still several degrees above heavy fog is in wisconsin and northwestern illinois. in the valleys of northeastern iowa into the central viewing area there could be if you spot the fog but if it does develop you can see it burns off quickly by early morning. after that sunshine showing up at 1:00 in the afternoon. as we go through 6:00 the sun remains in our skies and by then with the dry air our temperatures should be in the upper 60s to 70 degrees. for the highest goal football playoff games it looks great. the kickoff temperature is about 60 degrees. winds southwest 5 to 10. for saturday night, i will has a big name at penn state. a must win for the hawkeyes. 52 degrees will be the kickoff temperature. skies should be clear and went out of the west. the weather not going to be an issue peeper stadium. tonight this is a high pressure that will bring us some fine weather. drifts slowly to the south east. all the weather expected to say east and west of the midwest. that you start to warm temperatures a few more degrees . that will give the high temperatures tomorrow

has the fewest penalties in the conference, nine better than second place northwestern and thirty-eight randall stadium, illinois.... and then there's that badgers defense, which continues to hold down opponents and force timely turnovers.... safety d'cota dixon is often involved, from the opener against lsu, right up to saturday's victory at northwestern.... "that's really what it is, is doing your one eleven. everybody does a really good job of that. for some reason, like i said, if you have a relationship with the ball and you just do your job and you do that consistently, the ball will tend to find you." this time of year, but you can pick which of these three contests should be our game of the week... head to our website, fox six now dot com slash sports and make your choice..... tom pipines will cover the winning showdown and brandon cruz will have all the highlights at teams fight for a spot at state this friday night..... finally, back to lambeau field yesterday... here's the open field runner who gets the biggest cheers from the crowd, a squirrel who eludes his potential captors while the colts are post

. >> the badgers are headed to the illinois to play northwestern watch it here at 11:00 on saturday morning. it should be a nice day for football. >> yes, looking dry, friday, saturday and sunday. starting with thursday. i still think 60 on saturday. so maybe sun screen and a hat. ben: in november. >> yes. november is typically a cloudy month. the sunshine, no worries, it is coming through for us, especially into the afternoon. warm front took its time coming through and southwest breezes and our temperatures have been climbing overnight. now, we have a cool front situated for tomorrow and low pressure that is passing to the south and between the two we set the temperatures, you can see overall readings continue to remain fairly seasonal or above seasonal. we are at 64 degrees at this hour at the airport. these readings well above normal for us for this time of the year. for the rainfall, unlike last wednesday when we had a soaker, we are looking at lesser amounts of rainfall in the north counties. i think that the steadiest of the rain coming mid to late morning and early and clouds and so

. >> on saturday, the badgers are headed to illinois to play the big ten rivals northwestern. watch to game on wisn 12 at 11:00 a.m. on saturday morning. that is going to be a good game. sally: you may need to sun screen on saturday. ben: who would think november >> we are getting the warm ups and the cool downs. the middle part of the month maybe like november. not for a couple of weeks yet. satellite and radar, a few clouds this morning. they are beginning to exit. we had a warm front coming through. there is a boundary coming through for now. not doing much for us. later in the today and the low pressure passing to the south and setting up the stage for occasional rain. early temperatures this morning already in the 60s. we make it up to 71 degrees by 3:00, 4:00 this afternoon with the lighter southwest winds. some clouds but plenty sunshine. 61 at this hour in beaver dam. 46 at the we continue to climb and that trend is continuing for us throughout the day. region ally the temperatures, cooler air across the dakotas. even tomorrow the highs still into the upper 50s and sti

illinois, purdue and minnesota. the badgers defense held northwestern to a season-low 39 yards rushing yesterday and for the most part, wisconsin's defense dominated in the 21-to-7 victory. wildcats drove the length of the field only score leaving a bad , taste with some of the badgers. >> we just didn't execute. we were in that spot. we just did make the plays. you know, tomorrow, we will win for sure. >> getting the ball out quick was hard to defend. just getting the ball on the edges. just missing tackles a little defense to a high standard and it's one that we're proud of that we try to hold ourselves to everyday. that's why practices are so tough. because we know how good of a defense we need to be. dan: the new college football polls came out today, and wisconsin moved up 1 spot in both, to 7th. in the ap poll, they trail alabama, michigan, clemson, washington, louisville and ohio state. wisconsin is the highest ranked team with two there's a chance they will get into the playoffs, but they need a lot of help. a lot of help. over 80,000 wisconsin jobs lost to unfair trade. but senator johnson sided with corpora

illinois, purdue and minnesota. the badgers defense held northwestern to a season-low 39 yards rushing yesterday and for the most part, wisconsin's defense dominated in the 21-to-7 victory. but late in the first half, the wildcats drove the length of the field only score leaving a bad , taste with some of the badgers. >> we were in that spot. we just did make the plays. you know, tomorrow, we will win for sure. >> getting the ball out quick was hard to defend. just getting the ball on the edges. just missing tackles a little bit. >> i think people hold wisconsin defense to a high standard and it's one that we're proud of that we try to hold ourselves to everyday. that's why practices are so tough. because we know how good of a defense we need to be. dan: the new college football polls came out today, and both, to 7th. in the ap poll, they trail alabama, michigan, clemson, washington, louisville and ohio state. wisconsin is the highest ranked team with two losses. there's a chance they will get into the playoffs, but they need a lot of help. putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. when i come home and dinner

move....after cruising by northwestern, wisconsin will likely jump one spot to clear path to the big ten title game ..... if they win out they are in....seems easy with illinois, purdue and minnesota on the schedule....but wisconsin knows better than to underestimate anyone....the illini are up next, fresh off of their first win against michigan state since 2006... 3 3 3 fumagali: "this group has done a great job of this every week. just not being complacent and coming out and finding new things to improve on and getting better." musso: "november is probably the hardest month for a lot of sports teams. that's where a lot of teams prove more than anything just because bodies start to hurt and mentally school starts to weigh on people a little bit. so really we have to focus on this week and getting through november before anything else." the badgers will open next season in primetime...the big ten just announced their friday night schedule with wisconsin and utah state kicking off the year september first at camp randall.... the u-w milwaukee womens' night...the panthers host western illinois sunday to start the regular season....they're hoping to build off of