Michigan Wolverines ranked No. 9 in 247Sports' Josh Pate's future program rankings looking ahead to the next three years of college football; behind Big Ten rival Ohio State and future conference opponent Oregon
After winning a national championship in 2023, followed by the loss of head coach Jim Harbaugh and much of the coaching staff, what is Michigan football's outlook over the next three years?, in which he ranked the Top 15 programs in the sport based on their near-future. The criteria for Pate's rankings include on-field results, player acquisition, resource pool and culture.
"Michigan just won a national championship and it's a very — not unprecedented, but borderline unprecedented situation because you have maximum turnover," Pate said. "You have a head coach leave, you have the whole staff leave except for Sherrone Moore, who elevates to head coach. I have got a lot of respect for that guy, and I've got immense respect for the Michigan culture and their way of doing things.
"It's never needed to be a Top 3 recruiting program," he said. "It would be nice if it were, but they've never had to be that. So, the intangibles of what makes Michigan Football are not going anywhere, and if people are counting on that to just fad away because there was a coaching change, I think those people will be a little disappointed."
"There's enough unknown around the program that, even I have to admit, you have to back off on them a little bit," he said. "It's just tough to place them right now. You need proof of product."
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