The Badgers have made their way into the Top 25 for the first time this season.
It only took two weeks for the Wisconsin Badgers to crack the AP Top 25, as their 103-88 victory over the then-No. 9 Arizona Wildcats was good enough to debut them at No. 19 in Week 3.
Wisconsin, standing at 4-0, came into the year with a lot of turnover, as they saw seven players depart and six new faces join the program, led by transfer guard John Tonje.
Still, the team returned a pair of experienced starters and improved rising sophomores, with the newcomers serving as complementary pieces on a team that worked on their chemistry all offseason long.
Well, it didn’t take long for it to come together, as Wisconsin pulled off one of the biggest wins in program history over the past few years, dropping a top 10 team at the Kohl Center, while putting up over 100 points in the process.
Their No. 19 ranking is just two spots below the team they beat, as the Wildcats dropped from No. 9 to No. 17 in Week 3, which was the biggest drop of any team in the Top 25 this week.
At No. 19, the Badgers are one of five Big Ten teams inside the Top 25: Purdue (No. 6), Indiana (No. 16), Wisconsin (No. 19), Rutgers (No. 24), and Illinois (No. 25).
The Boilermakers moved up seven spots this week amid a ton of shuffling inside the Top 10. Indiana and Rutgers both stayed put at their respective spots, while Wisconsin and Illinois both debuted in the Top 25 for the first time this season.
Now 4-0, the Badgers will look to remain undefeated when they play UT Rio Grande Valley on Monday evening at the Kohl Center, with tip-off scheduled for 7:00 p.m.