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UW football: SI investigation finds nine Badgers players with criminal records

A cover story in this week?s Sports Illustrated takes a look at crime in college football.During a six-month investigation, SI/CBS News ran criminal background checks on 2,837 players on the teams in its preseason Top 25, finding 7 percent had criminal records. The University of Wisconsin tied for seventh on the dubious list with Oklahoma and Florida State with nine players who were charged. Pittsburgh topped the list with 22 charged players and Texas Christian was the only one of the 25 schools with no players charged.