michigan wolverines biggest defeat by point margin since 2016

Since 2016, the Michigan Wolverines have their highest point differential in a game against Rutgers on October 8, 2016, with a 78-point differential.

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michigan wolverines biggest defeat in a game by point margin since 2016

	TEAM	DIFF	DATE	TM		OPP	RESULT	TD	1DWN	OFF	OPP OFF	3DWN%	4DWN%
1	Michigan	78	10/8/2016	MICH	@	RUTG	W 78-0	11	23	600	39	54.5	100.0
2	Michigan	60	9/13/2025	MICH	vs	CMU	W 63-3	9	35	616	139	72.7	50.0
3	Michigan	60	9/3/2016	MICH	vs	HAW	W 63-3	9	26	512	232	100.0
4	Michigan	59	9/17/2022	MICH	vs	CONN	W 59-0	8	26	465	110	69.2
5	Michigan	56	11/5/2016	MICH	vs	MD	W 59-3	8	31	660	367	60.0	0.0
6	Michigan	53	9/18/2021	MICH	vs	NIU	W 63-10	9	28	606	207	50.0	33.3
7	Michigan	52	9/28/2019	MICH	vs	RUTG	W 52-0	7	28	476	152	54.5	100.0
8	Michigan	49	10/21/2023	MICH	@	MSU	W 49-0	7	28	477	182	63.6
9	Michigan	46	9/10/2022	MICH	vs	HAW	W 56-10	8	23	588	253	33.3
10	Michigan	46	9/22/2018	MICH	vs	NEB	W 56-10	7	22	491	132	46.7	50.0
11	Michigan	46	9/8/2018	MICH	vs	WMU	W 49-3	7	20	451	208	45.5	100.0
12	Michigan	45	10/14/2023	MICH	vs	IND	W 52-7	7	23	407	232	54.5	100.0
13	Michigan	44	11/23/2024	MICH	vs	NW	W 50-6	6	25	396	127	68.8	100.0
14	Michigan	44	9/3/2022	MICH	vs	CSU	W 51-7	6	25	440	219	30.0	100.0
15	Michigan	42	10/7/2023	MICH	@	MINN	W 52-10	7	18	432	169	50.0	100.0
16	Michigan	41	11/20/2021	MICH	@	MD	W 59-18	8	24	503	358	53.8	33.3
17	Michigan	39	12/4/2021	MICH	@	IOWA	W 42-3	6	21	461	279	40.0	0.0
18	Michigan	39	9/24/2016	MICH	vs	PSU	W 49-10	7	25	515	191	68.8	50.0
19	Michigan	38	9/30/2023	MICH	@	NEB	W 45-7	6	26	436	305	61.5	66.7
20	Michigan	37	9/10/2016	MICH	vs	UCF	W 51-14	6	24	447	331	44.4	75.0
21	Michigan	35	11/5/2022	MICH	@	RUTG	W 52-17	7	22	433	180	41.2	100.0
22	Michigan	35	11/10/2018	MICH	@	RUTG	W 42-7	6	24	453	252	64.3	50.0
23	Michigan	35	11/3/2018	MICH	vs	PSU	W 42-7	6	20	403	186	57.1	50.0
24	Michigan	34	11/16/2019	MICH	vs	MSU	W 44-10	5	25	467	220	61.5	0.0
25	Michigan	33	9/4/2021	MICH	vs	WMU	W 47-14	6	22	551	317	61.5	100.0

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Team Leaders

PASS

2,428

Underwood

RUSH

932

Marshall

REC

651

Marsh

Team Rankings

PPG

27.6

77th

OPP PPG

18.7

16th

RUSH YDS/G

213.2

16th

PASS YDS/G

185.8

133rd

2025 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
2	Ohio State	9-0	12-2
3	Oregon	8-1	13-2
4	Michigan	7-2	9-4
5	USC	7-2	9-4
6	Iowa	6-3	9-4

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/5	WMU	@	MICH	7:30 PM
Sat 9/12	OKLA	@	MICH	12:00 PM
Sat 9/19	UTEP	@	MICH	3:30 PM
Sat 9/26	IOWA	@	MICH	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	MICH	@	MINN	1:00 PM

Last Game

Michigan

0 - 1

Final

Texas

1 - 0

Wed 31 Dec 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

4,379

Mestemaker

3,973

Mensah

3,937

Chambliss

Rush Yards Leaders

1,659

Cook

1,649

Hardy

1,567

Lacy

Rec Yards Leaders

1,291

Scudero

1,278

Bell

1,264

Young

Pass TD Leaders

41

Mendoza

34

Mensah

34

Mestemaker

Rush TD Leaders

25

Hawkins

24

Lacy

18

Hellums

Rec TD Leaders

15

Sarratt

14

Brown

13

Cooper

QB Rating Leaders

182.9

Mendoza

177.5

Sayin

170.4

Pavia

Sack Leaders

14.5

Bailey

14.5

Tucker

12.5

Smith

CFB 2025 Rankings

PPG Rankings

45.1

42.0

41.6

41.3

40.5

39.8

Opp PPG Rankings

9.3

11.7

11.8

13.3

14.8

15.4

Total Yards Rankings

512.4

489.7

488.7

482.9

472.8

472.1

Rush Yards Rankings

285.6

266.3

261.4

254.9

246.8

241.5

Pass Yards Rankings

340.2

318.0

313.3

309.6

296.0

292.8

Sack Leaders

50.0

46.0

45.0

43.0

41.0

CFB 2025 Standings

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Duke	9	5	.643
2	Virginia	11	3	.786
3	Miami	13	2	.867
4	Pittsburgh	8	5	.615
5	SMU	9	4	.692
6	Georgia Tech	9	4	.692
7	California	7	6	.538
8	Clemson	7	6	.538
9	NC State	8	5	.615
10	Louisville	9	4	.692
11	Wake Forest	9	4	.692
12	Stanford	4	8	.333
13	Florida State	5	7	.417
14	North Carolina	4	8	.333
15	Virginia Tech	3	9	.250
16	Boston College	2	10	.167
17	Syracuse	3	9	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	12	2	.857
2	Alabama	11	4	.733
3	Ole Miss	13	2	.867
4	Texas A&M	11	2	.846
5	Texas	10	3	.769
6	Oklahoma	10	3	.769
7	Vanderbilt	10	3	.769
8	Missouri	8	5	.615
9	Tennessee	8	5	.615
10	LSU	7	6	.538
11	Kentucky	5	7	.417
12	Florida	4	8	.333
13	Auburn	5	7	.417
14	Mississippi State	5	8	.385
15	South Carolina	4	8	.333
16	Arkansas	2	10	.167

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	15	0	1.000
2	Ohio State	12	2	.857
3	Oregon	13	2	.867
4	Michigan	9	4	.692
5	USC	9	4	.692
6	Iowa	9	4	.692
7	Illinois	9	4	.692
8	Minnesota	8	5	.615
9	Washington	9	4	.692
10	Nebraska	7	6	.538
11	Northwestern	7	6	.538
12	Penn State	7	6	.538
13	UCLA	3	9	.250
14	Rutgers	5	7	.417
15	Wisconsin	4	8	.333
16	Maryland	4	8	.333
17	Michigan State	4	8	.333
18	Purdue	2	10	.167

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	10	4	.714
2	New Mexico	9	4	.692
3	San Diego State	9	4	.692
4	Boise State	9	5	.643
5	Fresno State	9	4	.692
6	Hawaii	9	4	.692
7	Utah State	6	7	.462
8	Air Force	4	8	.333
9	Wyoming	4	8	.333
10	Nevada	3	9	.250
11	San José State	3	9	.250
12	Colorado State	2	10	.167

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	12	2	.857
2	Tulane	11	3	.786
3	Navy	11	2	.846
4	South Florida	9	4	.692
5	East Carolina	9	4	.692
6	Memphis	8	5	.615
7	Army	7	6	.538
8	UTSA	7	6	.538
9	Temple	5	7	.417
10	Florida Atlantic	4	8	.333
11	Rice	5	8	.385
12	UAB	4	8	.333
13	Tulsa	4	8	.333
14	Charlotte	1	11	.083

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	10	2	.833
2	UConn	9	4	.692

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Texas Tech	12	2	.857
2	BYU	12	2	.857
3	Utah	11	2	.846
4	Houston	10	3	.769
5	Arizona	9	4	.692
6	Arizona State	8	5	.615
7	Iowa State	8	4	.667
8	Kansas State	6	6	.500
9	TCU	9	4	.692
10	Cincinnati	7	6	.538
11	Baylor	5	7	.417
12	Kansas	5	7	.417
13	UCF	5	7	.417
14	West Virginia	4	8	.333
15	Colorado	3	9	.250
16	Oklahoma State	1	11	.083

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	7	6	.538
2	Oregon State	2	10	.167

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Western Michigan	10	4	.714
2	Miami (OH)	7	7	.500
3	Ohio	9	4	.692
4	Toledo	8	5	.615
5	Central Michigan	7	6	.538
6	Akron	5	7	.417
7	Buffalo	5	7	.417
8	Kent State	5	7	.417
9	Eastern Michigan	4	8	.333
10	Ball State	4	8	.333
11	Bowling Green	4	8	.333
12	Northern Illinois	3	9	.250
13	UMass	0	12	.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	12	2	.857
2	Troy	8	6	.571
3	Old Dominion	10	3	.769
4	Southern Miss	7	6	.538
5	Coastal Carolina	6	7	.462
6	Louisiana	6	7	.462
7	Georgia Southern	7	6	.538
8	Arkansas State	7	6	.538
9	Marshall	5	7	.417
10	Texas State	7	6	.538
11	Appalachian State	5	8	.385
12	South Alabama	4	8	.333
13	Georgia State	1	11	.083
14	Louisiana-Monroe	3	9	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	10	4	.714
2	Jacksonville State	9	5	.643
3	Western Kentucky	9	4	.692
4	Louisiana Tech	8	5	.615
5	Missouri State	7	6	.538
6	FIU	7	6	.538
7	Delaware	7	6	.538
8	Liberty	4	8	.333
9	Middle Tennessee	3	9	.250
10	New Mexico State	4	8	.333
11	UTEP	2	10	.167
12	Sam Houston	2	10	.167