Michigan football: Action Network puts out postseason matchup projections
Michigan football has national championship designs for the 2023 season, but the program will not be sneaking up on anyone.
Heading into the dog days of the offseason, Brett McMurphy of The Action Network put out his bowl and College Football Playoff projections. In his batch of scenarios, he has Michigan heading to the Rose Bowl to take on the Florida State Seminoles.
Predicting a victory, he then sends them to the CFP National Championship game in Houston to take on the defending title-winning Georgia Bulldogs. Georgia would take on the Washington Huskies out of the Pac-12 in the Sugar Bowl before its game against Michigan.
As far as the New Year’s Six bowls go, a pair of Big Ten East squads are set for those games in McMurphy’s projections. Penn State would head to the Peach Bowl in Atlanta to take on LSU, while Ohio State would go to the Orange Bowl for a showdown with the Clemson Tigers. The other NY6 games include Oregon taking on Tulane in the Fiesta Bowl and Alabama facing Texas Tech in the Cotton Bowl.
Six other Big Ten squads make the bowl cut in the projections, starting with Wisconsin taking on Tennessee in the Citrus Bowl. Illinois would head to Nashville and faceoff against the Arkansas Razorbacks in the Music City Bowl. Iowa, led by former Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara, plays NC State in the Pinstripe Bowl.
Maryland (Guaranteed Rate Bowl vs. Baylor), Michigan State (First Responder Bowl vs. Oklahoma State) and Nebraska (Las Vegas Bowl vs. Utah) round out the projections for the Big Ten Conference.
CFP projections
Rose Bowl: Michigan (-5.5) vs. Florida State
Sugar Bowl: Georgia (-6) vs. Washington
CFP National Championship: Georgia (-1.5) vs. Michigan
New Year’s Six projections
Peach Bowl: LSU (-3) vs. Penn State
Fiesta Bowl: Oregon (-10) vs. Tulane
Cotton Bowl: Alabama (-4) vs. Texas Tech
Orange Bowl: Ohio State (-5) vs. Clemson
Big Ten bowl projections
Citrus Bowl: Wisconsin (-8) vs. Tennessee
Music City Bowl: Arkansas (-1.5) vs. Illinois
Pinstripe Bowl: NC State (-2) vs. Iowa
Guaranteed Rate Bowl: Maryland (-2) vs. Baylor
First Responder Bowl: Michigan State (-2.5) vs. Oklahoma State
Las Vegas Bowl: Utah (-11) vs. Nebraska
Michigan football’s Vegas odds
Michigan is currently listed at +210 to win the Big Ten Conference, behind Ohio State at +165. The Wolverines have the fourth-highest national title odds at +1000 behind Georgia (+220), Alabama (+600), and Ohio State (+600).
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