The media’s biggest knock on the Michigan Wolverines the season has been their schedule. A flimsy non-conference and a lack of major Big Ten opponents to this point have not given the maize and blue a chance to bolster their resume.
This Saturday’s game against the Illinois Fighting Illini was supposed to help change that narrative, but they have lost their last two games to Michigan State and Purdue. They went from a 7-1 team ranked No. 16 in the country and having a two-game lead in the Big Ten West, to an unranked, 7-3 squad in a four-way tie for first in their division.