Michigan football: AP Poll gets a shakeup heading into Week 2, Ohio State falls
The Michigan Wolverines‘ season is underway after a 30-3 win over East Carolina in the home opener on Saturday afternoon. Coming into the season, U-M held the No. 2 ranking and the AP Poll voters kept them there after the first week of action.
The top five was altered a bit with Georgia, Michigan and Alabama in the top three slots and Florida State now at No. 4 after a blowout win over LSU, who slid to No. 14 after the game on Sunday night in Orlando. Clemson is also out of the top 10 after a 28-7 blowout loss at Duke on Monday night and ranked 25th.
Ohio State slid to No. 5 after a 23-3 win at Indiana after being ranked third in the preseason poll. Michigan is one of four Big Ten teams in the rankings this week along with OSU, Penn State (7th) and Wisconsin (19th).
Here is the full AP Poll released on Tuesday afternoon after the first week of the 2023 season. The weekly drop will return to Sunday after this weekend’s games.
Week 2 AP Poll
1. Georgia (58 first-place votes)
2. Michigan (2)
3. Alabama
4. Florida State (3)
5. Ohio State
6. USC
7. Penn State
8. Washington
9. Tennessee
10. Notre Dame
11. Texas
12. Utah
13. Oregon
14. LSU
15. Kansas State
16. Oregon State
17. North Carolina
18. Oklahoma
19. Wisconsin
20. Ole Miss
21. Duke
22. Colorado
23. Texas A&M
24. Tulane
25. Clemson
Top 10
- 1Breaking
DJ Lagway
Florida QB to return vs. LSU
- 2
Dylan Raiola injury
Nebraska QB will play vs. USC
- 3
Elko pokes at Kiffin
A&M coach jokes over kick times
- 4New
SEC changes course
Alcohol sales at SEC Championship Game
- 5
Bryce Underwood
Michigan prepared to offer No. 1 recruit $10.5M over 4 years
Jim Harbaugh weighs in on Michigan’s Week 1 performance
Head coach Jim Harbaugh spoke to the media on Monday after missing Saturday’s game serving the first week of a three-game suspension and loved Michigan’s response without him on the field.
“I really loved what I saw out of our team,” Harbaugh said. “Colonel [Jim] Minick, who you know I’m lifelong friends with, he sent me a message, and he said that, ‘There’s a military saying that the true sign of leadership is what your unit does when you’re not there.’ For us, I thought it was really great. Our captains, our senior leadership, our coaches all were phenomenal. When we started fall camp, I told the team that Moses had 70 leaders — ‘how many do you think we need? More. We need a lot more.’ And I think we have that, and it’s building. People talk about turning a negative into a positive — I just love the way our team is doing that, and it’s a unique opportunity to build leadership, build leaders, because they have a chance to make those incredible leadership bonds. “
What’s next for U-M?
The Wolverines are back in action next week against UNLV at Michigan Stadium. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on CBS.
