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College football rankings: Wisconsin jumps to No. 14 in AP Top 25, No. 15 in USA Today Coaches Poll

Wisconsin made a pair of huge jumps in the AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll after demolishing Nebraska.

Ronald Martinez

As expected, the Wisconsin Badgers have made a big jump in the first polls of Week 13. After routing Nebraska and seeing Melvin Gordon make history, the Badgers jumped seven spots to No. 15 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Nebraska dropped eight spots to No. 19.

In the AP Top 25 released later Sunday afternoon, Wisconsin jumped eight spots to No. 14

Though Wisconsin's season hinges on the results of the forthcoming two games, the polls indicate an impressive perception of Wisconsin nationwide. After losing to Northwestern in the Big Ten opener in early October, Wisconsin has reeled off five consecutive wins. The win over Nebraska also puts the Badgers atop the Big Ten West division, and their final two games are against teams directly below them in the standings: Iowa (road) and Minnesota.

Also representing the Big Ten in the Coaches Poll are Ohio State (No. 7) and Michigan State (No. 9). Here's the full top 25, along with the Massey composite computer rankings.

AP Coaches Massey composite
1 Florida State Florida State Alabama
2 Alabama Alabama Oregon
3 Oregon Oregon Ole Miss
4 Mississippi State Mississippi State Mississippi State
5 TCU TCU TCU
6 Baylor Baylor Florida State
7 Ohio State Ohio State Baylor
8 Ole Miss Ole Miss Ohio State
9 Georgia Michigan State Georgia
10 Michigan State Georgia Auburn
11 UCLA Kansas State UCLA
12 Kansas State UCLA Michigan State
13 Arizona State Arizona Kansas State
14 Wisconsin Arizona State Wisconsin
15 Arizona Wisconsin Oklahoma
16 Auburn Georgia Tech Arizona State
17 Georgia Tech Auburn Marshall
18 Marshall Marshall Georgia Tech
19 Missouri Nebraska Nebraska
20 Utah Missouri LSU
21 Nebraska Utah Arizona
22 Colorado State Oklahoma Missouri
23 Oklahoma Colorado State USC
24 USC USC Utah
25 Duke Duke Clemson