Michigan's 2024 football season didn't result in a return trip to the College Football Playoff or a second consecutive national title, but it would be hard to argue that Sherrone Moore's inaugural season stepping into the head-coaching job vacated by Jim Harbaugh wasn't pretty successful. Despite fumbling the quarterback situation in the offseason, the Wolverines rode one of the nation's top defenses to wins over eventual national champion (and hated rival) Ohio State in the final week of the regular season and Alabama in the ReliaQuest Bowl.
Michigan entered 2025 with higher expectations. The defense lost a number of top playmakers, but remains one of the best in college football, and while true freshman quarterback Bryce Underwood hasn't taken the sport by storm quite yet, he's a marked upgrade over the players the Wolverines had under center last season.
