Michigan, Northwestern and College Football Playoff
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Michigan has won the last eight games against the Terps. The Wolverines are a perfect 5-0 when traveling to College Park. The last time the two schools met was back in 2023, in College Park, where Michigan held on and beat Maryland, 31-24. Michigan would go on to win the national title that year.
The Wolverines believe they can compete with anyone anywhere and get the job done on any given night. Through three games, nothing has changed that.
Michigan (8-2, 6-1) beat Northwestern at Chicago’s Wrigley Field on Saturday 24-22 with a field goal as time expired. Michigan and Maryland did not meet last year; Michigan has won eight straight in the series, last losing in 2014. After visiting Maryland, the Wolverines will return home for the regular-season finale against Ohio State.
It appeared Michigan was going to coast to a victory in Wrigley Field on Saturday after the Wolverines took a 21-9 lead. But it was the opposite. Dominic Zvada
Michigan running back Justice Haynes is likely to miss the rest of the regular season, Sherrone Moore said Monday, sidelining the Wolverines’ top star for The Game.
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Sherrone Moore's 'coaching malpractice' almost cost the Michigan Wolverines a victory against Northwestern on Saturday
The Michigan Wolverines continue to win games. They are somehow now up to an 8-2 record despite the offense largely looking completely broken for the majority of games. It's great that the team keeps finding ways to win,
Entering this season, Michigan Wolverines Edge Derrick Moore was a guy who basically had not lived up to the recruiting hype.
No. 18 Michigan had a hiatus from the College Football Playoff last season, but the Wolverines have made three of the last four -- including a 2023 national championship. Heading into the home stretch of the season, the program still has an outside shot to reach the postseason again.
For a fourth straight game, Michigan football finds itself a double-digit favorite according to oddsmakers for Saturday’s game at Maryland (4 p.m., Big Ten Network).