It was going to be a Herculean effort for Michigan football to beat Ohio State for a fifth straight time, but the Wolverines had even worse odds and came out on top in the past. However, for once this decade, the favorite Buckeyes flexed and rose from the ashes in The Big House after beating the maize and blue, 27-9.
Michigan entered Saturday ranked No. 15 in the eyes of the coaches. But, after losing to No. 1 OSU, how would the coaches view the Wolverines?
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe final regular season US LBM Coaches Poll is out, and the maize and blue dropped to No. 18. They finished the year 9-3 with no ranked wins but with all three losses coming to ranked teams -- No. 1 Ohio State, No. 8 Oklahoma, and No. 17 USC.
Here are the full rankings:
Rank
Team
Record
PTS
1st
Prev
Chg
Hi/Lo
1
Ohio State
12-0
1575
63
1
-
1/2
2
Indiana
12-0
1510
0
2
-
2/21
3
Georgia
11-1
1438
0
4
+1
3/10
4
Oregon
11-1
1353
0
5
+1
2/9
5
Ole Miss
11-1
1306
0
6
+1
4/15
6
Texas Tech
11-1
1266
0
7
+1
6/24
7
Texas A&M
11-1
1178
0
3
-4
3/22
8
Oklahoma
10-2
1106
0
8
-
6/NR
9
Notre Dame
10-2
1061
0
9
-
5/21
10
Alabama
10-2
1019
0
10
-
4/20
11
BYU
11-1
942
0
11
-
8/NR
12
Vanderbilt
10-2
855
0
12
-
11/NR
13
Miami (FL)
10-2
844
0
13
-
2/18
14
Texas
9-3
753
0
16
+2
1/19
15
Utah
10-2
750
0
14
-1
14/NR
16
Virginia
10-2
613
0
17
+1
11/NR
17
USC
9-3
505
0
20
+3
16/NR
18
Michigan
9-3
427
0
15
-3
13/NR
19
James Madison
11-1
356
0
21
+2
19/NR
20
North Texas
11-1
345
0
22
+2
20/NR
21
Tulane
10-2
300
0
23
+2
21/NR
22
Arizona
9-3
223
0
NR
+9
22/NR
23
Georgia Tech
9-3
170
0
19
-4
7/NR
24
Tennessee
8-4
135
0
18
-6
11/24
25
Navy
9-2
107
0
NR
+2
23/NR
Schools Dropped OutNo. 24 Pittsburgh; No. 25 SMU;
Others Receiving VotesIowa 85; Houston 73; Missouri 52; SMU 28; Washington 18; UNLV 17; Pittsburgh 15; South Florida 12; Illinois 9; Louisville 6; Connecticut 6; TCU 5; Penn State 5; Old Dominion 2; New Mexico 2; Arizona State 2; San Diego State 1
This article originally appeared on Wolverines Wire: Michigan football falls to No. 18 in final US LBM Coaches Poll update
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