Kickoff is just 13 minutes away. Blogging live from the Big House for No. 9 Wisconsin at Michigan…

The Badgers are likely without tight end Garrett Graham today who is battling an ankle injury.

A Steven Threet fumble recovered by DeAndre Levy turned into three points after a Phillip Welch 21-yard field goal.

Wisconsin 3, Michigan 0

Welch hits a 42-yard field goal after P.J. Hill is stopped on a 3rd down draw play.

Wisconsin 6, Michigan 0

After a 46-yard run on 3rd down, John Clay caps off a 60-yard drive with a 5-yard touchdown run. Welch PAT is good.

Wisconsin 13, Michigan 0

Welch hits a 31-yard field goal following a Morgan Trent fumbled kickoff.

Wisconsin 16, MIchigan 0

Welch hits another field goal, this time from 52 yards.

Wisconsin 19, Michigan 0

Halftime: Wisconsin 19, Michigan 0

Steven Threet’s 26-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Koger gets the Wolverines on the board. K.C. Lopata’s PAT is good.

Wisconsin 19, Michigan 7

Brandon Minor runs for a 34-yard touchdown. Lopata’s PAT is good.

Wisconsin 19, Michigan 14

Allan Evridge’s pass is intercepted by John Thompson and returned for a touchdown. Michigan takes the lead. Two-point conversion no good.

Wisconsin 19, Michigan 20

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Final: Wisconsin 25, Michigan 27

See The Badger Herald Monday for more complete coverage.

The Badger men’s hockey team will begin the season ranked No. 13 in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine. It’s the same ranking they ended the 2007-2008 season at after losing to North Dakota in the Midwest Regional finals in Madison.

To me, the ranking is right about where I expected the Badgers to be. Much like last season, they’re bringing in a good number of freshmen who will likely see ample playing time this year. They only lost five players from last season’s squad—seniors Davis Drewiske, Matthew Ford, Josh Engel and Kyle Klubertanz to graduation, and freshman Kyle Turris, who jumped to the NHL.

The one WCHA team I felt was a little high was North Dakota at No. 4. Yes, the Fighting Sioux are coming off an appearance in the Frozen Four, but they’re losing two integral pieces of the team that made it there—goaltender Jean-Philippe Lamoreux and forward T.J. Oshie. They always put together a solid program up in Grand Forks, but 4th overall seems a bit of a stretch.

With the Badgers’ win against Fresno State and Ohio State’s loss to USC Saturday, ESPN.com’s Adam Rittenberg, who blogs on the Big Ten conference, believes the road to the Big Ten title goes through Madison.

Rittenberg was also impressed by the play of Wisconsin linebacker DeAndre Levy in the Badgers’ 13-10 victory. Levy had an interception and a sack against the Bulldogs, as well as nine total tackles.

10:42: Bill Rentmeester seals the deal with a run up the middle. Badgers survive.

Final Score: Wisconsin 13, Fresno State 10

10:20: Evridge goes down grabbing his hamstring, an injury that kept him from winning the starting quarterback spot last season. Evridge goes off on a cart. In comes junior Dustin Sherer.

9:59: Goessling 33-yard field goal good.

Wisconsin 13, Fresno State 10

9:46: Welch 23-yard field goal good.

Wiscosin 13, Fresno State 7

9:26: Devon Wylie 47-yard touchdown reception from Tom Brandstater. PAT good.

Wisconsin 10, Fresno State 7

8:51: Welch 50-yard field goal attempt blocked to end half.

Halftime score: Wisconsin 10, Fresno State 0

8:29: Welch hits a 38-yard field goal.

Wisconsin 10, Fresno State 0

8:05: Allan Evridge 2-yard play action pass complete to Garrett Graham in the end zone. Phillip Welch PAT good.

Wisconsin 7, Fresno State 0

8:01: DeAndre Levy interception brought back to the Fresno 26-yardline after a Matt Shaughnessy deflection.

7:51: P.J. HIll stopped on 4th and goal from the 1-yardline: Turnover on downs.

7:39: Jonathan Casillas is in on the first play on defense, also making his season debut.

7:37: Travis Beckum makes his season debut on the second play of the game.

7:33: Did I mention this place was fired up?

7:09: The student section is full and this place is ready for some football. No. 10 Wisconsin at No. 21 Fresno State, kickoff just around the corner…

Today the No. 11 Badgers will welcome the Thundering Herd to Camp Randall Stadium, following along with the Extra Points blog for in-game updates.

11:27 - Marshall’s Chubb Small takes it in for a 1-yard TD run to put the Herd up 7-0 with 4:08 to play in the 1st quarter.

11:46 - Marshall running back Darius Marshall scores on a 1-yard TD run as the Herd go up 14-0 with 13:34 left in the first half.

11:54 - PJ Hill scores on a 2-yard run to cut the lead to 14-7 with 10:16 to play in the 1st half.

12:12 - Philip Welch connects on a 45-yard field goal to cut the Marshall lead to 14-10 with just under 5 minutes left in the half.

12:24 - Zach Brown takes scores on a 3-yard TD run to give Wisconsin the lead, 17-14 with :31 seconds left in the half.

12:58 - Hill scores another short TD and the lead is now 24-14 Badgers. That’s 24 unanswered points from UW.

1:11 - Evridge to Graham for a 26-yard TD pass, it’s 31-14 Wisconsin with 9:45 left in the 3rd quarter.

1:33 - John Clay scores on a 4-yard TD run and the Badgers have extended their lead to 38-14 with a little over a minute left in the third quarter.

1:55 - Brady Ewing scores his first career TD to make it 44-14 Badgers. That’ll do it for the blog today as the Badgers turn it on in the second half to bury Marshall.

Ranked 13th before the season started, the Wisconsin football team jumped two spots in the Associated Press poll and one spot in the USA Today Coaches Poll, where they are now 11th and 12th, respectively. The move up in the polls comes after the Badgers topped Akron in the season opener at home.

Georgia fell out of the top spot of both polls despite a week one win over Georgia Southern. The USC Trojans took over at the top. Ohio State was third in both. Penn State (19th in both) and Illinois (24/25) are the two other Big Ten teams in the top 25 after the opening weekend.