It’s preseason rankings time for college football, one of the sport's most inexact sciences and a constant source of debate. This year’s hottest topic: the precipitous rise of Michigan.
Jim Harbaugh and company are College Football Playoff picks for many (including ESPN’s Mark Schlabach) and at least a top-10 program for most others. The Wolverines still have to battle their way through one of the toughest divisions in college football, where recent playoff teams Michigan State and Ohio State both bested Michigan a year ago. Yet no one in Ann Arbor seems to be shying away from the high bar set in front of them.