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ESPN bowl projections give Michigan football an intriguing clash vs. high-end SEC team
After being a team that lost whatever postseason game it was in most of the time, Michigan football now has three straight victories in bowl season. Two of those came in the 2023 College Football Playoff with wins over Alabama and Washington, and then in the 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl, again, against Alabama.
Michigan Football’s win over Nebraska made it worthy of a move up the latest ESPN SP+ rankings. Here’s where the Wolverines stand after Week 4:
The Wolverines have several talented players in their 2026 class. ESPN names who they think will have the most impact.
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ESPN FPI projects Michigan football’s win probabilities for every 2025 regular season game
ESPN FPI looks forward and gives something of an advanced analytic projection of who will win each game. The Wolverines are currently on a bye week as they wait to face Wisconsin next Saturday, but ESPN has predictions for each game in terms of chances that Michigan has to win each game.
There are 11 Big Ten teams still unbeaten and ESPN has a trio of them at the top of their ranking in No. 1 Oregon, followed by Ohio State and Penn State. Conference foes USC (No. 8), Illinois (No. 14), Indiana (No. 15), Nebraska (No. 23), Washington (No. 25), Maryland (No. 29) and Rutgers (No. 32) all landed higher than the Spartans in the ranking.
The Michigan Wolverines got their statement win after securing a 30-27 win over Nebraska on Saturday. The maize and blue found themselves up 10 points two diffe
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Who did ESPN’s College GameDay pick to win Penn State’s White Out matchup with Oregon?
Four of the five pickers on the college football preview show picked the Nittany Lions, including guest picker and former PSU linebacker LaVar Arrington, former Alabama head coach Nick Saban, ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit and ESPN personality Pat McAfee. Former Michigan defensive back Desmond Howard was the lone person to pick Oregon.
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Major college football pregame show will be on site for Wisconsin's game vs Michigan
Fox' Big Noon Kickoff pregame show will be in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Oct. 4 for the Wolverines' home matchup against the Wisconsin Badgers.
Michigan hits the road against Nebraska in college football’s Week 4 action on Saturday in a crucial Big Ten opener for both teams. Let’s take a look at the lat
Each member of the ESPN College GameDay crew predicted the winner of the Ohio State vs. Washington matchup on Saturday.
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