The Wisconsin Badgers football team already defeated Minnesota on the field this season, winning 35-32 at Camp Randall Stadium on Nov. 15.

The Badgers could beat out the Golden Gophers again on Sunday when the Champs Sports Bowl picks a team for its game Dec. 27 in Orlando, Fla.

UW got a chance to move up in the bowl pecking order when Oregon defeated Oregon State 65-38 on Saturday night, which almost assures two Big Ten Conference teams of playing in Bowl Championship Series games.

Steve Hogan, executive director of the Champs Sports Bowl, said Monday it looks like his bowl could be picking between the Badgers (7-5) and the Gophers (7-5).

"I think it would be logical if that happens," Hogan said. "I think that could happen that way, it could come down to those two teams."

Naturally, Hogan didn't come out and say which Big Ten team he would prefer. But when making the cases for both schools, he made it clear head-to-head matchup is important.

"All things being equal, you like to look at head-to-head," Hogan said. "I think head-to-head, (the Gophers) lost to another team we may be picking against."

Minnesota lost its last four games, including 55-0 to Iowa in the finale, while UW won four of its last five.

Penn State has locked up a Rose Bowl berth and Ohio State looks like a lock for an at-large BCS berth. That leaves Michigan State for the Capital One Bowl.

The Outback Bowl picks next and would have to choose between Northwestern (9-3) and Iowa (8-4), with the other team going to the Alamo Bowl. Many bowl projections have Iowa going to Tampa, Fla., for the Outback, because it has a marquee victory over Penn State and a much larger fan following.

Northwestern officials have been campaigning not to have the Wildcats get jumped by Iowa, but that may be in vain. However, there is no chance the Badgers will jump ahead of Northwestern and go to San Antonio.

The Badgers have gone to Florida four straight years and have been in Orlando twice in the past three years for the Capital One. Hogan admitted that is a concern and it could affect ticket sales for the game.

"You're concerned about fans and you're concered about the team itself," Hogan said. "We try and do this thing down here as a reward for the team and the players and the (coaching) staffs and then the fans after that, and our market last.

"We don't look at it as, who's going to bring us every last ticket here? I think a lot of (bowls) do look at it that way. We want it, hopefully, to be a reward. I'm more concerned for the team itself than I am for us. It would be logical to expect an impact on (ticket sales), with that happening, just because fans have been here so much in the past several years."

The major unanswered question was if UW officials felt strongly enough about not returning to Florida, that they worked behind the scenes to get to the Insight Bowl in Tempe, Ariz., which has the next selection.

But Hogan said he has heard nothing about UW officials prefering to go to Arizona.

"I think the team would probably tell you, they want to play the best competition they can play," Hogan said. "They want to match up against the best team, with the highest selection level of the bowls."