Michigan
5–3 · 2–3 Big Ten · Kyle Whittingham, 1st season
Beat Rutgers 28–21, Oct 31 · Next: vs Michigan State, Sat, Nov 7 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
JJ Buchanan tied Greg Dulcich for the 5th-fastest to 1,000 receiving yards by a college football tight end, bowls included, in 19 games.
- JJ Buchanantied Greg Dulcich for 5th-fastest to 1,000 receiving yards by a college football tight end, bowls includedOct 31, 2026 · @
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Against the closing line
Michigan has beaten the line in 1 of its last 4, 6.1 points a game under it. Over the season it’s 5.5 a game under, 119th of 136.
Of the 11 teams at 5–3 against a schedule this hard, Michigan’s −5.5 is 10th.
last 4
−6.1
before
−4.9
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Oct 3, 2026 @ Minnesota −12.5
Oct 17, 2026 vs Penn State −3.0
Oct 24, 2026 vs Indiana +0.5- Oct 31, 2026 @ Rutgers −9.5
Lately
- Beat 9 of its last 10 unranked opponentscount
Oct 18, 2025 vs Washington +17
Oct 25, 2025 @ Michigan State +11
Nov 1, 2025 vs Purdue +5
Nov 15, 2025 vs Northwestern +2
Nov 22, 2025 @ Maryland +25
Sep 5 vs Western Michigan +1
Sep 19 vs UTEP +35- Oct 3 @ Minnesota −6
- Oct 17 vs Penn State +3
- Oct 31 @ Rutgers +7
- Failed to cover 7 of its last 10count
Nov 29, 2025 vs Ohio State −8.5
Dec 31, 2025 vs Texas −9.5- Sep 5 vs Western Michigan −26.5
Sep 12 vs Oklahoma +12- Sep 19 vs UTEP +0.5
Sep 26 vs Iowa −5.5- Oct 3 @ Minnesota −12.5
- Oct 17 vs Penn State −3
- Oct 24 vs Indiana +0.5
- Oct 31 @ Rutgers −9.5
- Won 7 of its last 10 at homecount
Oct 4, 2025 vs Wisconsin +14- Oct 18, 2025 vs Washington +17
- Nov 1, 2025 vs Purdue +5
- Nov 29, 2025 vs Ohio State −18
- Sep 5 vs Western Michigan +1
- Sep 12 vs Oklahoma +7
- Sep 19 vs UTEP +35
- Sep 26 vs Iowa −1
- Oct 17 vs Penn State +3
- Oct 24 vs Indiana −7
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | −4.5 · 95th | −7.5 · 24th |
| Total yards | −49 · 110th | −101 · 5th |
| Touchdowns | −0.5 · 90th | −1.2 · 16th |
| Passing efficiency | −11.8 · 94th | −21.4 · 17th |
| 3rd downs | +5.2% · 32nd | −5.8% · 30th |
| Turnovers | +0.4 · 118th | −0.1 · 82nd |
| Sacks | −0.3 · 48th | −0.1 · 81st |
| Penalty yards | +6.0 · 93rd |
Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.
Seasons
- 2026 5–3
- 2025 9–4
- 2024 8–5
- 2023 15–0
- 2022 13–1
- 2021 12–2
- 2020 2–4
- 2019 9–4
- 2018 10–3
- 2017 8–5
- 2016 10–3
- 2015 10–3
- 2014 5–7
- 2013 7–6
- 2012 8–5
- 2011 11–2
- 2010 7–6
- 2009 5–7
- 2008 3–9
- 2007 9–4
- 2006 11–2
- 2005 7–5
- 2004 9–3
- 2003 10–3
- 2002 10–3
- 2001 8–4
- 2000 9–3
- 1999 10–2
- 1998 10–3
- 1997 12–0
- 1996 8–4
- 1995 9–4
- 1994 8–4
- 1993 8–4
- 1992 9–0–3
- 1991 10–2
- 1990 9–3
- 1989 10–2
- 1988 9–2–1
- 1987 8–4
- 1986 11–2
- 1985 10–1–1
- 1984 6–6
- 1983 9–3
- 1982 8–4
- 1981 9–3
- 1980 10–2
- 1979 8–4
- 1978 10–2
- 1977 10–2
- 1976 10–2
- 1975 8–2–2
- 1974 10–1
- 1973 10–0–1
- 1972 10–1
- 1971 11–1
- 1970 9–1
- 1969 8–3
- 1968 8–2
- 1967 4–6
- 1966 6–4
- 1965 4–6
- 1964 9–1
- 1963 3–4–2
- 1962 2–7
- 1961 6–3
- 1960 5–4
- 1959 4–5
- 1958 2–6–1
- 1957 5–3–1
- 1956 7–2
- 1955 7–2
- 1954 6–3
- 1953 6–3
- 1952 5–4
- 1951 4–5
- 1950 6–3–1
- 1949 6–2–1
- 1948 9–0
- 1947 10–0
- 1946 6–2–1
- 1945 7–3
- 1944 8–2
- 1943 8–1
- 1942 7–3
- 1941 6–1–1
- 1940 7–1
- 1939 6–2
- 1938 6–1–1
- 1937 4–4
- 1936 1–7
- 1935 4–4
- 1934 1–7
- 1933 7–0–1
- 1932 8–0
- 1931 8–1–1
- 1930 8–0–1
- 1929 5–3–1
- 1928 3–4–1
- 1927 6–2
- 1926 7–1
- 1925 7–1
- 1924 6–2
- 1923 8–0
- 1922 6–0–1
- 1921 5–1–1
- 1920 5–2
- 1919 3–4
- 1918 5–0
- 1917 8–2
- 1916 7–2
- 1915 4–3–1
- 1914 6–3
- 1913 6–1
- 1912 5–2
- 1911 5–1–2
- 1910 3–0–3
- 1909 6–1
- 1908 5–2–1
- 1907 5–1
- 1906 4–1
- 1905 12–1
- 1904 10–0
- 1903 11–0–1
- 1902 11–0
- 1901 11–0
- 1900 7–2–1
- 1899 8–2
- 1898 10–0
- 1897 6–1–1
- 1896 9–1
- 1895 8–1
- 1894 9–1–1
- 1893 7–3
- 1892 7–5
- 1883 1–4
- 1881 0–3
Method
- Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
- A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
- Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
- Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.