This article will be a bit simpler than the rest in this series for the season: Michigan has never played Middle Tennessee State in football.
There are a few things, however, to know about the Blue Raiders.
They went 8-6 last year, losing in their conference title game and then again in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl to Appalachian State.
Middle Tennessee State also played three power five teams in 2018, including two that were ranked. In week one, the Blue Raiders lost to Vanderbilt 35-7. In week three, they lost 49-7 to No. 3 Georgia.