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Michigan football makes big move up in latest AP Top 25

isaiah hole
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Michigan football moved up into the top 5 in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll, but with the AP Top 25, the Wolverines’ move was a little more drastic.

In the coaches poll, the maize and blue were No. 6 and moved up one spot to No. 5 after a 51-7 Week 1 win over Colorado State. While they impressed the coaches, the voters in the AP Top 25 were even more impressed.

The preseason AP Top 25 saw the Wolverines come in at No. 8, but after Week 1, Michigan has moved all the way up to No. 4. While the College Football Playoff rankings are what really matter, the maize and blue would be ‘in’ at this moment, one game into the season, if these rankings were what carried the most weight.

Full rankings:

RANK

TEAM

TREND

THIS WEEK

POINTS

1

Alabama (1-0)

SEC

–

@Utah State L D 55-None

1,552 (44)

2

Georgia (1-0)

SEC

1

@Oregon W 49-3

1,511 (17)

3

Ohio State (1-0)

Big Ten

1

@Notre Dame W 21-10

1,471 (2)

4

Michigan (1-0)

Big Ten

4

@Colorado State L 51-7

1,299

5

Clemson (1-0)

ACC

1

@Georgia Tech W 41-10

1,280

6

Texas A&M (1-0)

SEC

–

@Sam Houston State L D 31-None

1,241

7

Oklahoma (1-0)

Big 12

2

@UTEP W 45-13

1,130

8

Notre Dame (0-1)

IA Independents

3

@Ohio State L 10-21

1,085

9

Baylor (1-0)

Big 12

1

@Albany W 69-10

1,057

10

USC (1-0)

Pac-12

4

@Rice W 66-14

898

11

Oklahoma State (1-0)

Big 12

1

@Central Michigan W 58-44

818

12

Florida (1-0)

SEC

–

@Utah W 29-26

763

13

Utah (0-1)

Pac-12

6

@Florida L 26-29

717

14

Michigan State (1-0)

Big Ten

1

@Western Michigan W 35-13

690

15

Miami (FL) (1-0)

ACC

1

@Bethune-Cookman W 70-13

679

16

Arkansas (1-0)

SEC

3

@Cincinnati W 31-24

678

17

Pittsburgh (1-0)

ACC

–

@West Virginia W 38-31

535

18

North Carolina State (1-0)

ACC

5

@East Carolina W 21-20

513

19

Wisconsin (1-0)

Big Ten

1

@Illinois State L D 38-None

476

20

Kentucky (1-0)

SEC

–

@Miami (OH) W 37-13

373

21

BYU (1-0)

IA Independents

4

@South Florida W 50-21

266

22

Ole Miss (1-0)

SEC

1

@Troy W 28-10

254

23

Wake Forest (1-0)

ACC

1

@VMI W 44-10

246

24

Tennessee (1-0)

SEC

–

@Ball State W 59-10

194

25

Houston (1-0)

American Athletic

1

@UTSA W 37-35

143

Others receiving votes:

Oregon 131, Penn State 122, Texas 118, Cincinnati 63, Florida State 42, Fresno State 22, UCF 22, Minnesota 22, Kansas State 18, Auburn 15, Mississippi State 10, Air Force 8, Oregon State 5, North Carolina 3, South Carolina 2, Purdue 1, UCLA 1, Arizona 1

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Story originally appeared on Wolverines Wire