• The Michigan roster includes 35 student-athletes who call the Wolverine state home, more than any other state.
• The Wolverines are 7-0 for the second time under head coach Jim Harbaugh (2016) and the fifth time since 1980. The program is back in the AP Top 10 for the first time since 2019 and No. 6 marks the team’s highest ranking since the end of the 2018 season.
• U-M ranks top-15 in the country in both scoring offense and scoring defense this season, listing 15th in offense (37.7 points per game) and second in defense (14.3 points allowed per game).
• The offense has produced 34 plays of 20-plus yards with an even balance of 17 passing, 17 rushing. The Wolverines have scored eight touchdowns of 50-plus yards this season. The team has scored in 23 of a possible 28 total quarters of play.
• The offensive line continues to shut down opposing pass rushers and limit negative plays. The unit leads the Big Ten having allowed just 14 tackles for loss (1.71 average, No. 1 NCAA) and three sacks (0.43 average, No. 2 NCAA) all season.
• Running backs Blake Corum and Hassan Haskins both went over 100 yards rushing against Northwestern. They also accomplished that against Washington earlier this year, making them the first duo since 1994 to both hit 100 yards rushing in two separate games in the same season (Tim Biakabutuka, Tyrone Wheatley). They are just the fourth set of teammates to do that since 1940.
• The pair continues to pace the offensive attack that has a run game ranked No. 5 in the country (253.3 yards per game). They are tied with each other to rank 10th nationally in rushing touchdowns with 10 apiece.
• The defense is up to No. 11 in total defense, keeping teams under 300 yards per game (299.0). Northwestern was limited to its lowest offensive output of the season (233 yards), the fourth team in seven games U-M has helped set a season-low in total offense.
• The defense lists top-25 in seven major categories: rushing defense (24th), pass defense, third-down percentage allowed (20th), pass efficiency (22nd), total defense (11th), first downs (eighth), and scoring defense (second).
• U-M has a 10:4 turnover ratio this season and has a defensive interception in three straight games. Eighteen (18) total players have at least one pass breakup (36 total). That is the highest number of players with at least one PBU in a single season since 2003.
• After two weeks without a sack, Aidan Hutchinson registered a share of one last weekend, upping his total to 6.0 on the year (11th, NCAA). He’s the Big Ten leader in that category. David Ojabo shared the sack with him last weekend and now has at least a share in three straight games.
• Kicker Jake Moody averages two field goals and 10 points per game, making him the No. 11 scorer in the country. Moody’s 70 points so far this year lead the team.
• Punter Brad Robbins continues to be a weapon in the field position game. Robbins has yielded just 21 return yards on 22 punts, averaging 45.9 yards per attempt with 10 punts inside the opponent’s 20-yard line and only one touchback.
• The duo’s success has led to excellence in special teams, including the nation’s No. 2 kick return defense (11.57-yard average) and No. 9 net punt coverage unit (43.59-yard average).
• Both return men are among the nation’s best, too, with Corum ranking 15th in kick return yard average and AJ Henning ranking 16th in punt return average.
