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Michigan football's spot in Week 10 AP Poll revealed

Anthony Broomeby:Anthony Broome•10/29/23•

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The Michigan Wolverines are 8-0 coming off of a bye week and heading into the most important stretch of the 2023 season. The latest Associated Press poll released Sunday still has U-M ranked as the No. 2 team in the land behind the Georgia Bulldogs.

Georgia, Michigan, Ohio State, Florida State and Washington still fill out the top five, Oklahoma slid back to 10th after a loss to Kansas on Saturday afternoon. The rest of the top ten is now comprised of Texas, Oregon, Alabama and Penn State and Oklahoma, respectively.

Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State are the only teams ranked out of the Big Ten Conference, which is no surprise at this point considering the conference has made a habit of cannibalizing itself throughout the year. The Wolverines will head to Happy Valley for a showdown with Penn State on Nov. 11 before hosting the Ohio State Buckeyes on Nov. 25 to close out the regular season.

On3’s Jesse Simonton predicted a No. 2 ranking in the latest poll and explained why:

Michigan is mercifully (???) on an idle date during a week where its sign-stealing scandal has gone from chuckles to seriousness with each new story that seemingly drops every hour.

Time will tell how that whole ordeal will play out, but in the present, the Wolverines have the Heisman Trophy favorite in quarterback J.J. McCarthy and look like the best team in the country. They still have two more weeks until their first true test in 2023 in a road game at Penn State on Nov. 11.

Below is the full poll heading into the 10th week of game action.

College Football Associated Press Poll: Week 10

  1. Georgia (48 first-place votes)
  2. Michigan (9)
  3. Ohio State (3)
  4. Florida State (3)
  5. Washington
  6. Oregon
  7. Texas
  8. Alabama
  9. Penn State
  10. Oklahoma
  11. Ole Miss
  12. Notre Dame
  13. LSU
  14. Missouri
  15. Louisville
  16. Oregon State
  17. Air Force
  18. Utah
  19. Tennessee
  20. UCLA
  21. Tulane
  22. Kansas
  23. James Madison
  24. USC
  25. Kansas State

What’s next for Michigan football?

Michigan is back in action next Saturday night at home against the Purdue Boilermakers in a contest set for 7:30 p.m. NBC will carry the telecast, which will also be available on streaming via the Peacock app.

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