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Michigan and Penn State were ranked in August but got no votes Sunday
Michigan received no votes in either poll on Sunday, October 4, after losing 20-14 at Minnesota. A week earlier it had 54 AP points and was 24th in the coaches poll. Penn State, which lost 34-13 at Northwestern, also received none. They were 16th and 18th in the preseason AP poll and meet at Michigan Stadium on October 17 at 3:30 p.m. Eastern. Washington, preseason 17th, is the third of the eight Big Ten teams in that preseason poll to sit at 0-2 with no votes. Minnesota and Northwestern, who beat Michigan and Penn State, both received votes. Six Big Ten teams are 2-0 in the conference and seven are 0-2. In the last two Big Ten seasons every title-game team was 8-1 or better, and Michigan can finish no better than 7-2. Its at-large path is 10-2, which means winning all seven remaining games. In 2024 and 2025, 75 FBS teams lost two of their first five games. One, Notre Dame in 2025, won the rest; it finished 11th in the committee's final ranking and was not in the field. None of the 41 power-conference teams among them won out; two finished 9-3. Michigan scores 23.0 points a game, 106th of 138 FBS teams, and four of its last seven opponents are in the top 14. Tight end Zack Marshall apologized on Tuesday for leaked messages criticizing offensive coordinator Jason Beck. Andrew Sprague has missed three straight games.
Michigan's 4 Captains Are February's 4 Captains. The 12 Names Underneath Them Are Not
Michigan announced 4 captains and a 12-man leadership council on Monday night, and its February release had already announced 4 spring captains and an 11-man spring council with a note that the real vote would come in fall camp. The captains are identical. The council moved by 5 names: linebacker Troy Bowles, receiver JJ Buchanan and defensive end John Henry Daley came on, safety Mason Curtis and tight end Zack Marshall came off. With 18 days to Western Michigan, the tight ends went from 1 name to 0 of 8, the linebackers went from 0 to 1 of 14, and the 10 specialists have now been passed over twice.