17 AP voters think Badgers are still a top-15 team

Losing at home to an unranked nonconference opponent who you were a three-touchdown favorite against will certainly cause a team to plummet in the Associated Press top-25 poll.

So it came as no surprise when Wisconsin dropped from No. 6 to No. 18 this week after its loss to BYU at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday.

It might surprise some, however, that only one voter dropped the Badgers off the ballot altogether -- Brett McMurphy. Two came close, as both Matt Brown and Tony Parks have Wisconsin at No. 25.

But on the flip side, 17 voters have UW in the top 15 including two at No. 11 and two at No. 12.

Perhaps the most interesting vote came from Joey Kaufman, who moved the Badgers down just two spots after the loss, from 11 to 13. Every other voter moved UW down at least five spots.

The largest fall came on Parks' ballot, 20 spots. Gary Horowitz knocked UW down 18 (5 to 23) while Robert Cessna (4 to 21) and Matt McCoy (6 to 23) slid the Badgers 17 slots.

Bob Asmussen, who had Wisconsin ranked No. 1 in the preseason and in the first two regular-season ballots, moved the Badgers to 15.

Here’s the complete rankings from this week with a comparison to the voting from Week 3

Dave Heller is the author of Ken Williams: A Slugger in Ruth's Shadow (a Larry Ritter Book Award nominee), Facing Ted Williams - Players From the Golden Age of Baseball Recall the Greatest Hitter Who Ever Lived and As Good As It Got: The 1944 St. Louis Browns