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Michigan football trounced Western Michigan to open up the 2021 college football season, but is it enough in the minds of the coaches to propel the Wolverines into the AFCA Coaches Poll?
The maize and blue were unranked in the preseason poll, but several teams in the AFCA Coaches Poll lost in Week 1, including Clemson (to Georgia), North Carolina (to unranked Virginia Tech), LSU (to UCLA), Wisconsin (to Penn State), Miami (to Alabama), Indiana (to Iowa), and Washington (to FCS-level Montana). Though Michigan beat unranked Western Michigan, it looked completely different than it had a year ago, which could give the coaches a reason to finally rank the Wolverines.
However, such was not the case.
Michigan was on the outside looking in, just two spots beneath the top 25. Future opponents include No. 3 Ohio State, No. 13 Penn State and No. 17 Wisconsin.
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Full rankings:
| Rank | Team | Record | PTS | 1st | Prev | Chg | Hi/Lo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | 1-0 | 1624 | 64 | 1 | — | 1/1 |
| 2 | Georgia | 1-0 | 1537 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2/5 |
| 3 | Ohio State | 1-0 | 1491 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3/4 |
| 4 | Oklahoma | 1-0 | 1397 | 0 | 3 | -1 | 3/4 |
| 5 | Texas A&M | 1-0 | 1334 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5/6 |
| 6 | Clemson | 0-1 | 1239 | 0 | 2 | -4 | 2/6 |
| 7 | Notre Dame | 1-0 | 1197 | 0 | 7 | — | 7/7 |
| 8 | Cincinnati | 1-0 | 1113 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 8/10 |
| 9 | Florida | 1-0 | 1058 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 9/11 |
| 10 | Iowa State | 1-0 | 1057 | 0 | 8 | -2 | 8/10 |
| 11 | Oregon | 1-0 | 920 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 11/12 |
| 12 | Iowa | 1-0 | 914 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 12/18 |
| 13 | Penn State | 1-0 | 872 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 13/20 |
| 14 | Southern California | 1-0 | 828 | 0 | 14 | — | 14/14 |
| 15 | Texas | 1-0 | 653 | 0 | 19 | 4 | 15/19 |
| 16 | UCLA | 2-0 | 538 | 0 | NR | 26 | 16/NR |
| 17 | Wisconsin | 0-1 | 359 | 0 | 15 | -2 | 15/17 |
| 18 | Utah | 1-0 | 294 | 0 | NR | 8 | 18/NR |
| 19 | Coastal Carolina | 1-0 | 289 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 19/24 |
| 20 | Mississippi | 1-0 | 285 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 20/25 |
| 21 | Virginia Tech | 1-0 | 274 | 0 | NR | 19 | 21/NR |
| 22 | North Carolina | 0-1 | 252 | 0 | 9 | -13 | 9/22 |
| 23 | Oklahoma State | 1-0 | 243 | 0 | 22 | -1 | 22/23 |
| 24 | Miami | 0-1 | 186 | 0 | 16 | -8 | 16/24 |
| 25 | Arizona State | 1-0 | 181 | 0 | NR | 3 | 25/NR |