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    <schemaVersion>X0306</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2014-08-15</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2014-08-19</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000885322</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>ANCHOR BANCORP WISCONSIN INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>ABCW</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001008262</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>COOPER BRADLEY E</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CAPITAL Z PARTNERS</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>142 WEST 57TH STREET, 3RD FLOOR</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10019</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2014-08-15</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>20.95</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1000</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>877800</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>See Footnotes</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F4"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Consists of restricted stock that vests on March 31, 2015.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Pursuant to Rule 16a-1(a)(4) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;), this filing shall not be deemed an admission that Bradley E. Cooper (the &quot;Reporting Person&quot;) is, for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or otherwise, the beneficial owner of any shares of Anchor BanCorp Wisconsin Inc.'s (the &quot;Company&quot;) common stock beneficially owned in excess of his pecuniary interest.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Pursuant to an agreement between the Reporting Person and Capital Z Partners III, L.P. (&quot;Cap Z III&quot;), the Reporting person holds the 1,000 shares of the Company's common stock reported herein for the benefit of Cap Z III.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The Reporting Person is a partner and senior vice president of Capital Z Partners III GP, Ltd., which is the general partner of Capital Z Partners III GP, L.P., which is the general partner of Cap Z III, which holds the 877,800 shares (the &quot;Shares&quot;) of the Company common stock reported herein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Because of the Reporting Person's relationship to Cap Z III, the Reporting Person may be deemed to beneficially own the Shares to the extent of the greater of his direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the profits or capital accounts of Cap Z III. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of the Shares, except to the extent of such Reporting Person's pecuniary interest therein, if any.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>This Form 4 filing for Bradley Cooper amends and restates the Form 4 filing for Bradley Cooper filed on August 19, 2014 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Bradley E. Cooper</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-04-13</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
