Sources: Wisconsin making push to hire Luke Fickell as coach

Wisconsin has targeted Luke Fickell to be the school's next head coach, sources told ESPN. No deal is signed, but there's a strong push by the Badgers to try and land Fickell in the next 48 hours.

Fickell led Cincinnati to the College Football Playoff last season and has gone 57-18 in his six years there. Fickell's 2021 Bearcat team went 13-0 before losing to Alabama in the College Football Playoff, becoming the first Group of Five team to reach the CFP.

Fickell has strong roots in the Big Ten, as he's a long-time assistant coach and coordinator at Ohio State and played there collegiately. He'd been picky about jobs over the years as Cincinnati rose to the top of the Group of Five, being…