The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! EAST LANSING, Mich. — Quarterback Payton Thorne threw a 27-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Jayden Reed in the second overtime Saturday to lift Michigan State to a 34-28 victory over Wisconsin. The game-winning throw was set up after Michigan State’s Jacoby Windmon stripped the ball …
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst discussed the key to quarterback Graham Mertz’s development by utilizing a theme that came up time and time again during a news conference on the state of the Badgers’ program. “You know, I’ll end up saying that about every guy the whole time, but it’s the truth.” Consistency has pretty much defined Wisconsin’s …
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — No. Nakia Watson and Mason Stokke each scored two touchdowns in the first half, helping the Badgers build a big lead in a 49-11 rout of the Wolverines on Saturday night. “We were thoroughly beaten in every phase,” coach Jim Harbaugh acknowledged after the latest loss dropped Michigan to its worst start since 1967. The Wolverines …