Wisconsin athletic director Chris McIntosh has made it clear that head coach Luke Fickell will return in 2026, and with a much bigger financial investment. Now, Ted Kellner, one of the universities most prominent donors, has gone on to say the newly formed budget will be one of the bigger budgets in the country.
"We did not operate with the same budget everybody else did, and our budget next year for football will put us in the top third," said Kellner to ESPN Madison's Kyle, Brust and Nortman.
"Next year we should be well up the food chain in terms of competing.