Jake Yono Michigan Football 2023 Predictions

JY Journalism

9/1/23

I just released my  article on the Detroit Lions season predictions. The other football team I follow is the Michigan Wolverines, coming off back-to-back BIG 10 championships and 2 wins over Ohio State and a #2 preseason ranking Michigan Football is in great shape. In this article, I will be predicting and analyzing Michigan’s schedule. In a fast-paced article, I will tell you how far I think they will go and how many wins they will get so let’s get into their schedule.

Jim Harbaugh is out for the first 3 games against East Carolina, UNLV, and Bowling Green. These are practice and cupcake games for the Big Blue; they should plow over these schools with no problem. Going into BIG 10 play I believe Rutgers, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Indiana and if Michigan State doesn’t come out gunning Michigan should be able to score them by 10-14 points. After State, it’s another easy home game vs. Purdue. Then we go to Beaver Stadium in Happy Valley to face #7 preseason ranking Penn State. If Penn State is good enough to beat Ohio State then they are good enough to beat Michigan. Right now ESPN predictions have it 50.3% in favor of Michigan. Since this game is away I believe Penn State can pull off a grind-it-one-possession win at home to upset the Michigan Wolverines. After it’s another road game against Maryland, this should be easy for Michigan. Then it’s “the game” at home against Ohio State, this could be another 1 vs. 2 matchups depending on Georgia, right now ESPN has Ohio State as a 72.5% chance to win and Michigan at 27.5%. These numbers are subject to change and betting odds have not come out yet. If Ohio State can shut down Michigan's offense they can win.

At the end of the end of the regular season, I think Michigan, Penn State, and Ohio State will each lose one game and it will be a very competitive fight for the BIG 10 East division the champion of the BIG 10 will come out of the East and will go to the college football playoffs and Jim Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines will go 11-1 in the regular season.