SOAK IT IN: After much-needed rivalry win, Michigan football can finally smile again ... but to use offensive coordinator Kirk Campbell's phrase, U-M was finally able to get "the heat off ...

Nobody is confusing this Michigan football team for the Wolverines ... While that's technically still a possibility, U-M now needs just one more win — with Northwestern still on the schedule ...

Josh Heupel's squad has managed 20 wins in the last two seasons (18 in the regular season) and oddsmakers have set Tennessee's 2024 college football win total (regular-season only) at 9.5 games.