Michigan started off the season on the right foot, waxing Minnesota 49-24. It was pretty much downhill from there though for the Wolverines, as they were upset by a Michigan State team that didn’t have a real offseason with their first-year head coach, lost to Indiana for the first time since hairspray, neon clothes, and wearing sunglasses indoors were fashionable, and suffered a 49-11 defeat to a Wisconsin team that was coming off a three-week COVID pause.
The Wolverines briefly quelled the bleeding with a win over Rutgers that required three overtimes before losing to previously 0-5 Penn State, which was followed by having their remaining three games against Maryland, Iowa, and Ohio State cancelled.