Wolverines see big drop in both polls, but stay ranked

The Wolverines' success early in the season, and the unusual way they lost their second game, has given them some leeway with the pollsters through the later portions of the season. Michigan had consistently been the one of the highest ranked two-loss teams, if not the highest. The the nature of the third loss though, even against a top-10 team, was enough to shift opinions about Michigan just a bit.

The Maize and Blue dropped further than any other team, falling seven spots to No. 19 in both the Associated Press and USA Today/Amway Coaches Polls.

Michigan State and Ohio State are at No. 5 and 6 respectively in both the polls, while Iowa is ranked No. 3 in the coaches poll and No. 4 in the AP.

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