Whether the distraction was out-of-town scores, remarkable statistics or long-standing records, Wisconsin refused to lose focus. That perspective has kept the Badgers in position to win the Big Ten despite consecutive crushing losses last month. Montee Ball set the conference's single-season touchdown record and Wisconsin (No. 18 BCS, No. 16 AP) trampled Minnesota 42-13 on Saturday to keep Paul Bunyan's Axe for the eighth straight year.
