Wisconsin football had one of its lowest season-opening attendance in 30+ years last week, with only a little more than 65,000 fans. The major reasons were Wisconsin's down season last year, but also the weeknight game. Wisconsin has never attempted a weeknight opener before, and it struggled to draw the normal 75,000+ that the first game would usually have.
In week two, things got better as the game was on a Saturday, but not much better. The Badgers only had 70,368, which means they were still about 10,000 short of the max capacity that Camp Randall offers.