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Michigan's defense expects to be nation's best

Michigan cornerback Jourdan Lewis has a few modest goals for his final season of college football.

"Be No. 1 -- the undisputed No. 1," he said Saturday after a practice at Ford Field in his hometown of Detroit. "Our secondary was the No. 1 secondary in the country (last year). That’s what I’m looking for, our group being the best, winning some of those awards and getting a national championship. That’s where my mindset is, and all of our mindset is."

That prizefighter level of confidence isn’t rare for a cornerback, especially one who has been on a couple All-America teams and set a school record for breaking up passes last fall, but the way that it has trickled through the rest of the locker room is definitely something new at Michigan.