MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin's best offensive performance in 95 years came without its biggest offensive threat.

The Badgers showed just how deep and talented they are even without running back John Clay, the reigning Big Ten offensive player of the year.

Montee Ball ran for three touchdowns in his first career start, James White ran for two more and Scott Tolzien threw for three as Wisconsin (No. 7 BCS, No. 6 AP) routed Indiana 83-20 on Saturday.

"We still have the same linemen in there," left tackle Gabe Carimi said. "We're creating the holes, it's not just the running backs."

Wisconsin (9-1, 5-1) put up the most points by an FBS school this season and matched the highest scoring total by a team in a Big Ten conference game since Ohio State's 83-21 victory over Iowa in 1950. For the Badgers, it was the most points since an 85-0 win in 1915 over in-state rival Marquette.

Ball ran for 167 yards and White added 144 yards in place of Clay, who missed the first game of his career after spraining his right knee in last Saturday's win at Purdue.

The offensive line, even without starting center Peter Konz, kept opening up holes for the backup backs.

"They were really big. You could drive a truck through them. When the holes are that big, all us running backs have to do is just run through them and make somebody miss and just get down the field," White said. "It's our job to go out and execute and it's their job to stop us, so if they can't stop us, so be it."

Indiana (4-6, 0-6) kept it close for a quarter, but quarterback and team leader Ben Chappell left late in the first half favoring his left knee and hip. Chappell said he hurt the hip and it got progressively worse.