EVANSTON, Ill. -- Coming off a tight victory and a return to the Top 10, No. 8 Wisconsin has every right to feel good about itself.The Badgers can also be excused if theyre a little nervous given who they play on Saturday.Wisconsin visits Northwestern, a team that has given the Badgers all sorts of trouble in recent years.Its going to be a tough, tough challenge, Wisconsin running back Corey Clement said. Were ready to embrace the opportunity to go into their stadium and come out with a victory.The Badgers (6-2, 3-2 Big Ten, No. 8 CFP) beat then-No. 7 Nebraska 23-17 in overtime last week after letting a lead slip away in regulation, and came away with a program-record third win against a Top 10 team this season.It vaulted them back into the Top 10 and put them a game behind the Cornhuskers in the Big Ten West race along with Northwestern (4-4, 3-2) and two other teams.Theyre facing a different challenge this week, against a team that has given them fits in recent years.The Wildcats have won four of six after a 0-2 start and nearly pulled off an upset at Ohio State last week, settling for a late field goal after driving to the 3 and losing 24-20.Were an average football team, Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald said. Thats what we look like on tape. Saturdays another example of that. We had ample opportunities in all three phases, and we were really inconsistent fundamentally. I thought we were really inconsistent as a team in our effort, in our strain to not only finish, but to win in some one-on-one battles. I think that cost us in the long run.Here are some things to know as Wisconsin meets Northwestern:WISCONSIN BADGERED: Wisconsin has had its difficulties with Northwestern in recent years, dropping six of their past 10 meetings.The Badgers have dropped four in a row at Ryan Field since a win in 1999 and had no luck either at Camp Randall Stadium last year.Wisconsin lost that game after three touchdowns were negated by calls from the officials, who had snowballs thrown at them as they left the field.ONE OR THE OTHER: Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst says freshman Alex Hornibrook will start against Northwestern, though he still apparently intends to play backup quarterback Bart Houston, too. Hornibrook took over from Houston as the starter in Week 4. Houston has been playing more the last couple weeks in a designed move that is supposed to give the offense a change of pace. Houston, a senior, is more mobile. But the results of the two-quarterback system have been mixed. Houston was the quarterback for the overtime drive last week against Nebraska that led to the Badgers go-ahead touchdown run.THORSONS RISE: Northwestern quarterback Clayton Thorson is settling in after a shaky start.He has 10 touchdowns and two interceptions in the past four games after throwing for five TDs and getting picked off four times in the first four. He has also thrown for more than 250 yards the past three games and ranks third in the Big Ten in passing.ON THE LINEBACKERS: The Badgers keep finding productive backups to step in for injured linebackers. Ryan Connelly was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week last week for his 11-tackle performance against Nebraska. 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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Mike Anderson has spent much of the early season looking for his best defensive lineup.The Arkansas coach might just have found it, thanks to a few starting lineup changes in a 99-62 win over Austin Peay on Saturday night.The win is the largest victory of the season for the Razorbacks (6-1), who had 12 players score in the comfortable win. They also scored 25 points off 13 turnovers by the Governors (4-4), just one example of the harassing, active defense Arkansas played in winning its third straight game.Adrio Bailey scored a career-high 14 points on 7-of-8 shooting off the bench for the Razorbacks, but it was a starting lineup that featured first-year junior college transfers Jaylen Barford and Daryl Macon that set the tone -- particularly on defense.Just like Anderson had hoped.I thought we were really engaged defensively, Anderson said. ... By the end of the game, we had 45 deflections. Thats probably the most weve had all year long. I think it started with defense with that group there.While the starters led the way with defense, the Arkansas bench -- led by Bailey -- outscored Austin Peay 55-12. Dusty Hannahs, coming off the bench for the first time this season, had 13 of those points for the Razorbacks, who shot 51.9 percent (40 of 77) in the win.Preseason Southeastern Conference Player of the Year Moses Kingsley added 13 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three blocks, while Barford had 12 points and C.J. Jones 11 for Arkansas.Barford scored six early points as the Razorbacks built a 41-31 halftime advantage. He also had a pair of steals as Arkansas built a 41-31 halftime advantage after a 21-3 first-half run. The Razorbacks led by as many as 17 points in the half, and they used a 30-4 second-half run to put the game out of reach.I think its great for us, because wee feed off defense, Barford said.dddddddddddd I think just being active everywhere on the floor has helped us out a lot, because it brings a lot of energy to the crowd and a lot of energy to our bench.John Murray led Austin Peay with 23 points, while guard Josh Robinson, who entered the game averaging 23.3 points per game, finished with nine on 3-of-14 shooting.The Governors were outrebounded 47-31 and gave up 26 second-chance points to the Razorbacks.The second half we came out a different basketball team, obviously, Austin Peay coach Dave Loos said. And so did they ... They do the dirty work and get after people.BIG PICTUREAustin Peay: The Governors last victory against an SEC team came in 2011 against Tennessee. They were overwhelmed in their only SEC matchup of this season on Saturday, shooting just 36.9 percent (24 of 65) and committing 13 turnovers that led to 25 Arkansas points.Arkansas: Hannahs entered Saturday without a 3-pointer in his last two games and shooting 9 of 28 (32 percent) from behind the arc for the season. The senior, who hit 43 percent of his 3-pointers last season, found his stroke by connecting on 3 of 5 3-pointers against the Governors -- a much-needed boost for the Razorbacks as they close in on SEC play.GIVING SEASONArkansas finished with a season-high 28 assists in the win, with Kingsley leading the way with a career-high five. Forward Dustin Thomas, Barford and point guard Anton Bear each added four assists for the Razorbacks, whose previous best was 23 in a win over Southern Illinois.UP NEXTAustin Peay is off for a week before traveling to face IPFW on Dec. 10.The Razorbacks host a difficult nonconference opponent in Houston on Tuesday night. ' ' '
