The prior national champions walk by Fresno State. The real challenge is this week to see if they survived the cheating allegations.

79.268

1.193 (9.5-2.5)

LW: #2

(1-0) - 77.176 pts

(LW Change: -1)

I'm not high on Michigan. Great defense, lots of O question marks.

It was a win, and Fresno State isn’t a pushover, but this wasn’t an inspiring performance from the Michigan offense. Defense is great though.

That Fresno State game was far closer than the score shows. Wolverines better do better this coming week vs texas, that’s all I ask of you.

The offense and defense will both need to show more signs of life next week when the Longhorns come to town.

Michigan defeated Fresno State to start the season 1-0. They have a huge matchup with Texas this week. A win could push them up to the top of my rankings.

Champions stay at #1 until defeated. Beat a meh Fresno.

1-0-132

30-10 vs Fresno State

Win at home over G5 team.

(1-0) -

It definitely feels like if anything is going to hold Michigan back this year it's going to be that offense. It's up to whether Sherrone Moore can bring that offense up to even just last year's level. If he can do that, Michigan is definitely looking at the playoffs.

Power: 13, SoR: 8; LW: 8

Looked shaky against Fresno State, but I'm willing to grant a little bit of grace given the new coaching staff and new faces on offense

Some struggles against a good Fresno St team. About as expected so far: defense good and offense is still a question.

Not a huge confidence-inspiring win, but Fresno State has been a tough G5 for many teams over the years and Michigan, to their credit, turned it on in the 4th quarter to run away with it. I could've moved them more, but they face Texas next week, so we'll get a much better sense of just how good the Wolverines are real soon.

Not enough of a good performance to impress me that Michigan could finish with more than 8 wins, but not bad of a performance to give up hope. Michigan's games vs Texas and USC will decide whether Michigan is a CFP contender or pretender.

Up 2 spots thanks to LSU and FSU losses

Tier 3. Offense struggled but defense still excellent.

Tier - Good, but probably not great

LW: #11

Up 2

They will not be ranked at a point in the season

Michigan is exactly what i'd thought they'd be... flawed on offense, nasty on defense. Davis Warren is the quarterback, he's reasonably accurate, but it remains to be seen if he's a playmaker at all.

Onto what others may consider the worst played game of the week for any of the top 25 teams. The trio of Davis Warren, Alex Orji, and Donovan Edwards were for the most part, abysmal to watch, with the only saving grace of the offense at times being tight end Colston Loveland. Fresno State may end up being a solid team as the season plays out, but in no way is it excusable for Michigan to only be leading this game 16-10 at one point in the fourth quarter, and if not for a Will Johnson pick six with Fresno State in the redzone, could have very well turned into just a 24-17 Michigan lead with less than 5 minutes of game time remaining. Speaking of Will Johnson and the defense, while overall they played a good game, it was obvious at times that they had given up uncovered zones and passing lanes that were not taken advantage of, whether it was missed reads or missed throws by Mikey Keene. More experienced and talented quarterbacks with better teams around them, such as Quinn Ewers and the Longhorns will take advantage of those defensive deficiencies if they are not fixed soon. As for offensively, if this same unit is trotted out onto the field this Saturday afternoon, Michigan needs to pray that Texas's defensive gameplan revolves around ignoring Colston Loveland as much as possible (it won't) if they want any chance at surpassing more than 17 offensive points.

Gross

10 pts