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Badgers climb in top 25 polls

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Paul Chryst

After blowing out then, 10th ranked Michigan 35-14 on Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium, the Wisconsin Badgers cracked the top 10 in both Top 25 polls.

The Badgers (3-0, 1-0 BIG) moved up five spots in the A.P. Top 25 from 13 to 8.  They also moved up five spots from 14 to 9 in the Amway Coaches Poll.

The Wolverines (2-1, 0-1) dropped all the way from 11 to 20 in the A.P. Poll and from 10 to 20 in the Coaches Poll.

Ohio State climbed from sixth to fifth in the A.P. Poll and remained at number-six in the Coaches Poll.

Penn State moved from 13 to 12 in the A.P. Poll and from 12 to 11 in the Coaches Poll.

Iowa climbed from 18 to 14 in both Top 25 Polls, while Michigan State moved into the Top 25 A.P. Poll at number-25.

The Badgers will host Northwestern (1-2, 0-1) at 11 a.m. Saturday at Camp Randall Stadium.  The Wildcats beat UW 31-17 last season on the way to a Big Ten West Division title.

Badgers climb to 3rd in A.P. Top 25, Kentucky remains #1

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MotionW_2ColorUndefeated Kentucky (34-0) became the first team since Duke in 1992 to be the No. 1 team throughout the regular season.

The Wildcats are trying to become the first undefeated men’s national champion since Indiana in 1976.  They were a unanimous No. 1 today for the seventh straight week and 11th overall this season.

Villanova and Wisconsin, two of the other No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament, were second and third in the poll.  The Badgers jumped from 6th to third.

Duke is ranked fourth and Arizona is 5th.  The second five in this weeks rankings are Virginia at number-6, Gonzaga at seven, Notre Dame 8th, Iowa State 9th and Kansas at number-10.

The Badgers will open play in the NCAA Tournament on Friday night in Omaha, Nebraska against Coastal Carolina.

Badgers 14th in AP Pre-season poll

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The Associated Press unveiled its preseason Top 25 College Football poll and the Wisconsin Badgers are ranked 14th going into their August 30th opener against L.S.U. in Houston.

Three other Big Ten teams are in the Top 25 as well.  Ohio State is ranked 5th, Michigan State is 8th and Nebraska comes in at number-22.

Florida State starts the year ranked #1, followed by Alabama, Oregon, Oklahoma and Ohio State in the top five.  The second five has Auburn at number-6, followed by UCLA, Michigan State, South Carolina and Baylor at number-10.

 

Badgers drop to 13th in AP Poll

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After Wisconsin had to hang on to beat Northern Iowa 26-21 in the season opener at Camp Randall on Saturday, the Badgers dropped in the A.P. Top 25 College Football poll.

The Badgers are 13th this week and will face Oregon State on the road on Saturday.

Michigan State moved up to 11th, Ohio State is 14th, Nebraska is 16th and Michigan dropped from 8th to 19th after their loss to Alabama last Saturday.