by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at University of Wisconsin-Madison, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. UW - Madison is classified as NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Big Ten Conference.
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The UW - Madison men’s football team fields 122 student athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 391. Academic data covers 450 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 15 varsity sports UW - Madison reports, football sits at #3 by total roster size.
The men’s football program employs 16 coaches — 1 head coach and 15 assistants. Of those, 11 are full-time and 5 part-time. Leading the program is Luke Fickell.
Among the school’s 15 sports, football ranks #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The UW - Madison men’s football program brought in $112,319,593 in revenue against $40,903,448 in expenses, a net profit of $71,416,145. This comes to about $54,431 in operating expense per athlete, or $6,640,545 per team.
Against the school’s 15 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 59% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team posted an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 987 (986 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 94%. The program kept 98% of its athletes, with 99% remaining academically eligible.
Compared with the school’s average team APR of 992, football lands below the pack at 987.
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Some figures may be missing where the school did not report them.