Michigan is hoping for a big improvement in the win column as Sherrone Moore enters his second season as head coach, and their old rival thinks it could happen this year.
Former Ohio State coach and current Fox college football analyst Urban Meyer is considering taking the over when looking at Michigan’s schedule this season.
“I think they’re [an] eight- or nine-win team,” Meyer said on The Triple Option podcast.
“Vegas is right looking at that schedule. I’m gonna go nine wins. I’m gonna say that they’re going to play good defense and let the quarterback develop.”
Michigan earned an 8.5 over/under win total projection in 2025, according to the latest odds posted to FanDuel Sportsbook looking ahead to this season.
Hitting the over would represent an improvement for Michigan, which went 8-5 in Moore’s debut season as head coach in the year after the Wolverines won the national championship.
Key to that downturn was the performance of the offense.
Michigan ranked just 131st out of 134 FBS teams in scoring average, posting 22 points per game, resulting from a marked decline in passing production.
Whoever goes under center for Michigan in Week 1 will face a tougher schedule this time around.
After opening against New Mexico at home, the Wolverines go on the road against SEC challenger Oklahoma and two weeks after that play at Nebraska.
Michigan plays on the road against USC on Oct. 11, as well, but gets Ohio State at home this year.
As ever, how fans interpret the 2025 season will depend in large part on that last game.
“If they get a dub there, yeah. If not, no,” Meyer said of whether Michigan fans would consider an eight- or nine-win season a success.