Pat Fitzgerald's 13th-ranked Northwestern Wildcats (5-0) travel to Ann Arbor on Saturday to take on Jim Harbaugh and his 18th-ranked Michigan Wolverines (4-1) in the biggest early season matchup that the Big Ten Conference has had to offer so far this season.
Which is a surprise to many.
It is not often that a team's homecoming game ends up being one of their toughest games of the season, but here we are. Northwestern has been excellent so far this season and has yet to lose a game, while the Wolverines have been putting a beating on everyone since their week one loss at Utah.