University of Wisconsin Athletics is used to being overlooked by the national media like it’s the frigid air we breathe.
The perennial underdogs in all sports (Women’s Hockey just doesn’t fit in, sorry), Badgers recruit quietly but smartly, play fundamentally sound, unglamorous game plans in almost all sports, yet find themselves near the top of the heap year in and year out.
I think Wisconsin Athletics owes the AP Poll a big thank you. For the past, present and future.
They under-rank, under-sell and are routinely overcome each year as Badger team after Badger team outperforms their pre-season ranking and shocks everyone outside of the state.