Michigan Ranked Outside Of ESPN’s Preseason Top 10

ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg has Michigan at No. 13 in its preseason rankings. Here’s what he wrote about the Wolverines and Jim Harbaugh in year 3:

Remove the team name and the head coach. Review the depth chart. You can see why Michigan isn’t higher in our preseason rankings. Nine wins is reasonable, 10 wins superb. But Michigan expects more under Jim Harbaugh, especially as the program’s two major droughts (Big Ten title and beating Ohio State) linger. Harbaugh has recruited well enough to fill many of the gaps, but the Wolverines face a difficult schedule away from Ann Arbor.