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UW football: Badgers finish No. 7, No. 8 in final polls

The University of Wisconsin football team is still looking up at Ohio State. The Badgers beat the Buckeyes, earned a share of their first Big Ten Conference title in 11 years and advanced to the Rose Bowl this past season. Still, Ohio State was the top-ranked Big Ten team when the final polls were released on Tuesday. The Badgers 11-2 finished seventh in the Associated Press media poll and tied for eighth with LSU in the USA Today coaches? poll. The Buckeyes 12-1 ? whose only loss was to UW 31-18 on Oct. 16 ? were fifth in both polls.