AP Poll Is All Funked Up » Brats & Beer

January 9, 2006
posted under: Badgers basketball, polls

What does Wisconsin have to do to get a modicum of respect from the Associated Press poll? The 12-2 Badgers are back in the Top 25 this week after dispatching formerly seventh-ranked Michigan State yesterday, which is a good start, but UW only placed 21st in the poll. That’s behind 10-3 West Virginia, 11-3 Boston College, and the 12-4 Spartans, who have yet to win a conference game and only fell seven spots after the loss. Check it: the Badgers, Indiana, and Northwestern are currently the only Big 10 teams that are undefeated in conference games, yet the Hoosiers are ranked #8 and the Wildcats failed to place. Illinois and Ohio State have both lost one, and they are both ranked higher than the Badgers. At least the ESPN/USA Today poll has UW ranked 17th, but even in that poll they still trail the other Big 10 schools. Come on!