Among the many offseason-y things a sports publication can do is rank teams and create random brackets (especially in college sports).
Now, I don’t necessarily consider the NCAA a “publication,” but they have been creating content this offseason with Andy Katz at the helm. The biggest endeavor so far is their best starting five project, which created a 32-team bracket of top programs and pitted their “five best players” ever against one another.
Michigan’s not on the list at all, because they wanted to avoid mentioning the Fab Five (though the NCAA certainly won’t say as much).