There is plenty of hope and optimism surrounding Michigan football heading into 2025. With late wins over eventual national champion Ohio State and Playoff cont

According to his projections (subscription required) Michigan will play (and lose) the Big Ten to Penn State, but then will have a rematch in Ann Arbor with Ohio State. Per Connelly, Michigan will beat OSU for a fifth-straight time in November and make it six in December.

ESPN has college football's national title staying in the Big Ten next season. Michigan and Ohio State have given the conference back-to-back national champions. ESPN's Bill Connelly predicted a new winner emerging from the Big Ten.

According to Yahoo! Sports, the university has no intention to enter into a negotiated resolution with the NCAA over alleged violations.

In its long-awaited response to the NCAA's more-than-year-long probe of alleged cheating in the Connor Stalions sign-stealing scheme, Michigan has issued its formal response to the NCAA and indicated it will vigorously defend its football program against the accusations, as well as the NCAA's "overreach."

“In a 137-page response to the NCAA obtained by @YahooSports, Michigan intends to fight allegations of the Stalions scheme, accuses NCAA of overreaching, defends Sherrone Moore’s deleted texts & reveals that the original NCAA tip came from its own campus,” Ross Dellenger said in a post.