Head coach Sherrone Moore, Michigan football predicted as Big Ten team to ‘look out’ for this fall

Zain Bando

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It’s never too early to start earmarking the Michigan Wolverines’ football program under second-year coach Sherrone Moore as one to watch this fall.

In a rugged Big Ten which included the likes of defending national champion Ohio State, a reloaded Penn State, a can’t-miss Illinois and a flashy USC team, the Wolverines intend to hang with the championship contenders of the league and become one themselves if quarterback Bryce Underwood is named the starter.

According to ESPN’s Chris Low he has anticipation Michigan is going to make headway in the Big Ten if its cards are played correctly.

 "If it's the same Michigan team that finished the 2024 season, look out,” Low wrote in an article released Monday. “The Wolverines won their last three games of the season, including a 13-10 road victory over eventual national champion Ohio State. In their second season under Sherrone Moore, the Wolverines clearly have to be better on offense and should be with the country's top overall prospect, Bryce Underwood, coming in at quarterback. And even with some key players leaving for the NFL, the defense will again be stifling, especially if safety Rod Moore is healthy.”

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Thankfully, the Wolverines also have a favorable schedule which really sees them needing to likely worry about the season finale against Day’s Buckeyes.

Only time will tell.

Zain Bando

Zain Bando is a freelance writer for The Sporting News. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism. Over the years, Bando has written about various beats surrounding Illinois, Northwestern, and Kansas State Athletics but sticks to the Big Ten as his primary expertise. Outside of collegiate reporting, Bando covers MMA and boxing for MMA Knockout On Sports Illustrated and hosts/co-hosts two podcasts as part of the Empty The Bench Podcast Network – Bando's Breakdowns and The MMA Outsiders, which air weekly on YouTube and are distributed on all podcast platforms Tuesday nights and Wednesday afternoons. Bando is a Chicago Suburban native and a member of the FWAA and USBWA, continuing to hone his professional skills as a sports journalist and media personality. Since June 2019, Bando's byline has been seen across many mediums, including MSN, Yardbarker, Deadspin, FanSided, BJPenn.com, Bridge Media Network (Sports News Highlights), Mike Farrell Sports, Reuters, and more. When Bando is not writing, he binges on old UFC fights, spends time with family and friends, memorizes every Super Bowl, and manifests all the places he still has to travel to (even while bringing his laptop).