Badgers Football Team Drops in Rank | Wisconsin Basketball in Top Ten Standings

With the loss last weekend at the hands of Michigan State, Wisconsin dropped nine spots in the polls and their hopes at a BCS title have been dashed. The Badgers took over the fifteenth position, while the Spartans rose to number eleven.

Now that a national championship isn't in the picture Bielema and his boys have to focus on making it to the conference title game in December. Assuming they only drop one or two more before then, and go on to win the Big Ten title, another shot at the Rose Bowl could be plausible.

In other poll news, the football teams counterparts on the basketball court have been placed at number two in the Big Ten.

Big Ten Basketball Standings

1. Ohio State
2. Wisconsin
3. Michigan
4. Michigan State
5. Purdue
6. Illinois
7. Minnesota
8. Northwestern
9. Indiana
10. Iowa
11. Nebraska
12. Penn State

Wisconsin Badgers on ESPN This Wednesday

Now that the Brewers have finished their season, it's time to focus on the Wisconsin Badgers football team. The Badgers may not have the toughest schedule this year, but they will be tested from week to week. They will be featured on ESPN's show titled Depth Chart tonight. The program is certainly big enough to be in the spotlight.

The Badgers have a great quarteback, solid run game, and some serious depth at wide receiver. The biggest concern that Badger fans had going into this year was the defense. With J.J. Watt out of the picture, would the team have a great pass rusher? So far, so good for Wisconsin.