Michigan football moves up in AP Poll after bye week

The Michigan Wolverines were on the bye this weekend, but some chaos in college football helped them move up this week’s AP Poll, now up to the No. 18 team in the country with three regular-season games to go.

Heading into the Nov. 15 clash against Northwestern, Michigan has been ranked for 117 of its last 138 games and 63 of the last 73 poll releases dating back to the start of the 2015 season. All time, Michigan has been ranked in the AP poll 938 times, the second most of any program in college football.

Five teams in the Big Ten, including the Wolverines, are ranked after the Week 11 slate of games. Ohio State sits at No. 1, while Indiana remains at No. 2. Oregon sits at No. 7, USC (No. 17) and Michigan (No. 18) are all near the bottom of the top 25.

Here is the full poll released on Sunday afternoon following the Week 11 slate of games. Each week’s AP Poll will be released on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET for the rest of the season. The true mark will be revealed on Tuesday night with the unveiling of the College Football Playoff committee’s second batch of rankings.

AP poll: Where Michigan stands heading into Week 12

1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Texas A&M
4. Alabama
5. Georgia
6. Ole Miss
7. Oregon
8. Texas Tech
9. Notre Dame
10. Texas
11. Oklahoma
12. BYU
13. Vanderbilt
14. Georgia Tech
15. Utah
16. Miami (FL)
17. USC
18. Michigan
19. Louisville
20. Virginia
21. Tennessee
22. Cincinnati
23. Pittsburgh
24. James Madison
25. USF

What’s next for U-M?

Michigan is back in action next Saturday at Wrigley Field in Chicago, taking on the Northwestern Wildcats at noon.