Dave Heller
Last week I said I expected Wisconsin to hold form in the Associated Press Top 25 poll because they didn't play.
Well, the Badgers lost only 9 votes, but that was enough to drop them from No. 5 to No. 6 as Virginia lept past UW.
Turns out 11 voters moved Wisconsin down on their ballot -- all were just one spot, except for Cormac Gordon who dropped the Badgers from 7 to 9 -- while four moved UW up one spot.
It will be interesting to see what happens in next week's poll.
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Here's a three-week look at how the voters cast their ballot for Wisconsin:
| Voter | Week 7 | Week 6 | Week 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| B.J. Rains, Idaho Press-Tribune | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Brandon Marcello, Alabama media group | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Chris Goff, Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Doug Haller, The Arizona Republic | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Jason Smith, The Commerical Appeal | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| John Bohnenkamp, The Hawk Eye | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Marcus Jackson, Champaign News-Gazette | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Mitch Vingle, Charleston Gazette | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Seth Davis, Sports Illustrated | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Steve Pivovar, Omaha World-Herald | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Tyson Alger, Oregonian | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Andrew Carter, The News & Observer | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Bill Knight, El Paso Times | 5 | 5 | n/a |
| Bret Stretlow, Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Christian Caple, Tacoma News Tribune | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Daniel Shirley, Macon Telegraph | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Dave Borges, New Haven Register | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Elton Alexander, Cleveland Plain Dealer | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Gary Williams, Comcast SportsNet | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| J.P. Butler, Olean Times Herald | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Jay Drew, Salt Lake Tribune | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Jerry Carino, Gannett/New Jesey | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Joe Juliano, Philadelphia Inquirer | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Joey Johnston, Tampa Tribune | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| John McNamara, The Capital | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| John Werner, Waco Tribune-Herald | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Kelly Hines, Tulsa World | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Mark Berman, Roanoke Times | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Matt McCoy, WTVN-AM | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Matt Vatour, Daily Hampshire Gazette | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Soren Petro, WHB-AM | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| T.J. Were, WJTV-TV | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Terry Toohey, Delaware County Daily Times | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Tom Keegan, Lawrence Journal-World | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Aaron Brenner, The Post and Courier | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Ben Fredrickson, Knoxville News Sentinel | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Cecil Hunt, The Tuscaloosa News | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Chris Lang, Lynchburg News & Advance | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Dick Vitale, ABC/ESPN | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Fletcher Mackel, WDSU-TV | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Geoff Grammer, Albuquerque Journal | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Jay Faraudo, Bay Area News Group | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Jim Benson, Bloomington Pantagraph | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Joe Rexrode, Detroit Free Press | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Kevin Brockway, Gainesville Sun | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Kevin Lyttle, Austin American-Statesman | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Rick Bozich, WDRB-TV | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Brian Howell, Daily Camera | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Chris Dachille, WBAL-TV | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Doug Doughty, The Roanoke Times | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Kieran Darcy, ESPN.com | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Paul Zeise, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| Scott Mansch, Great Falls Tribune | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Steve Wiseman, Durham Herald-Sun | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Bob Holt, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Chris Murray, Reno Gazette-Journal | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Kevin McNamara, Providence Journal | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Randy Rosetta, The Times-Picayune | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Ron Morris, The State | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Cormac Gordon, Staten Island Advance | 9 | 7 | 5 |
| John Feinstein, National Public Radio | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News | 9 | 9 | 8 |
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