{"id":272413,"date":"2025-11-05T05:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/272413\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T05:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T05:48:07","slug":"michigan-wolverines-have-work-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/272413\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Wolverines have work to do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit News<br \/>\n\u00a0|\u00a0 The Detroit News<\/p>\n<p>Michigan has some work to do to make the College Football Playoff for the fourth time in the last five years.<\/p>\n<p>The Wolverines (7-2 overall, 5-1 Big Ten) were ranked No. 21 in the first College Football Playoff rankings released Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Wolverines, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/sports\/college\/more-colleges\/2025\/11\/02\/no-change-for-michigan-wolverines-in-ap-college-football-poll-after-win-over-purdue\/87052191007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">also ranked No. 21 in this week&#8217;s AP college football poll,<\/a> are in third in the Big Ten, behind Indiana (9-0, 6-0) and Ohio State (8-0, 5-0).<\/p>\n<p>Michigan closes the regular season with road games against Northwestern (at Wrigley Field) and Maryland, and a home game vs. Ohio State.<\/p>\n<p>Oregon (7-1, 4-1), USC (6-2, 4-1) and Iowa (6-2, 4-1) are other Big Ten contenders for the College Football Playoff.<\/p>\n<p>Ohio State received top billing in the rankings, followed by Indiana, Texas A&amp;M and Alabama. The top three head into the final four weeks of the regular season undefeated. Another team with no losses, BYU of the Big 12, was ranked seventh.<\/p>\n<p>At No. 5 was Georgia, followed by Ole Miss. All of the top six came from either the Big Ten or SEC \u2013 a dose of business as usual despite a season that has been anything but predictable.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Tech was ranked eighth and Oregon came in at No. 9. Rounding out the top 12 were Notre Dame, Texas and Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p>But if the bracket were set based on these rankings, the Longhorns and Sooners would miss out \u2013 bumped by No. 14 Virginia of the ACC and Memphis of the American thanks to a rule that places the five best-ranked conference champions into the bracket even if they\u2019re not in the top 12.<\/p>\n<p>Memphis wasn\u2019t among the committee\u2019s top 25 but was still the highest ranked leader in a Group of 5 conference.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first of six College Football Playoff rankings updates. The remaining dates are Nov. 11, Nov. 18, Nov. 25, Dec. 2 and, for the final 12-team playoff field, Sunday, Dec. 7 at noon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\">Subscribers: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/sports\/college\/university-michigan\/2025\/11\/04\/michigans-brandyn-hillman-straddles-fine-line-between-big-hit-basics\/87083056007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michigan safety Brandyn Hillman works to straddle &#8216;fine line&#8217; between big hit and basics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>College Football Playoff rankings<\/p>\n<p>1. Ohio State, 8-0<\/p>\n<p>2. Indiana, 9-0<\/p>\n<p>3. Texas A&amp;M, 8-0<\/p>\n<p>4. Alabama, 7-1<\/p>\n<p>5. Georgia, 7-1<\/p>\n<p>6. Ole Miss, 8-1<\/p>\n<p>7. BYU, 8-0<\/p>\n<p>8. Texas Tech, 8-0<\/p>\n<p>9. Oregon, 7-3<\/p>\n<p>10. Notre Dame, 6-2<\/p>\n<p>11. Texas, 7-2<\/p>\n<p>12. Oklahoma, 7-2<\/p>\n<p>13. Utah, 7-2<\/p>\n<p>14. Virginia, 8-1<\/p>\n<p>15. Louisville, 8-1<\/p>\n<p>16. Vanderbilt, 7-2<\/p>\n<p>17. Georgia Tech, 8-1<\/p>\n<p>18. Miami, 6-2<\/p>\n<p>19. USC, 6-2<\/p>\n<p>20. Iowa, 6-2<\/p>\n<p>21. Michigan, 7-2<\/p>\n<p>22. Missouri, 6-2<\/p>\n<p>23. Washington, 6-2<\/p>\n<p>24. Pittsburgh, 7-2<\/p>\n<p>25. Tennessee, 6-3<\/p>\n<p>Projected bracket<\/p>\n<p>If the CFP started today, this is what the first round and quarterfinal matchups would be. Note that playoff seedings (not rankings) are listed.<\/p>\n<p>FIRST ROUND<\/p>\n<p>No. 8 Texas Tech vs. No. 9 Oregon<\/p>\n<p>No. 7 BYU vs. No. 10 Notre Dame<\/p>\n<p>No. 6 Ole Miss vs. No. 11 Virginia<\/p>\n<p>No. 5 Georgia vs. No. 12 Memphis<\/p>\n<p>QUARTERFINALS<\/p>\n<p>No. 1 Ohio State vs. Texas Tech-Oregon winner<\/p>\n<p>No. 2 Indiana vs. BYU-Notre Dame winner<\/p>\n<p>No. 3 Texas A&amp;M vs. Ole Miss-Virginia winner<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 Alabama vs. Georgia-Memphis winner<\/p>\n<p>College Football Playoff schedule<\/p>\n<p>FIRST ROUND<\/p>\n<p>(Campus sites)<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Dec. 19<\/p>\n<p>One game \u2013 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, Dec. 20<\/p>\n<p>Three games \u2013 Noon, 3:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>QUARTERFINALS<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, Dec. 31<\/p>\n<p>Cotton Bowl, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Jan. 1<\/p>\n<p>Orange Bowl, noon<\/p>\n<p>Rose Bowl, 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Sugar Bowl, 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>SEMIFINALS<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, Jan. 8<\/p>\n<p>Fiesta Bowl, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Friday, Jan. 9<\/p>\n<p>Peach Bowl, 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>CHAMPIONSHIP<\/p>\n<p>Monday, Jan. 19<\/p>\n<p>At Miami Gardens, Fla., 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Associated Press contributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Detroit News \u00a0|\u00a0 The Detroit News Michigan has some work to do to make the College 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