Michigan’s 2025 schedule ranked by ESPN SP+! Ohio State is toughest, New Mexico easiest. See the full difficulty breakdown!

ESPN updated its SP+ Rankings prior to the 2025 college football season. Back in Feb., Michigan football was ranked No. 13 in the advanced analytics, but the Wolverines have climbed upward in the spring edition.

Northwestern and Purdue mark the Big Ten's clear bottom tier entering 2025. The Wildcats even did well to win four games last year, given a near Football Bowl Subdivision-worst offense (No. 128 of 134) and below-average defense (No. 79 of 134). 2025 is a critical year for head coach David Braun to prove that 2023's 8-5 output was not an anomaly.