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Michigan moves up in AP Poll after win at Nebraska

Anthony Broomeby: Anthony Broome09/21/25anthonytbroome
Michigan Wolverines football running back Justice Haynes rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown in a win over Nebraska. (Photo by Dylan Widger-Imagn Images)
Michigan Wolverines football running back Justice Haynes rushed for 149 yards and a touchdown in a win over Nebraska. (Photo by Dylan Widger-Imagn Images)

The Michigan Wolverines have moved up in this week’s AP Poll after opening their Big Ten slate of games with a 30-27 win at Nebraska, rising up to No. 18 in the country. U-M was ranked No. 21 last week.

The Wolverines are one of seven Big Ten teams ranked this week, along with Ohio State at No. 1 followed by Penn State (No. 3), Oregon (No. 6), Indiana (No. 11), USC (No. 21) and Illinois (No. 23). The Wolverines play only two of those teams this year, with a road trip to USC on Oct. 11 and the Buckeyes coming to town on Thanksgiving weekend for the regular season finale.

Michigan was led by associate head coach Biff Poggi this week again, with Sherrone Moore serving the second week of a school-imposed two-game suspension. He was proud of the message that the Wolverines made in Lincoln.

“The statement was, I think, multifaceted,” Poggi said after the win. “First of all, we love our coach. He’s our coach, he’s our coach for a reason. He recruited the team, he prepared the team. That was the first statement. And then the second statement was there’s this narrative going around that we can’t win on the road, and that was a statement. A little bit of a narrative like, hey, if it’s a really lively hard place to play, we kind of — we’re not finishing those games. I think a lot of that was a statement today.

Here is the full poll released on Sunday afternoon following the Week 3 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 4

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

What’s next for U-M?

Michigan is off this week for its first of two byes during the 2025 season. It returns to game action on Oct. 4 against Wisconsin at the Big House with the kickoff time to be announced on Monday. 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 Sept. 29.