Michigan football holds steady in latest AP Poll
The Michigan Wolverines are 7-0 after a massive blowout win over the Indiana Hoosiers in Ann Arbor and are staying at No. 2 in this week’s AP poll. Georgia remains at No. 1 after a 37-20 win over Vanderbilt on Saturday afternoon.
Washington is on the rise after a showdown win over the Oregon Ducks, now coming in at No. 2 nationally. The top five are comprised of Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State and Washington. Additionally, USC is out of the top ten after a blowout loss at Notre Dame.
Michigan, Ohio State, Penn State and Iowa are the only teams ranked out of the Big Ten Conference, which is no surprise at this point considering the conference has made a habit of cannibalizing itself throughout the year. Iowa continues to survive despite a bad offense and a season-ending injury to Cade McNamara.
Michigan plays both in November with a road trip to Penn State set for Nov. 11 and a home game set with the OSU Buckeyes for Nov. 25. The Big Ten Championship from Indianapolis will take place Saturday, Dec. 2 from Lucas Oil Stadium with U-M hoping to threepeat as conference champs.
Here’s a look at the updated AP Poll this week with the dust cleared from the Week 7 slate of games.
College Football Associated Press Poll: Week 8
- Georgia (46 first-place votes)
- Michigan (16)
- Ohio State (1)
- Florida State (1)
- Washington (2)
- Oklahoma
- Penn State
- Texas
- Oregon
- North Carolina
- Alabama
- Oregon State
- Ole Miss
- Utah
- Notre Dame
- Duke
- Tennessee
- USC
- LSU
- Missouri
- Louisville
- Air Force
- Tulane
- Iowa
- USC
Harbaugh weighs in on IU win
“There was a real calm, a real understanding that okay, when we get punched in the mouth, we’re going to respond. That’s what’s going to happen. Everybody has that kind of faith in the leadership of our team, the character of our team. There’s a devotion to the fundamentals of Michigan football. Just go to work of responding. That’s the best strategy you can do. That’s what we lean back on.”
U-M prepares for rivalry showdown with MSU
Michigan will be looking for its first two-game win streak in the Michigan State rivalry since the 2018 and 2019 seasons against the Spartans. Michigan is 4-4 against its in-state rival since head coach Jim Harbaugh arrived in 2015 and won last season’s game in Ann Arbor by a score of 29-7. Other victories in the series came in 2016, 2018 and 2019, respectively.
Saturday’s game in East Lansing kicks off at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC.
