Biff Poggi revealed the names of three Michigan players who have opted out of the Citrus Bowl.

Turns out, there could be many more.

Appearing this week on “The Stampede,” a podcast on the Texas Longhorns, Michigan’s interim head coachsaid the recent confluence of events — the abrupt firing of head coach Sherrone Moore on Dec. 10, a pending investigation into the football program and athletic department, and uncertainty around the head coach — may keep others from playing i the Dec. 31 game against Texas.

“We sent them home for Christmas yesterday (Monday), and I think there’s a really good chance that we’re going to have many more opt-outs for the game unfortunately,” Poggi told co-hosts Mack Brown and Vince Young. “Because we’re in such a state of flux, and when they get to this business of it, they think ‘We don’t have a coach, we’ve had this situation with our former coach, there’s investigations, all these things. I don’t know who’s going to coach me. Why do I want to play in that game?’”

“I can see some of that happening. I would tell you, on the 26th, we’re probably going to have a significantly different roster than we had yesterday when we sent them home.”

Michigan was already planning to play without defensive end Derrick Moore, linebacker Jaishawn Barham and offensive lineman Giovanni El-Hadi, Poggi revealed on Monday. Asked if he expected any other players to opt-out of the bowl game, Poggi said no.

So, what changed? Poggi seems to suggest that families and agents may work to convince the players to stay home during the holiday break as Michigan works to sort everything out. Moore’s firing over an extramarital affair with a staffer has created a ripple effect in the football program, triggering a coaching search that has come up empty so far, the departure of the team’s offensive coordinator.

It also has athletic director Warde Manuel pressing pause on all financial agreements, Poggi said.

“We’re not able to give anybody a financial agreement because we don’t have a permanent coach,” said Poggi, who lobbied for the permanent job during a news conference on Monday.

“I probably shouldn’t say this, but I say a lot of things I probably shouldn’t say: Everybody says the (transfer) portal opens on the 2nd … those deals are being made right now.”

Michigan is set to reconvene as a team and fly to Orlando on Friday, Dec. 26, with the team’s next practice scheduled for Saturday. As for who will be there?

Poggi isn’t quite sure.

“I’m thinking, honestly, there could be 25 guys possibly not come back. How do you do that?,” Poggi said. “We’re coming, (and) we will play hard. I don’t know how many we’ll come with, quite frankly, and I don’t know how well we’ll play.

“But we’ll play hard, and I want them to be able to say the rest of their lives (that) we went, we played really hard against a great opponent, and we gave it our all. When lesser men would have maybe not, and probably will not, be there on the 31st.”