The Appalachian State football team will travel to Madison, Wis., to take on the Wisconsin Badgers on Sept. 19, 2020.The matchup will be the first between the Mountaineers and Badgers and continues Appalachian's trend of annually scheduling some of the nation's most recognizable programs. App State also has future matchups slated at Penn State (2018), at North Carolina (2019), at Wake Forest (2020), at Miami (2021) and at home vs. North Carolina (2022). The program has hosted Miami (2016) and Wake Forest (2017) the last two years and has traveled to LSU (2008), Florida (2010), Virginia Tech (2011), Georgia (2013, 2017), Michigan (2014), Clemson (2015) and Tennessee (2016) and over the last decade."We're excited to add a nationally recognized program like Wisconsin to our future football schedule," director of athleticssaid.Wisconsin currently boasts the fourth-most wins (50) among any team in the country over the last five years and at 9-0 is one of five unbeatens remaining in 2017. It will become the third Big Ten program to play Appalachian State, following Michigan and Penn State. The Mountaineers made history on Sept. 1, 2007 when they stunned No. 5 Michigan, 34-32, in Ann Arbor to become the first NCAA Division I FCS team to ever beat a nationally ranked FBS squad. Appalachian is now in its fourth season as a member of the FBS Sun Belt Conference.App State is aiming to qualify for its third straight bowl appearance in its first three seasons eligible for FBS postseason play. The Mountaineers were crowned champions of the 2015 and 2016 Camellia Bowls, becoming the first program in history to win bowl games in its first two years after making the transition from FCS. Head coach's team also earned a share of its first Sun Belt Conference title in 2016.Wisconsin joins Wake Forest and Massachusetts on the Mountaineers' 2020 nonconference slate.Sept. 1 at Penn StateSept. 8 at CharlotteSept. 15 vs. SOUTHERN MISSSept. 22 vs. GARDNER-WEBBAug. 31 vs. EAST TENNESSEE STATESept. 7 vs. CHARLOTTESept. 21 at North CarolinaSept. 12 at Wake ForestSept. 19 at WisconsinSEPT. 26 vs. MASSACHUSETTSSept. 4 vs. EAST CAROLINA (Bank of America Stadium - Charlotte, N.C.)Sept. 11 at Miami (Fla.)SEPT. 25 vs. MARSHALLSept. 3 vs. NORTH CAROLINASept. 17 at MarshallSept. 9 at North CarolinaSept. 14 at East CarolinaSept. 6 vs. EAST CAROLINASept. 5 at East Carolina