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Wolverines · Big Ten

Head coach Sherrone Moore Year 2 with Michigan

Year-2 HCs (2015-2024) averaged +0.09 W vs SP+ expected · n=47

Season Projection · 2026 W0

10,000 sims
6.7
Expected wins
7-5
Proj record
4 to 9
Win range (90%)
#32 (16–52)
Final rank (90%)
2%
Make playoff
1%
Win conference

Path to Glory

Tap a win or a loss on each pivotal game to see how the playoff probability shifts. Leave any game unset to average across both outcomes.

Make the playoff

2%

Baseline projection.

  • vs Indiana
    Home · Oct 24
  • vs Penn State
    Home · Oct 17
  • vs Oklahoma
    Home · Sep 12
  • vs Iowa
    Home · Sep 26
  • at Minnesota
    Away · Oct 3

Pivotal games are the 5 with the largest playoff-probability swing, ranked by the model. Math: chained Bayesian log-odds update from the conditional simulation set; gets the directionally right answer but won't perfectly capture cross-game correlations until the full Monte Carlo pipeline lands.

Returning production · 2025

50 PCI
  • Quarterback 33% (2/6 players)
  • Offensive line 59% (13/22 players)
  • Skill (RB/WR/TE) 61% (22/36 players)
  • Front 7 (DL/LB) 54% (21/39 players)
  • Secondary 54% (13/24 players)
  • Special teams 45% (5/11 players)

PCI weights returning production by position group (QB/OL heaviest). 70%+ is healthy continuity; 45-70% is a normal rebuild; below 45% is a meaningful turnover.

Situational efficiency · 2025

FBS percentile rank
  • 3rd-down conversion 42.5% 83th — strong
  • Red-zone TD rate 16.4% 68th — average
  • 4th-down aggression 30.4% 22th — bottom tier
  • Late & close 4.3 yds/play 27th — below avg

Percentile is across all FBS teams with play-by-play data for the season. "Late & close" is yards per play in Q4+ with a one-score margin — a proxy for clutch offensive performance.

Schedule

Full 2026 slate. Tap a row for the matchup breakdown.

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More coming

Per-team pages get the full treatment in Phase 3: current rating, season projection histogram, schedule with win probabilities, and live overlays on Pylon stream days. For now, this page exists so stories and news have a permanent home as content rolls in.