The chase for another College Football Playoff berth becomes a bit more real this week as the committee will release its first preliminary rankings on Tuesday night. But before then, Michigan football coach Jim Harbaugh will host his weekly news conference Monday afternoon, fresh off a 29-7 dismantling of rival Michigan State ... and a tunnel brawl that followed, leading to the suspension of four Spartans.
The Wolverines' next opponent, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-4, 1-4 Big Ten), should engender slightly less heated emotions. Rutgers hasn't beaten Michigan since its first season in the Big Ten, nearly three months before Harbaugh was hired in Ann Arbor, although the past two editions of the East Division game have been decided by one score.