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Michigan

University of Michigan · 2026 · Big Ten

Efficiency
+15.3
17th FBS
Record
2-0
Conf. record
Conf. finish
5th
proj. of 18
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Michigan is 2-0 and ranked 17th in overall efficiency. Their 2nd-ranked defense carries them, with a 43rd-ranked offense. They run the ball on 59% of offensive plays with a 62nd-ranked rushing attack and pass the ball on the remaining 41% of plays with a 68th-ranked passing attack.

Quadrant record

By opponent strength, adjusted for where the game was played.

Q1
1-0
+4 left
Q2
1-0
+2 left
Q3
0-0
+2 left
Q4
0-0
+2 left

Projected wins

Per-game win probabilities combined across the full schedule.

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Expected: 8.5 wins
Strength of Record
1st
+0.9 wins above a 25th-ranked team's expectation
Strength of Schedule
to date
5th
full season
18th
AP poll
#19
FanBoardHQ has them 2 spots higher
Conf. sched. difficulty
28th
a 25th-ranked team would win ~5.0 conference games on this schedule

The resume

Every game on the schedule. Click a row for the game breakdown (played) or the matchup projection (upcoming).

WkOpponentConfOpp rankResultExp. marginWin probGameScoreQuad
1vs Western MichiganMid-American#38W 1312+10.9100%7.3Q2
2vs OklahomaSEC#15W 1710+1.1100%21.8Q1
3vs UTEPMountain West#136Preview+40.699%Q4
4vs IowaBig Ten#28Preview+7.367%Q2
5@ MinnesotaBig Ten#76Preview+15.482%Q3
7vs Penn StateBig Ten#16Preview+1.353%Q1
8vs IndianaBig Ten#5Preview-4.939%Q1
9@ RutgersBig Ten#122Preview+27.395%Q4
10vs Michigan StateBig Ten#54Preview+13.078%Q3
11@ OregonBig Ten#24Preview-0.449%Q1
12vs UCLABig Ten#31Preview+8.469%Q2
13@ Ohio StateBig Ten#2Preview-12.523%Q1

2 played · 2-0. Expected margin and gamescore use the latest ratings — a completed game shows what the model would say now, not that week.

The season

The model’s read on Michigan, recomputed after every week. Toggle between overall, offensive, and defensive efficiency (each with a dot for that week’s game) or the FanBoardHQ CFP rank.

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Line = the model's read each week; dots = that week's game (green above the line, red below).

Passing & rushing

Opponent-adjusted, FBS-only. The bar is the blended Eff rank — EPA/play (scoring value), success rate (staying on schedule), and yards/play (explosiveness), each standardized against the FBS field. The three ranks below each bar are those components, so you can see what's driving it.

Offense
PassingEff 68th
SR 88thYPP 53rdEPA 63rd
RushingEff 62nd
SR 93rdYPP 63rdEPA 47th
Defense
Pass defenseEff 10th
SR 13thYPP 12thEPA 9th
Rush defenseEff 83rd
SR 73rdYPP 79thEPA 84th
Dropback rate 41%Tempo +0.4 snaps/game vs. averageFaced pass defenses ranked 34th on average
Success rate by down

Their offense vs. what their defense allows.

1st · Offense: 34%1st · Defense allowed: 38%1st2nd · Offense: 34%2nd · Defense allowed: 29%2nd3rd/4th · Offense: 38%3rd/4th · Defense allowed: 38%3rd/4th
OffenseDefense allowed
Points by quarter

Scored vs. allowed, all regular-season games.

Q1 · Scored: 14.0Q1 · Allowed: 3.0Q1Q2 · Scored: 3.0Q2 · Allowed: 3.0Q2Q3 · Scored: 0.0Q3 · Allowed: 7.0Q3Q4 · Scored: 14.0Q4 · Allowed: 9.0Q4
ScoredAllowed

What kind of team is this?

Every team by offensive and defensive efficiency (points/game vs. an average team, higher is better on both). Click a dot for that team.

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Michigan Offense vs Defense, 2026
Offensive EffRanked 43rd
+3.5
Field position: -1.6Finishing drives: +5.1
Field position -1.6Finishing drives +5.1= +3.5
Offensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 117th · Finishing 32nd

Defensive EffRanked 2nd
+12.6
Field position: +0.4Finishing drives: +12.2
Field position +0.4Finishing drives +12.2= +12.6
Defensive Eff efficiency split into field position and finishing

Field position 54th · Finishing 1st

1.43 points per drive on offense, 1.00 allowed — starting, on average, at their own 24.

Play-calling & efficiency

What the offense did, by quarter and by down — raw, not opponent-adjusted.

By quarter
Quarter (att.)Pass / rushSuccessYd/play
Q1(30)43% / 57%43%7.0
Q2(30)50% / 50%23%3.2
Q3(21)33% / 67%43%4.8
Q4(22)36% / 64%32%5.5
how play-calling and results shifted through games — (n) = plays, season total
Passing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(15)11.340%5.0
2nd(17)9.241%5.8
3rd(11)7.627%9.3
4th(0)
All (43)37%6.5
Rushing by down
Down (att.)Avg. to goSuccessYd/play
1st(29)10.431%4.0
2nd(18)7.328%5.0
3rd(11)5.536%4.2
4th(2)1.0100%2.0
All (60)33%4.3

Michigan, all games.