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Now that Michigan football has the No. 3 rushing attack in the nation statistically and took down a once-highly thought of Washington by gashing it repeatedly, the advanced analytics are starting to look at the Wolverines’ 2021 outlook a little differently.
A little, but not completely.
While the maize and blue have long been projected by ESPN FPI to be an 8-4 team this season, even though Washington was considered a game where Michigan had a slight edge before the season, with the game having ended 31-10, the Wolverines are now projected to be 9-3. What’s more, some of the games that were looked at as ones where U-M had close to zero chance of winning are now in the toss-up column.
So what game is now one that the analytics suggest is a likely win? How much has Michigan closed the gap on some of the other big threats in the Big Ten? Here are the updated game-by-game predictions below.
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