With the 2023 college football season fast approaching, Yahoo Sports is rolling out our annual Top 25. We revealed Nos. 11 through 25 in three parts and are now counting down from No. 10 to No. 1 in the days leading up to the official start of the season on Aug. 26.
Michigan has taken incredible strides in the last two seasons, but can the Wolverines take the next — and biggest — step to the top of college football?
However, for a second consecutive year, Michigan’s season ended with a loss in the College Football Playoff semifinals. The first time around, the Wolverines were overwhelmed by a dominant Georgia team. But last fall, the Wolverines were upset, 51-45, by TCU in a game where they turned it over on downs from the 2-yard line, threw two pick-sixes and fumbled at the goal line.
But with Michigan’s dominant running game, McCarthy really wasn’t asked to do too much. Michigan’s running game should be fantastic again with a loaded offensive line and Blake Corum and Donovan Edwards returning at running back, but McCarthy improving in the downfield passing game could make this offense even better.
Michigan had one of the best defenses in the country in 2022 and there’s no reason to believe that will change in 2023. With Junior Colson and Michael Barrett back, plus the addition of Ernest Hausmann from Nebraska, Michigan could have one of the best linebacker rooms in the country. The OSU game is obviously the most important on the schedule. It’s one of the sport’s top rivalries and it could decide the Big Ten East for the third consecutive season. Before Michigan won the last two meetings, Ohio State had won 15 of the previous 16.Corum had an incredible 2022 season for the Wolverines, but it was cut short by a torn ACL suffered in the close 19-17 home win over Illinois on Nov. 19. Corum tried to give it a go in the Ohio State game, but was pulled after just two carries.
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