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Michigan falls one spot in AP poll after bye week

Anthony Broomeby: Anthony Broome09/28/25anthonytbroome
Sherrone Moore
Michigan Wolverines football head coach Sherrone Moore during a win over New Mexico. (Photo by Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)

The Michigan Wolverines have moved down one spot in the Week 6 AP poll after being idle this weekend, the first of two bye weeks. U-M sits at No. 20 in this week’s ranking heading into the showdown with Wisconsin (noon, FOX).

The Wolverines are one of six Big Ten teams ranked this week, along with Ohio State at No. 1 followed by Oregon (No. 2), Penn State (No. 7), Indiana (No. 9) and Illinois (No. 22). The Wolverines play only one of those teams this year with the Buckeyes coming to town on Thanksgiving weekend for the regular season finale.

Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore said this week the emphasis during the bye week was a full-fledged evaluation of the program after four weeks.

“Make sure the best players are playing on the field,” Moore said of the team’s priorities. “Give guys opportunities to play, but they got to go earn it. So be more fundamental. Attack our fundamentals, attack our technique, attack the how, and keep everybody healthy and get guys back that are healthy. We’re going to do a good job with the plan of how we’re attacking the week, being smart with what we do in practice, so we make sure we get some guys back and get the guys that are playing their legs back. So that’s our game plan as we go next week.”

Here is the full poll released on Sunday afternoon following the Week 5 slate of games. Each week’s AP Poll will be released on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET for the rest of the season.

AP poll: Where Michigan stands heading into Week 6

1. Ohio State
2. Oregon
3. Miami
4. Ole Miss
5. Oklahoma
6. Texas A&M
7. Penn State
8. Indiana
9. Texas
10. Alabama
11. Texas Tech
12. Georgia
13. LSU
14. Iowa State
15. Tennessee
16. Vanderbilt
17. Georgia Tech
18. Florida State
19. Missouri
20. Michigan
21. Notre Dame
22. Illinois
23. BYU
24. Virginia
25. Arizona State

What’s next for U-M?

Michigan returns to game action on Oct. 4 against Wisconsin at the Big House with the kickoff time set for noon on FOX, its first Big Noon Saturday designation of the season.. From there, the Wolverines will travel to Los Angeles on Oct. 11 for a showdown with the USC Trojans. Kickoff time will be announced on Monday afternoon.