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Badgers return to top 25 polls

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With the college football season a month away, the Wisconsin Badgers are one of a small handful of Big Ten teams that found their way back into the top 25 polls this week.

The Badgers were initially ranked number-12 in the preseason A.P. top 25 poll.  But with the season already underway and the Big Ten still not having played games, this weeks poll results weren’t as favorable.

Wisconsin showed up at number 18 in this week’s Amway Coaches poll and 19th in the latest A.P. top 25 poll.

Fellow Big Ten members Ohio State dropped to No. 6 in both polls, Penn State is 10th in both polls and Michigan is at No. 21 in the coaches poll and No. 23 in the AP poll.

Both Minnesota and Iowa were in the initial AP poll but were unranked in both polls on Sunday.

The Badgers will open their season on Oct. 24 at Illinois at Camp Randall Stadium.

Badgers rank #12 in A.P. Top 25 College Football Preseason Poll

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Despite the Big Ten Conference not playing football this fall, six of the conference’s teams showed up today in the Associated Press Top 25 Preseason Poll.

Paul Chryst’s Wisconsin Badgers showed up at number-12, third among the six Big Ten teams in the poll.  It’s the fourth straight season the Badgers have been ranked in the preseason.

Ohio State checks in at number-2, behind preseason number-1 Clemson.  Alabama, Georgia and Oklahoma round out the top five.

Penn State checks in at number-7.  Michigan is 16th, Minnesota 19th and Iowa is ranked 24th.

All Division-1 teams were considered for the preseason poll, regardless of whether or not they’re set to play games this fall.  Both the Big Ten and Pac 12 are among the conferences that have postponed their fall seasons.

Once games begin this fall, voters in the A.P. Poll will only consider the teams currently playing.  As of Monday, 67 of the 130 Football Bowl Subdivision teams are playing this fall.

 

Marquette lands at 18 in A.P. Top 25 poll

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The Marquette Golden Eagles, following Sunday’s 76-57 win over Butler, landed in the Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday.  The Golden Eagles debuted in the poll at No. 18.

After a 1-3 start in Big East play, Marquette has won six of its last seven games and will return to action on Wednesday against No. 15 Villanova in Philadelphia.

Marquette entered the AP poll last season at number 21 and stayed there for the next 12 weeks, climbing as high as 10th.  Then came four straight losses, which led to the Golden Eagles finishing out of the Final AP Poll.

Marquette will enter the game at Villanova with a 17-6 record.

 

Green Bay Phoenix women break into AP Top 25

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Green Bay head coach Kevin Borseth

The Green Bay Phoenix women’s basketball team broke into the A.P. Top 25 for the first time this season, coming in at number-23.

The Phoenix have a pair of Top 25 wins this season, including Saturday’s victory over previous number-23 Marquette.  The Golden Eagles have fallen out of the Top 25 this week.

The Phoenix enters the poll with a 7-1 record.  Their only loss came in the Cancun Challenge against 2017 National Finalist No. 7/3/ Mississippi State.

Green Bay currently boasts the top statistical defense in the country, allowing 45.4 points a game to start the season.  Among the schools first eight games, four of their opponents had taken part in the 2017 NCAA Tournament.

Badgers climb in top 25 polls

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The Wisconsin Badgers, after knocking off Nebraska 38-17 on Saturday night, have moved up in both top 25 college football polls.

The Badgers climbed to 6th in the Amway Top 25 Coaches Poll.  They moved to 7th in the A.P. Top 25 media poll.

Penn State is third in both polls this week.  Ohio State dropped to 8th in the coaches poll and 9th in the media poll.  Michigan, which lost at home to Michigan State on Saturday night, dropped to 16th in the Coaches Poll and 17th in the Media Poll.  Michigan State climbed to 22nd in the Coaches Poll and 21st in the Media Poll.

Alabama and Clemson are a unanimous first and second in both polls.

The Badgers shoot for their 6th straight win to start the season when they host Purdue on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.

 

Happ earns second straight Big Ten honor

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Ethan Happ

Wisconsin Badger sophomore forward Ethan Happ has been named the Big Ten’s Player of the Week for the second straight week.

Just a week after earning the award for the first time in his career, Happy followed up with another impressive week, highlighted by his career-best 32-point performance in an overtime win over Rutgers at Madison Square Garden.

The last Badger to receive the weekly honor in back-to-back weeks was Mike Wilkinson in 2005.

For the week, Happ boasted averages of 23 points (63% FG), seven rebounds, three-point-five steals, two assists and one block per game in wins over Penn Sate and Rutgers. [Read more…]