TV: 8 p.m. Saturday at NRG Stadium, Houston; ESPN.
Line: LSU by 5.
Records: Wisconsin 9-4 last season, LSU 10-3.
Last meeting: LSU won 27-7 on Sept. 30, 1972, in Baton Rouge.
On the offensive: Will we see four quarterbacks in this game? LSU plans to use both Anthony Jennings and Brandon Harris, while the Badgers favor the elusive Tanner McEvoy over experienced drop-back passer Joel Stave.
Getting defensive: LSU lost nine players to the NFL draft, but that’s business as usual for Les Miles. And only two played defense. Wisconsin lost eight defensive starters, including heart-and-soul linebacker Chris Borland.
The number: 45. Consecutive regular-season nonconference victories for LSU since 2002, the nation’s longest such streak.
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The talk: Unless you want to count Indiana-Missouri in Week 4, this is the Big Ten’s only chance to hush the SEC faithful who mock Midwestern football.
Teddy Greenstein‘s pick: With a newbie at quarterback and little depth at receiver, Wisconsin will need a colossal performance from tailback Melvin Gordon.
LSU 26, Wisconsin 24.