When does Wisconsin football play? Start time tomorrow, schedule

When there’s football at Lambeau Field on a Sunday night you’d expect to be seeing the Green Bay Packers.

Not this week.

It’ll be the Wisconsin Badgers kicking off their 2026 season on Sunday, Sept. 6, in the home of the Packers for the first college football game at Lambeau Field in 10 years.

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Wisconsin is playing No. 5 Notre Dame as part of the Shamrock Series in the return game five years after the two programs met at Soldier Field.

Kick off is set for 6:30 p.m.

The Badgers-Fighting Irish game is one of three on Sunday and part of a doubleheader on NBC.

Here’s what to know about Wisconsin’s season opener, including start time, how to watch, schedule and more:

What time do the Badgers play today?

The Badgers do not play on Saturday, Sept. 5.

After this week’s rare Sunday game, Wisconsin will play the next four Saturdays before having a bye.

What time do the Badgers play tomorrow?

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Wisconsin football plays Notre Dame at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6, at Lambeau Field to begin the 2026 season.

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Where to watch Wisconsin vs Notre Dame

The Wisconsin-Notre Dame game airs on NBC and streams on Peacock.

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NCAA football rankings

The Badgers are not part of college football’s top 25 preseason rankings, though their Week 1 opponent is. Notre Dame, coming off a 10-2 season, begins the year ranked fifth in the coaches poll.

Here are the top 10 teams heading into Week 1:

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College football schedule: When do the Badgers play?

Wisconsin-Notre Dame is one of three college football games on Sunday, Sept. 6. Each of the games involves at least one ranked team.

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Here’s the Sunday schedule:

• Washington State vs (19) Washington, 3 p.m., NBC

• Wisconsin vs (5) Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m., NBC

• Louisville vs. (10) Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m., ABC

Wisconsin Badgers football schedule

The Badgers have three nonconferece games to begin the season.

Here’s Wisconin’s full schedule:

• Sun. Sept. 6: Wisconsin vs. No. 5 Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m. NBC (Game played at Lambeau Field)

• Sat. Sep 12: Wisconsin vs. Western Illinois, 6:15 p.m. BTN

• Sat. Sep 19: Wisconsin vs. Eastern Michigan, 11:30 a.m. Peacock

• Sat. Sep 26: Wisconsin at No. 17 Penn State, TBD

• Sat. Oct 3: Wisconsin vs. Michigan State, TBD

• Sat. Oct 17: Wisconsin at UCLA, TBD

• Sat. Oct 24: Wisconsin vs. No. 14 USC, TBD

• Sat. Oct 31: Wisconsin at No. 22 Iowa, TBD

• Sat. Nov 7: Wisconsin vs. Rutgers, TBD

• Sat. Nov 14: Wisconsin at Maryland, TBD

• Sat. Nov 21: Wisconsin at Purdue, TBD

• Fri. Nov 27: Wisconsin vs. Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. NBC

Notre Dame vs Wisconsin 2026

The Wisconsin-Notre Dame game at Lambeau Field in Green Bay has been six years in the making.

This game was supposed to take place in 2020 to kick off the two-game Shamrock Series between the programs in consecutive years but it was canceled due to COVID-19 during a season that was often disrupted by the pandemic.

The two teams did meet a year later as scheduled at Soldier Field as Notre Dame crushed the Badgers, 41-13.Now, the series concludes at the home of the Packers.

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It will be the first college football game at Lambeau Field in 10 years. That year, Wisconsin upset No. 5 LSU, 16-14, to kick off a 10-3 season.

Can Wisconsin, which like in 2016 is unranked entering its game at Lambeau, pull off the upset again over the country’s fifth-ranked team?

Wisconsin, which finished 4-8 last season, is a 20.5-point underdog against the Fighting Irish.

Notre Dame enters the season hungry to begin better than last year when two losses in the first two weeks ended up costing the Fighting Irish (10-2) a spot in the College Football Playoff.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: When does Wisconsin football play? Start time tomorrow, schedule

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