Michigan Football: Where the Wolverines rank in each top 25 poll
CBS Sports & ESPN
CBS Sports
CBS Sports has a poll titled CBS Sports 129 where they rank the top 129 teams in the country. Their top five includes Clemson, Alabama, Oklahoma, Notre Dame, and Ohio State.
The next five are Georgia, Florida, Texas, LSU, and Washinton St. This is where CBS Sports made a bold move. And as my hero, Pepper Brooks – from the Movie Dodgeball played by Jason Bateman – says “it’s a bold strategy cotton, let’s see if it pays off for them”.
At No. 11, CBS Sports has UCF in their preseason rankings, one position above Michigan. The self-proclaimed National Champions from 2018, the University of Central Florida are No. 11, very bold move.
ESPN
ESPN has the same top three; however, Georgia slipped in at four and Ohio State at five. Notre Dame, Texas, and Florida are six, seven, and eight.
Michigan football comes in at No. 9 for ESPN and here’s what they had to say about the Wolverines.
"The sting of Michigan’s poor finish to the 2018 season lessened a bit after the team added a new offensive playcaller and finalized the Big Ten’s top-rated recruiting class. Josh Gattis left Alabama to become Michigan’s offensive coordinator and could give the downfield passing attack a much-needed jolt. Gattis has coached wide receivers at Alabama, Penn State, Vanderbilt and Western Michigan. His arrival could signal bigger contributions from a talented receiving corps that includes Nico Collins, Donovan Peoples-Jones and Tarik Black if he can stay healthy. The Wolverines also promoted analyst Ben McDaniels to quarterbacks coach as Pep Hamilton departed for the XFL. Michigan ranked 79th in pass offense in 2018. The Wolverines also signed the nation’s No. 8 recruiting class, highlighted by five-star safety Daxton Hill and defensive line prospects Mazi Smith, Christopher Hinton, Michael Morris Jr. and David Ojabo. Coordinator Don Brown has a lot of star power to replace on defense, and the position competitions in the front seven will be particularly notable when spring practice begins."