The regular season's first AP Top 25 college football poll rankings were released on Tuesday. The Michigan Wolverines fell one spot in the poll, moving from No. 14 to No. 15, despite a 34-17 season-opening win over New Mexico.
There's a trend here: for the second consecutive year, Michigan has dropped in the AP Top-25 poll from its preseason ranking.
The latest AP Top 25 poll also saw Ohio State reclaim the No. 1 spot, with Penn State, LSU and Georgia rounding out the top four.
Here are the full AP Top 25 rankings for this week:
- Ohio State
- Penn State
- LSU
- Georgia
- Miami
- Oregon
- Texas
- Clemson
- Notre Dame
- South Carolina
- Illinois
- Arizona State
- Florida
- Florida State
- Michigan
- Iowa State
- SMU
- Oklahoma
- Texas A&M
- Ole Miss
- Alabama
- Tennessee
- Indiana
- Texas Tech
- Utah
The season opener was special for Michigan. Bryce Underwood, the Wolverines' new quarterback, became just the fourth freshman to start at the position in program history. In his college football debut, he recorded 21 of 31 passes for 251 yards and one touchdown.
"Honestly, I'd say it's insane, really," Underwood said of making his first start. ... "That was a surreal feeling, being in the Big House. I've been coming to the games since I was 8, 9 years old, so it's just a surreal feeling to have the Block M on my chest and to score a touchdown."
In the Week 2 matchup, Michigan will face Oklahoma on Saturday night in Norman at 7:30 p.m. ET.