How they voted: Badgers in 2016 AP basketball poll (Week 6)
We haven't posted the voting results from the Associated Press top-25 basketball poll since the preseason mainly because the poll is very volatile in the early weeks.
But with 11 games under their belt and a No. 14 ranking, figured it might be time to check in on the voters and how they've been casting their ballots for Wisconsin.
The Badgers are 9-2 and coming off a win on the road over rival Marquette and as a result moved up 3 spots in this week's AP poll.
Of course, Wisconsin moved up on a number of ballots, as high as four spots.
But ... two voters moved the Badgers down.
Kevin Brockway slid UW 2 spots, from 15 to 17 and inexplicably Doug Doughty moved the Badgers down three places, from 18 to 21. And, yes, 21 is Wisconsin's lowest ranking this week. Everyone else had UW ranked from 11-18.
Since we haven't done this since the preseason, here's every ballot from the first six weeks just so you can see how volatile things have been:
| Voter | Week 6 | Week 5 | Week 4 | Week 3 | Week 2 | Preseason |
| Dave Borges, New Haven Register | 11 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
| Joe Juliano, Philadelphia Inquirer | 11 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
| Jon Rothstein, CBS Sports | 12 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 |
| Paul Klee, Colorado Springs Gazette | 12 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 9 | 8 |
| Soren Petro, WHIB-AM | 12 | 12 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 7 |
| Tony Parks, KZNS | 12 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 11 |
| Andrew Lopez, The Times-Picayune | 13 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 9 |
| Bob Holt, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | 13 | 14 | 15 | 24 | 10 | 11 |
| Chris Dachille, WBAL-TV | 13 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 9 | 7 |
| Christian Caple, Tacoma News Tribune | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 |
| Cormac Gordon, Staten Island Advance | 13 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Craig Meyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 13 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 8 |
| Doug Haller, The Arizona Republic | 13 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| Jon Nyatawa, Omaha World-Herald | 13 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 6 |
| Krista Pirtle, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal | 13 | 15 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 7 |
| Marcus Fuller, Minneapolis Star Tribune | 13 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 |
| Mark Berman, Roanoke Times | 13 | 18 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 6 |
| Matt Vautour, Daily Hampshire Gazette | 13 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 10 |
| Patrick Murray, WBIR-TV | 13 | 15 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 9 |
| Richard Croome, The Eagle | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 8 |
| Rick Bozich, WDRB-TV | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 6 |
| Scott Mansch, Great Falls Tribune | 13 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| Seth Davis, CBS/Sports Illustrated | 13 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 6 |
| Tyson Alger, The Oregonian | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star | 13 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| B.J. Rains, Idaho Press-Tribune | 14 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 11 | 9 |
| Chris Goff, Ft. Wayne Journal Gazette | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 9 |
| Chris Murray, Reno Gazette-Journal | 14 | 17 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 7 |
| Clay Fowler, L.A. Daily News | 14 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 9 |
| Dana O'Neill, ESPN.com | 14 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 10 |
| David Cloninger, The State | 14 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 10 |
| Dick Vitale, ABC/ESPN | 14 | 16 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Elton Alexander, Cleveland Plain Dealer | 14 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 9 | 11 |
| Geoff Grammer, Albuquerque Journal | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 8 |
| Hugh Kellenberger, The Clarion-Ledger | 14 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 7 |
| J.P. Butler, Olean Times Herald | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 9 |
| Jerry Carino, Gannett/New Jesey | 14 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 4 |
| Joe Leadingham, WKRN-TV | 14 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 13 |
| John Bohnenkamp, The Hawk Eye | 14 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 9 |
| John Feinstein, National Public Radio | 14 | 19 | n/a | 19 | 8 | 7 |
| John McNamara, The Capital | 14 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 7 |
| Justin Ferguson, Bleacher Report | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 8 |
| Kelly Hines, Tulsa World | 14 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 9 |
| Kevin Lyttle, Austin American-Statesman | 14 | 15 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 8 |
| Matt Velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 14 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 9 |
| Mitch Vingle, Charleston Gazette-Mail | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 12 | 13 |
| Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News | 14 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 10 |
| Shannon Ryan, Chicago Tribune | 14 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 8 |
| Sheldon Mickles, The Advocate | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 8 |
| Terry Toohey, Delaware County Daily Times | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 8 |
| Tod Palmer, Kansas City Star | 14 | 17 | 17 | 22 | 11 | 12 |
| Craig Handel, The News-Press | 15 | 17 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 4 |
| Jason Butt, Macon Telegraph | 15 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 8 |
| Kevin McNamara, Providence Journal | 15 | 16 | 25 | 19 | 9 | 9 |
| Matt McCoy, WTVN-AM | 15 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 6 |
| Steve Wiseman, Durham Herald-Sun | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 7 |
| Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 13 |
| Mike Barber, Richmond Times-Dispatch | 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 10 |
| Stephen Schramm, The Fayetteville (N.C.) Observer | 16 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| Cecil Hunt, The Tuscaloosa News | 17 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Graham Couch, Lansing State Journal | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 8 |
| Kevin Brockway, Gainesville Sun | 17 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 8 |
| Scott Richey, The News-Gazette | 17 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 8 |
| Mandy Mitchell, WRAL-TV | 18 | 22 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 7 |
| Doug Doughty, The Roanoke Times | 21 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 9 |
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