Last offseason, Michigan football fans were in something of an uproar due to the ESPN FPI not being as high on the Wolverines as fans were of their own team. That turned out to be prescient.
Rival Ohio State was No. 1 while the maize and blue clocked in at No. 6 — behind unproven teams like Texas and LSU. While the Longhorns ended up being a College Football Playoff team, the Wolverines ended up winning the national championship.
ESPN SP+ has updated for the pre-spring component of the offseason (subscription required), and Michigan football, despite all of the coaching and player turnover, comes in ranked rather high. Here is where the Wolverines rank, along with all of the new-look Big Ten.