Dave Heller
Losing moves you down in the Associated Press top 25 poll. There's little doubt about that.
But what happens when you suffer a road loss without arguably one of the best players in college basketball and your starting point guard gets hurt as well?
Well, that's why they call it a poll.
Wisconsin did drop, from No. 4 to No. 7, after its second defeat of the season, losing 197 points in the process (although one voter didn't cast a ballot the previous week).
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Reactions to Wisconsin's loss at Rutgers were quite varied. A couple didn't move the Badgers down at all. Most slotted UW down a few spot, but a couple now have the Badgers in the double-digit range.
Here's a look at the ballots from this week and last:
| Voter | Week 10 | Week 9 |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Knight, El Paso Times | 5 | 5 |
| Dave Borges, New Haven Register | 5 | 3 |
| Dick Vitale, ABC/ESPN | 5 | 4 |
| Rick Bozich, WDRB-TV | 5 | 4 |
| Scott Mansch, Great Falls Tribune | 5 | 5 |
| B.J. Rains, Idaho Press-Tribune | 6 | 3 |
| Bob Holt, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | 6 | 5 |
| Brandon Marcello, Alabama media group | 6 | 3 |
| Chris Murray, Reno Gazette-Journal | 6 | 6 |
| Christian Caple, Tacoma News Tribune | 6 | 4 |
| Doug Haller, The Arizona Republic | 6 | 3 |
| Gary Williams, Comcast SportsNet | 6 | 4 |
| Jay Drew, Salt Lake Tribune | 6 | 5 |
| Jerry Carino, Gannett/New Jesey | 6 | 4 |
| Joe Juliano, Philadelphia Inquirer | 6 | 3 |
| Joe Rexrode, Detroit Free Press | 6 | 4 |
| Joey Johnston, Tampa Tribune | 6 | 3 |
| John Bohnenkamp, The Hawk Eye | 6 | 4 |
| Seth Davis, Sports Illustrated | 6 | 3 |
| Soren Petro, WHB-AM | 6 | 4 |
| Tyson Alger, Oregonian | 6 | 3 |
| Cecil Hunt, The Tuscaloosa News | 7 | 4 |
| Chris Goff, Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette | 7 | 3 |
| Jason Smith, The Commerical Appeal | 7 | 3 |
| Jim Benson, Bloomington Pantagraph | 7 | 4 |
| John McNamara, The Capital | 7 | 3 |
| John Werner, Waco Tribune-Herald | 7 | 4 |
| Kelly Hines, Tulsa World | 7 | 4 |
| Kevin Brockway, Gainesville Sun | 7 | 4 |
| Kevin McNamara, Providence Journal | 7 | 4 |
| Matt McCoy, WTVN-AM | 7 | 3 |
| Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 7 | 4 |
| Randy Rosetta, The Times-Picayune | 7 | 5 |
| Steve Pivovar, Omaha World-Herald | 7 | 3 |
| Steve Wiseman, Durham Herald-Sun | 7 | 4 |
| Ben Fredrickson, Knoxville News Sentinel | 8 | 5 |
| Bret Stretlow, Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer | 8 | 4 |
| Doug Doughty, The Roanoke Times | 8 | 4 |
| Elton Alexander, Cleveland Plain Dealer | 8 | 4 |
| Geoff Grammer, Albuquerque Journal | 8 | 4 |
| J.P. Butler, Olean Times Herald | 8 | 4 |
| Jay Faraudo, Bay Area News Group | 8 | 5 |
| Kevin Lyttle, Austin American-Statesman | 8 | 5 |
| Marcus Jackson, Champaign News-Gazette | 8 | 3 |
| Paul Zeise, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 8 | 5 |
| Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News | 8 | 3 |
| T.J. Were, WJTV-TV | 8 | 5 |
| Terry Toohey, Delaware County Daily Times | 8 | 3 |
| Tom Keegan, Lawrence Journal-World | 8 | 4 |
| Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star | 8 | 4 |
| Brian Howell, Daily Camera | 9 | 5 |
| Chris Lang, Lynchburg News & Advance | 9 | 4 |
| Daniel Shirley, Macon Telegraph | 9 | 5 |
| Fletcher Mackel, WDSU-TV | 9 | 4 |
| Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News | 9 | 8 |
| Kieran Darcy, ESPN.com | 9 | 4 |
| Mark Berman, Roanoke Times | 9 | 4 |
| Matt Vatour, Daily Hampshire Gazette | 9 | 4 |
| Mitch Vingle, Charleston Gazette | 9 | 6 |
| Ron Morris, The State | 9 | 8 |
| Andrew Carter, The News & Observer | 10 | 4 |
| Cormac Gordon, Staten Island Advance | 10 | 5 |
| Chris Dachille, WBAL-TV | 11 | 5 |
| Aaron Brenner, The Post and Courier | 13 | n/a |
| John Feinstein, National Public Radio | 17 | 5 |
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