Newsstand: The Athletic places Michigan football No. 2 in way-too-early rankings
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The national championship game took place Monday night, with Georgia beating TCU 65-7. Shortly thereafter, several national publications released ‘way-too-early’ top 25 rankings for the 2023 season. After all, there are only 227 days until college football kicks off Week 0. Michigan slotted No. 2 in most rankings, including one from The Athletic‘s Stewart Mandel. Georgia has been the unanimous pick at No. 1.
“It’s not certain Jim Harbaugh will still be their head coach, but QB J.J. McCarthy and standout RBs Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards will all be back,” Mandel wrote. “Three Pac-12 starting offensive linemen have transferred in, as has Indiana TE AJ Barner. Linebacker Junior Colson, CB Will Johnson and S Mike Sainristil return. Coastal Carolina edge Josaiah Stewart was a big pickup, as was Nebraska LB Ernest Hausmann, a freshman starter.”
Michigan Wolverines football went 13-0, won the Big Ten title and fell to runner-up TCU in the College Football Playoff semifinal, finishing No. 3 in the final Associated Press poll of the 2022 campaign. National champion Georgia topped the rankings, followed by No. 2 TCU. Ohio State, which fell to the Bulldogs in the other semifinal matchup, rounded out the top four
Michigan ended with an identical ranking last season. Its back-to-back top-three finishes are the program’s first since 1947-48, when it placed second and first, respectively. It’s only the second time the Wolverines have ever accomplished the feat, with the AP poll beginning in 1936.
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The Wolverines have now concluded top three in 10 different campaigns — 2022 (3), 2021 (3), 1997 (1), 1985 (2), 1976 (3), 1974 (3), 1948 (1), 1947 (2), 1943 (3) and 1940 (3). It’s also important to note that Michigan also claimed national titles in 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1928, 1923, 1932 and 1933, in addition to 1947, 1948 and 1997.
Michigan was the No. 2 seed in the CFP, but its path would’ve been much different had it been a 12-team field, like it will be in a couple years.
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“I love going to the Big House and leaving it all on the field. I love the community; I love interacting with everyone.”
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