Michigan football stays at No. 4 in updated Week 6 AP Poll
Michigan football handled its business in a 27-14 win over Iowa on Saturday afternoon in at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City. AP Poll voters did not change their stance on the Wolverines this week, keeping them at No. 4 overall among the college football elite.
Alabama takes over at No. 1. Georgia, Ohio State, Michigan and Clemson round out the upper tier.
The Big Ten has three ranked teams ahead of the new week headlined by Ohio State (No. 3), Michigan (No. 4) and Penn State (No. 10).
Michigan plays another road game next weekend when it travels to Indiana for a Big Ten East showdown with the Hoosiers. Kickoff is scheduled for 12 p.m. ET on FOX.
How U-M stacks up against full Week 5 AP Poll
- Alabama Crimson Tide
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Ohio State Buckeyes
- Michigan Wolverines
- Clemson Tigers
- USC Trojans
- Oklahoma State Cowboys
- Ole Miss Rebels
- Tennessee Volunteers
- Penn State Nittany Lions
- Utah Utes
- Oregon Ducks
- Kentucky Wildcats
- North Carolina State
- Wake Forest Demon Deacons
- BYU Cougars
- TCU Horned Frogs
- UCLA Bruins
- Kansas Jayhawks
- Kansas State Wildcats
- Washington Huskies
- Syracuse Orange
- Mississippi State Bulldogs
- Cincinnati Bearcats
- LSU Tigers
What they’re saying about Michigan football’s win
Nicole Auerbach, The Athletic
Auerbach ranks Michigan No. 4 among the national elite
The task facing quarterback J.J. McCarthy has grown more difficult by the week, but Saturday’s 27-14 win against Iowa was the test I was most curious to see. McCarthy did well in easily the most challenging environment he’s played in, piloting an offense that consistently moved the ball against a defense that entered the weekend ranked in the top 10 in both total defense and rushing defense and No. 1 in the FBS in scoring defense. Michigan did struggle at times to finish drives, needing to kick field goals twice in the second quarter despite dominating the game at that point. But the Wolverines held the ball for two-thirds of the first half.
McCarthy finished 18 of 24 through the air, his 155 yards and a touchdown nicely balancing out a rushing attack that accounted for 172 yards. Blake Corum topped the 100-yard mark yet again, and Michigan did not turn the ball over once against a defense very good at forcing them. There were a couple of moments late in the game when it looked like the Hawkeyes might make things interesting, but Iowa’s offense is, well, Iowa’s offense.
It’s clear at this point that the Wolverines are at minimum the second-best team in the Big Ten. Which means they should stay in College Football Playoff contention deep into the season.
Bill Bender, Sporting News
Week 6 College Football Playoff picture: Alabama still No. 2 despite Bryce Young injury
There were brief anxious moments in the fourth quarter, but Michigan won at Kinnick Stadium for the first time since 2005 in a 27-14 victory against Iowa. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy (18 of 23, 155 yards, TD) won his first road start, and Blake Corum (29 carries, 133 yards, TD) put the game away with a fourth-quarter TD run. The Wolverines’ pass rush helped seal the victory. Michigan passed a road test – and now it is about not looking past the Hoosiers before the Oct. 8 showdown with Penn State.
Chip Patterson, CBS Sports
The Wolverines refused to fall victim to the familiar storyline of a top-five team falling at Iowa, using an early lead to avoid any upset anxiety in a 27-14 win. Michigan set the tone, created a difficult situation for Iowa’s offense with a double-digit deficit and rode yet another 100-yard rushing performance from Blake Corum to the its road win of the season.
