Newstand: Where Michigan might fall in Sunday's AP ranking

The Michigan Wolverines lost the top-18 showdown on Saturday night with the Oklahoma Sooners and will fall in Sunday’s AP Poll rankings, which are released at 2 p.m. ET. But just how far might the 1-1 squad be when the new poll comes out?

On3’s Brett McMurphy has Michigan in the No. 20 spot of Sunday’s poll after revealing his ballot on Saturday night. Michigan is one of five teams ranked along with Ohio State (No. 1), Penn State (No. 4), Oregon (No. 7) and Illinois (No. 14).

Michigan is next in action on Saturday at noon against an in-state MAC opponent in the form of the Central Michigan Chippewas. CMU is 1-1 on the season after a Week 1 win over San Jose State and a 45-17 blowout loss on Saturday at Pittsburgh. Next weekend’s game kicks off at noon and will be broadcast via the Big Ten Network.

The following week will see them make a trip to Lincoln, Nebraska to take on the Cornhuskers at 3:30 p.m. on CBS. Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore will serve a two-game suspension over the next two games, self-imposed by the university, as part of the sanctions from its advanced scouting saga with the NCAA. Moore will be allowed to coach the team this week in practice before being shelved at midnight on gameday. He can return at midnight the Sunday following the Nebraska game.

Tweets of the day

Michigan wasn't great on offense, defense, special teams, or coaching, but still did enough, and got enough breaks, to have a chance to win with a freshman QB.
Underwood can only develop through games like that.
They'll have to trust him to throw and run, and work on the OL too.

— John U. Bacon (@Johnubacon) September 7, 2025

Gio El-Hadi has a boot on his left foot. The situation doesn’t look very promising. Hope to get an update here coming shortly.

— Tony Garcia | Detroit Free Press (@RealTonyGarcia) September 7, 2025

The #Lions and star edge Aidan Hutchinson are not expected to agree to terms on a new deal prior to the season, sources say.

The negotiations have been professional and amicable, and Detroit has done deals during the season in the past. But not yet for Hutch. pic.twitter.com/3OnbpMM6Il

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) September 7, 2025

Michigan quote of the day

“I thought [head coach and defensive play-caller] Brent [Venables] did a really good job with just the looks. Just the things they did, wasn’t that it was just a whole bunch of tackles for loss and things like that. It was more just getting sputtered in certain spots and just had to create a little bit more rhythm. They just did a good job defensively. They’ve got guys that have played on that defense and understand the defense. We’ve just got to do a better job of combating that.”

– Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore on what Oklahoma did to stifle the offense on Saturday night

Headlines of the day

Michigan’s Sooner sadness could pay dividends later
Defense/ST Notes: Michigan laments missed opportunities, John Mateer’s showing
Offense notes: Michigan frustrated with lackluster performance against stout Oklahoma defense
Game balls from Michigan football’s 24-13 loss at Oklahoma
WATCH: Sherrone Moore press conference following Michigan football loss to Oklahoma