How they voted: Badgers in 2016 AP football poll (Week 8)
As expected, the Wisconsin Badgers dropped in the latest Associated Press top-25 poll after losing to the Ohio State Buckeyes.
However, Wisconsin only dropped two spots, from No. 8 to No. 10.
It appears that in defeat -- a close 30-23 loss in overtime to the No. 2 team in the country -- the Badgers are gaining more respect from AP voters.
So this week, it is hard to complain about ballots. After all, Wisconsin does have two losses, therefore . . .
Oh, wait, there is the matter of Kirk Bohls, who has the Badgers at No. 19 -- the lowest Wisconsin is on any ballot this week. Who does Bohls have in front of Wisconsin? At No. 17 is Miami, which hasn't beaten anyone of consequence and has lost back-to-back games at home to Florida State and North Carolina. At No. 18 Bohls has Tennessee, which also has lost two straight and was absolutely shellacked at home last week by No. 1 Alabama, 49-10.
OK, enough of that talk.
Despite losing, Wisconsin was moved up on 13 ballots this week while 10 left the Badgers in the same spot they had them in after Week 7's vote. That's pretty incredible if you think about it.
The biggest move was from Adam Zucker, who had the Badgers at No. 14 last week but in Week 8 had UW ranked at No. 8.
Here's the complete list, comparing this week's ballots to last week:
| Voter | Week 8 | Week 7 |
| Josh Kendall, The State | 6 | 7 |
| Jon Wilner, San Jose Mercury News | 7 | 8 |
| Adam Zucker, CBS Sports Network | 8 | 14 |
| Andy Greder, St. Paul Pioneer Press | 8 | 8 |
| Bill Landis, Cleveland Plain Dealer | 8 | 9 |
| David Briggs, Toledo Blade | 8 | 8 |
| Ed Johnson, Albuquerque Journal | 8 | 10 |
| Eric Hansen, South Bend Tribune | 8 | 8 |
| Graham Watson, Yahoo Sports | 8 | 9 |
| Jason Galloway, Wisconsin State Journal | 8 | 8 |
| Joe Walljasper, Columbia Tribune | 8 | 8 |
| John Clay, Lexington Herald-Leader | 8 | 9 |
| Matt Porter, Palm Beach Post | 8 | 8 |
| Michael Bonner, Jackson Clarion-Ledger | 8 | 8 |
| Patrick Brown, Chattanooga Times Free Press | 8 | 8 |
| Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News | 8 | 10 |
| Dave Southern, Idaho Statesman | 9 | 8 |
| Jeff Miller, Orange County Register | 9 | 8 |
| Joe Dubin, WSMV-TV | 9 | 10 |
| Robert Cessna, Bryan-College Station Eagle | 9 | 10 |
| Steve Wiseman, Durham Herald-Sun | 9 | 9 |
| Adam Jude, Seattle Times | 10 | 11 |
| Bob Asmussen, Champaign News-Gazette | 10 | 8 |
| Brett McMurphy, ESPN | 10 | 8 |
| Chris Murray, Reno Gazette-Journal | 10 | 11 |
| Chuck Carlton, Dallas Morning News | 10 | 8 |
| Dana Sulonen, Opelika-Auburn News | 10 | 8 |
| Ferd Lewis, Honolulu Star-Advertiser | 10 | 8 |
| Gary Horowitz, Statesman Journal | 10 | 8 |
| John Shinn, The Norman (Okla.) Transcript | 10 | 8 |
| Mandy Mitchell, WRAL-TV | 10 | 11 |
| Matt McCoy, WTVN-AM Columbus | 10 | 8 |
| Michael Lev, Arizona Daily Star | 10 | 8 |
| Mitch Vingle, Charleston Gazette-Mail | 10 | 8 |
| Nathan Deen, Savannah Morning News | 10 | 8 |
| Pat Caputo, Oakland Press | 10 | 9 |
| Pete DiPrimio, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel | 10 | 8 |
| Sam McKewon, Omaha World-Herald | 10 | 9 |
| Brian Howell, Daily Camera | 11 | 10 |
| Ed Daigneault, Republican-American | 11 | 8 |
| Joey Knight, Tampa Bay Times | 11 | 8 |
| Keith Sargeant, NJ.com | 11 | 8 |
| Marc Weiszer, Athens Banner-Herald | 11 | 9 |
| Matt Galloway, Topkea Capital-Journal | 11 | 10 |
| Mike Barber, Richmond Times-Dispatch | 11 | 9 |
| Garland Gillen, WVUE-TV New Orleans | 12 | 10 |
| Matt Charboneau, The Detroit News | 12 | 10 |
| Steve Batterson, Quad City Times | 12 | 12 |
| Brent Axe, Syracuse Post-Standard | 13 | 9 |
| Jimmy Burch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram | 13 | 9 |
| Ross Dellenger, The Advocate, Baton Rouge | 13 | 10 |
| Scott Hamilton, Winston-Salem Journal | 13 | 10 |
| Jonny Miller, WBZ News Radio | 14 | 10 |
| Jerry DiPaola, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | 15 | 9 |
| Tony Parks, KZNS | 15 | 12 |
| Garry Smits, Florida Times-Union | 16 | 11 |
| Marq Burnett, SEC Country | 16 | 13 |
| Rob Long, WJFK-FM Washington, D.C. | 17 | 10 |
| Robert Gagliardi, Wyoming Tribune Eagle | 17 | 10 |
| Tom Murphy, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | 17 | 11 |
| Kirk Bohls, Austin American-Statesman | 19 | 16 |
Dave Heller is the author of the upcoming book Ken Williams: A Slugger in Ruth's Shadow as well as 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
