Wisconsin Badgers AP Poll History

Location: Madison, Wisconsin ▪ Colors: Cardinal & White
Stadium: Camp Randall Stadium (cap. 80,321)
Record*: 121 Years, 638-471-52, .572 W-L% (Major School)
*W-L-T adjusted to 639-470-52 by NCAA.

Conferences: Big Ten, Western and Ind
Conference Champion: 14 Times
Bowls: 24 Bowls, 11-13, .458 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 22 Times (Preseason), 20 Times (Final), 299 Weeks (Total)

299 Polls

Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	2012	1	Preseason	12	NA	—
2	2012	2	2012-09-02	13	12	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
3	2011	1	Preseason	11	NA	—
4	2011	2	2011-09-04	8	11	3
5	2011	3	2011-09-11	7	8	1
6	2011	4	2011-09-18	6	7	1
7	2011	5	2011-09-25	7	6	1
8	2011	6	2011-10-02	4	7	3
9	2011	7	2011-10-09	4	4	NC
10	2011	8	2011-10-16	4	4	NC
11	2011	9	2011-10-23	12	4	8
12	2011	10	2011-10-30	19	12	7
13	2011	11	2011-11-06	16	19	3
14	2011	12	2011-11-13	15	16	1
15	2011	13	2011-11-20	15	15	NC
16	2011	14	2011-11-27	15	15	NC
17	2011	15	2011-12-05	9	15	6
18	2011	16	Final	10	9	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
19	2010	1	Preseason	12	NA	—
20	2010	2	2010-09-05	11	12	1
21	2010	3	2010-09-12	11	11	NC
22	2010	4	2010-09-19	11	11	NC
23	2010	5	2010-09-26	11	11	NC
24	2010	6	2010-10-03	20	11	9
25	2010	7	2010-10-10	18	20	2
26	2010	8	2010-10-17	10	18	8
27	2010	9	2010-10-24	9	10	1
28	2010	10	2010-10-31	7	9	2
29	2010	11	2010-11-07	6	7	1
30	2010	12	2010-11-14	6	6	NC
31	2010	13	2010-11-21	5	6	1
32	2010	14	2010-11-28	4	5	1
33	2010	15	2010-12-05	4	4	NC
34	2010	16	Final	7	4	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
35	2009	10	2009-11-01	24
36	2009	11	2009-11-08	21	24	3
37	2009	12	2009-11-15	17	21	4
38	2009	15	2009-12-06	24
39	2009	16	Final	16	24	8
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
40	2008	1	Preseason	13	NA	—
41	2008	2	2008-09-02	11	13	2
42	2008	3	2008-09-07	10	11	1
43	2008	4	2008-09-14	8	10	2
44	2008	5	2008-09-21	9	8	1
45	2008	6	2008-09-28	18	9	9
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
46	2007	1	Preseason	7	NA	—
47	2007	2	2007-09-04	5	7	2
48	2007	3	2007-09-09	7	5	2
49	2007	4	2007-09-16	9	7	2
50	2007	5	2007-09-23	9	9	NC
51	2007	6	2007-09-30	5	9	4
52	2007	7	2007-10-07	19	5	14
53	2007	12	2007-11-11	24
54	2007	13	2007-11-18	22	24	2
55	2007	14	2007-11-25	19	22	3
56	2007	15	2007-12-02	18	19	1
57	2007	16	Final	24	18	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
58	2006	7	2006-10-08	25
59	2006	8	2006-10-15	21	25	4
60	2006	9	2006-10-22	17	21	4
61	2006	10	2006-10-29	17	17	NC
62	2006	11	2006-11-05	16	17	1
63	2006	12	2006-11-12	12	16	4
64	2006	13	2006-11-19	10	12	2
65	2006	14	2006-11-26	7	10	3
66	2006	15	2006-12-03	6	7	1
67	2006	16	Final	7	6	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
68	2005	5	2005-09-25	17
69	2005	6	2005-10-02	14	17	3
70	2005	7	2005-10-09	23	14	9
71	2005	8	2005-10-16	19	23	4
72	2005	9	2005-10-23	15	19	4
73	2005	10	2005-10-30	14	15	1
74	2005	11	2005-11-06	19	14	5
75	2005	12	2005-11-13	25	19	6
76	2005	13	2005-11-20	24	25	1
77	2005	14	2005-11-27	21	24	3
78	2005	15	2005-12-04	21	21	NC
79	2005	16	Final	15	21	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
80	2004	1	Preseason	21	NA	—
81	2004	2	2004-09-05	21	21	NC
82	2004	3	2004-09-12	20	21	1
83	2004	4	2004-09-19	20	20	NC
84	2004	5	2004-09-26	20	20	NC
85	2004	6	2004-10-03	15	20	5
86	2004	7	2004-10-10	10	15	5
87	2004	8	2004-10-17	6	10	4
88	2004	9	2004-10-24	6	6	NC
89	2004	10	2004-10-31	5	6	1
90	2004	11	2004-11-07	4	5	1
91	2004	12	2004-11-14	9	4	5
92	2004	13	2004-11-21	20	9	11
93	2004	14	2004-11-28	17	20	3
94	2004	15	2004-12-05	16	17	1
95	2004	16	Final	17	16	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
96	2003	1	Preseason	21	NA	—
97	2003	2	2003-09-01	18	21	3
98	2003	3	2003-09-07	14	18	4
99	2003	7	2003-10-05	23
100	2003	8	2003-10-12	14	23	9
101	2003	9	2003-10-19	20	14	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
102	2002	1	Preseason	25	NA	—
103	2002	3	2002-09-02	25
104	2002	4	2002-09-08	22	25	3
105	2002	5	2002-09-15	22	22	NC
106	2002	6	2002-09-22	21	22	1
107	2002	7	2002-09-29	19	21	2
108	2002	8	2002-10-06	23	19	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
109	2001	1	Preseason	22	NA	—
110	2001	2	2001-08-26	22	22	NC
111	2001	3	2001-09-02	23	22	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
112	2000	1	Preseason	4	NA	—
113	2000	2	2000-08-27	4	4	NC
114	2000	3	2000-09-03	5	4	1
115	2000	4	2000-09-10	4	5	1
116	2000	5	2000-09-17	7	4	3
117	2000	6	2000-09-24	17	7	10
118	2000	7	2000-10-01	24	17	7
119	2000	17	Final	23
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
120	1999	1	Preseason	10	NA	—
121	1999	2	1999-08-30	9	10	1
122	1999	3	1999-09-06	9	9	NC
123	1999	4	1999-09-12	9	9	NC
124	1999	5	1999-09-19	20	9	11
125	1999	7	1999-10-03	20
126	1999	8	1999-10-10	17	20	3
127	1999	9	1999-10-17	17	17	NC
128	1999	10	1999-10-24	11	17	6
129	1999	11	1999-10-31	10	11	1
130	1999	12	1999-11-07	9	10	1
131	1999	13	1999-11-14	5	9	4
132	1999	14	1999-11-21	4	5	1
133	1999	15	1999-11-28	4	4	NC
134	1999	16	1999-12-05	4	4	NC
135	1999	17	Final	4	4	NC
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
136	1998	1	Preseason	20	NA	—
137	1998	2	1998-09-07	17	20	3
138	1998	3	1998-09-14	14	17	3
139	1998	4	1998-09-21	14	14	NC
140	1998	5	1998-09-28	13	14	1
141	1998	6	1998-10-05	12	13	1
142	1998	7	1998-10-12	9	12	3
143	1998	8	1998-10-19	9	9	NC
144	1998	9	1998-10-26	9	9	NC
145	1998	10	1998-11-02	8	9	1
146	1998	11	1998-11-09	8	8	NC
147	1998	12	1998-11-16	13	8	5
148	1998	13	1998-11-23	10	13	3
149	1998	14	1998-11-30	8	10	2
150	1998	15	1998-12-07	9	8	1
151	1998	16	Final	6	9	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
152	1997	1	Preseason	24	NA	—
153	1997	9	1997-10-13	24
154	1997	13	1997-11-10	23
155	1997	14	1997-11-17	24	23	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
156	1995	1	Preseason	21	NA	—
157	1995	2	1995-08-29	21	21	NC
158	1995	7	1995-10-03	22
159	1995	8	1995-10-10	21	22	1
160	1995	9	1995-10-17	24	21	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
161	1994	1	Preseason	10	NA	—
162	1994	2	1994-08-31	10	10	NC
163	1994	3	1994-09-06	10	10	NC
164	1994	4	1994-09-13	10	10	NC
165	1994	5	1994-09-20	16	10	6
166	1994	6	1994-09-27	15	16	1
167	1994	7	1994-10-04	24	15	9
168	1994	8	1994-10-11	23	24	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
169	1993	4	1993-09-14	24
170	1993	5	1993-09-21	23	24	1
171	1993	6	1993-09-28	22	23	1
172	1993	7	1993-10-05	21	22	1
173	1993	8	1993-10-12	16	21	5
174	1993	9	1993-10-19	15	16	1
175	1993	10	1993-10-26	21	15	6
176	1993	11	1993-11-02	15	21	6
177	1993	12	1993-11-09	14	15	1
178	1993	13	1993-11-16	12	14	2
179	1993	14	1993-11-23	10	12	2
180	1993	15	1993-11-30	10	10	NC
181	1993	16	1993-12-07	9	10	1
182	1993	17	Final	6	9	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
183	1984	15	1984-12-04	20
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
184	1981	3	1981-09-14	20
185	1981	7	1981-10-12	14
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
186	1977	5	1977-10-03	19
187	1977	6	1977-10-10	14	19	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
188	1974	4	1974-09-23	11
189	1974	6	1974-10-07	13
190	1974	9	1974-10-28	20
191	1974	13	1974-11-25	19
192	1974	14	1974-12-02	20	19	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
193	1963	1	Preseason	7	NA	—
194	1963	2	1963-09-23	6	7	1
195	1963	3	1963-09-30	4	6	2
196	1963	4	1963-10-07	5	4	1
197	1963	5	1963-10-14	2	5	3
198	1963	6	1963-10-21	2	2	NC
199	1963	7	1963-10-28	8	2	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
200	1962	5	1962-10-15	10
201	1962	6	1962-10-22	5	10	5
202	1962	8	1962-11-05	8
203	1962	9	1962-11-12	4	8	4
204	1962	10	1962-11-19	3	4	1
205	1962	11	1962-11-26	2	3	1
206	1962	12	Final	2	2	NC
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
207	1960	5	1960-10-10	12
208	1960	6	1960-10-17	11	12	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
209	1959	1	Preseason	6	NA	—
210	1959	2	1959-09-21	8	6	2
211	1959	3	1959-09-28	12	8	4
212	1959	4	1959-10-05	9	12	3
213	1959	6	1959-10-19	12
214	1959	7	1959-10-26	10	12	2
215	1959	8	1959-11-02	9	10	1
216	1959	9	1959-11-09	7	9	2
217	1959	10	1959-11-16	9	7	2
218	1959	11	1959-11-23	5	9	4
219	1959	12	1959-11-30	6	5	1
220	1959	13	Final	6	6	NC
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
221	1958	1	Preseason	14	NA	—
222	1958	2	1958-09-22	14	14	NC
223	1958	3	1958-09-29	9	14	5
224	1958	4	1958-10-06	6	9	3
225	1958	5	1958-10-13	4	6	2
226	1958	6	1958-10-20	13	4	9
227	1958	7	1958-10-27	8	13	5
228	1958	8	1958-11-03	7	8	1
229	1958	9	1958-11-10	5	7	2
230	1958	10	1958-11-17	5	5	NC
231	1958	11	1958-11-24	6	5	1
232	1958	12	Final	7	6	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
233	1957	4	1957-10-07	16
234	1957	5	1957-10-14	13	16	3
235	1957	10	1957-11-18	18
236	1957	11	1957-11-25	14	18	4
237	1957	12	Final	19	14	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
238	1955	1	Preseason	14	NA	—
239	1955	3	1955-09-26	17
240	1955	4	1955-10-03	9	17	8
241	1955	5	1955-10-10	6	9	3
242	1955	6	1955-10-17	15	6	9
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
243	1954	1	Preseason	9	NA	—
244	1954	2	1954-09-20	10	9	1
245	1954	3	1954-09-27	5	10	5
246	1954	4	1954-10-04	3	5	2
247	1954	5	1954-10-11	2	3	1
248	1954	6	1954-10-18	2	2	NC
249	1954	7	1954-10-25	8	2	6
250	1954	8	1954-11-01	16	8	8
251	1954	9	1954-11-08	14	16	2
252	1954	10	1954-11-15	17	14	3
253	1954	11	1954-11-22	8	17	9
254	1954	12	Final	9	8	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
255	1953	2	1953-09-28	16
256	1953	9	1953-11-16	8
257	1953	10	1953-11-23	12	8	4
258	1953	11	Final	15	12	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
259	1952	1	Preseason	7	NA	—
260	1952	2	1952-09-29	8	7	1
261	1952	3	1952-10-06	1	8	7
262	1952	4	1952-10-13	12	1	11
263	1952	5	1952-10-22	10	12	2
264	1952	6	1952-10-27	18	10	8
265	1952	7	1952-11-03	18	18	NC
266	1952	8	1952-11-10	15	18	3
267	1952	9	1952-11-17	13	15	2
268	1952	10	1952-11-24	12	13	1
269	1952	11	Final	11	12	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
270	1951	1	Preseason	15	NA	—
271	1951	5	1951-10-22	14
272	1951	6	1951-10-29	10	14	4
273	1951	7	1951-11-05	9	10	1
274	1951	8	1951-11-12	8	9	1
275	1951	9	1951-11-19	8	8	NC
276	1951	10	1951-11-26	7	8	1
277	1951	11	Final	8	7	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
278	1950	3	1950-10-09	15
279	1950	4	1950-10-16	16	15	1
280	1950	6	1950-10-30	20
281	1950	7	1950-11-06	15	20	5
282	1950	8	1950-11-13	15	15	NC
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
283	1947	5	1947-11-03	19
284	1947	6	1947-11-10	9	19	10
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
285	1946	2	1946-10-14	20
286	1946	4	1946-10-28	18
287	1946	5	1946-11-04	15	18	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
288	1944	1	1944-10-09	19	NA	—
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
289	1942	1	1942-10-12	7	NA	—
290	1942	2	1942-10-19	7	7	NC
291	1942	3	1942-10-26	6	7	1
292	1942	4	1942-11-02	2	6	4
293	1942	5	1942-11-09	7	2	5
294	1942	6	1942-11-16	7	7	NC
295	1942	7	1942-11-23	4	7	3
296	1942	8	Final	3	4	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
297	1938	4	1938-11-07	15
298	1938	5	1938-11-14	12	15	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
299	1937	1	1937-10-18	16	NA	—

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