Michigan continues to have an up-and-down season following their 2024 National Championship win. It’s the start of the Sherrone Moore era and while he picked up a big win over a top-15 team at home against USC, Michigan fell to Washington on the road and lost to Texas at home in the second game of the season.
Despite losing so much to the NFL, including former head coach Jim Harbaugh, quarterback J.J. McCarthy, running back Blake Corum, and cornerback Mike Sainristil, it’d be disingenuous to suggest there weren’t still expectations for this year’s team. Still, the Michigan defense retained three top contributors in Mason Graham, Kenneth Grant, and Will Johnson, not to mention Josaiah Stewart and Derrick Moore, there was some expectation that this would still be a top unit in the country.