How they voted: Badgers in 2016 AP football poll (Week 9)

An interesting thing happened to the Wisconsin Badgers this past week in the Associated Press top-25 poll. Wisconsin gained votes -- from 935 to 980 -- but actually went down in the poll, from No. 10 to No. 11.

This was due to the fact that unbeaten West Virginia got a major boost in the polls, going from 744 votes to 997.

Wisconsin, at 5-2, is ahead of a number of undefeated teams on a lot of ballots, including West Virginia and Boise State as well as some with the Badgers ahead of Baylor.

And, oh yeah, Nebraska. The Cornhuskers, Wisconsin's opponent this week at Camp Randall Stadium, are ranked No. 7 in the nation. However, 13 AP voters have the Badgers ranked higher on their ballot. Jon Wilner has Wisconsin seven spots higher than Nebraska. So I guess we can surmise while most people are buying into a two-loss Badgers team (just see the vote tally below), not everyone is convinced about Nebraska.

One other interesting nugget from this week's ballots: four votes have Wisconsin ranked higher than Ohio State, a team which just beat the Badgers on the road in overtime last week.

In the case of three voters -- Bob Asmussen, Johnny Miller and Mitch Vingle -- the difference is just once spot.

But then there's Josh Kendall. He has Wisconsin ranked No. 5 in the country. Yes, fifth. Kendall has Ohio State at 11 and Nebraska at 8. He is really buying into the Badgers.

Here's the complete list of ballots from Week 9 as well as a comparison to the previous two weeks:

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