Mitch Harper ranked the toughest games on the 2017 BYU football schedule for Athlon Sports, with notable games against LSU, Utah and Wisconsin filling out the top three spots.
Speaking of the matchup with Big 10 power Wisconsin, who he had at No. 3, he wrote, "The Badgers are the defending Cotton Bowl champs and their only losses a year ago came against Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State in the Big Ten Championship Game. BYU has always wanted to schedule more teams from the Big Ten, so to get a Wisconsin team that might be in the top 10 when it arrives in Provo is a big feather in the Cougars’ independence cap.