The 2023 season is still quite far away, but that hasn’t stopped ESPN from updating one of its popular analytics model, which provide some insight for each game.
While Michigan football has a championship or bust mentality, ESPN FPI isn’t quite there with the Wolverines, despite the maize and blue having the fifth-most returning production in all of college football. In fact, Michigan is ranked sixth, behind Ohio State, Alabama, Georgia, LSU and Texas. We would argue the only one of those the Wolverines should be behind is Georgia.
Still, with the latest release of FPI, that means we have game-by-game predictions for the entirety of the 2023 season. Here is what ESPN FPI predicts.