers are averaging 5.0 ppg. Half of their scoring output against league foes has come in garbage time. UW is outside the top 100 nationally in total defense, rushing offense, and passing offense as well.

Good luck against one of the nation’s best defenses. Oregon enters Saturday ranked top 10 in FBS in all four major defensive statistical categories. The Ducks are No. 1 in the country in scoring defense (6.8 ppg).

Tough to see Wisconsin getting anything done on this side of the football, especially in Eugene at night. The Ducks have held five of seven opponents under 300 yards of total offense. Three of their opponents have failed to score 10 or more points.

Oregon is also getting nearly two takeaways per game. The Ducks have seven different players with at least one interception. Linebacker Bryce Boettcher leads the way with 57.0 tackles and one interception.

Wisconsin Defense vs. Oregon Offense

Run Game: Advantage Oregon

Oregon has a top 10 rushing offense, averaging 240 yards per game on the ground. The Ducks also rank second nationally in yards per carry (6.6). Featuring five threats on the ground, Oregon has five players with at least 140 yards rushing this season. The Ducks are led by Noah Whittington (336 yards, 4 TD’s) and Dierre Hill (329 yards, 3 TD’s). The team’s third-leading rusher, Jordon Davison, leads Oregon with eight rushing scores. Quarterback Dante Moore is also going to be a factor in the run game. The sophomore has 36 carries of his own this season.

On paper, Wisconsin should hold up, but the front seven hasn’t quite shown all the way up for a big-time matchup like this just yet. The Badgers enter Saturday allowing under 100 yards per game on the ground, ranking No. 19 in FBS.

Wisconsin has held five of seven opponents under 100 yards rushing. Against the three best rushing offenses they’ve faced in 2025, the Badgers still held Iowa, Michigan, and Ohio State to a respectable 161.0 rpg.

Pass Game: Advantage Oregon

Wisconsin’s secondary has been picked apart all season. Part of it is the lack of pressure and sacks, but either way, opponents have been able to get the ball out quickly and do so for chunk plays. The Badgers are coming off a performance in which they surrendered 393 passing yards to Ohio State. A few weeks ago, Alabama put up 382 yards through the air. UW now ranks No. 102 in passing efficiency defense. The Badgers are forcing just 9.1 incompletions per game, which ranks No. 124 in FBS.

Moore comes in completing over 72 percent of his passes for 1,686 yards and 19 touchdowns to just four interceptions. Oregon ranks No. 42 in passing offense (260.8 ypg). The Ducks are going to throw the ball about 39 times per game and still rank No. 31 in sack percentage (3.8%). Oregon is also getting an impressive 13 yards per completion.

As a defense, Wisconsin has just four interceptions and 17 pass breakups. Despite constantly playing from behind, the Badgers are still seeing 30 pass attempts per game.

Early Prediction

Hope for Wisconsin doesn’t come until after the bye week. The Badgers are facing a vastly superior Oregon team at night. To make matters worse, the Ducks suffered a recent home loss and are now on a war path, blasting Rutgers 56-10 in Piscataway last week.

It’s never as bad as I think it’s going to be. I think it’s going to be around 59-0. I’ll keep things near the Vegas spread.

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