When it comes to ranking Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore, some outlets find themselves between a rock and a hard place.
Moore has one year of being the full-time head coach of the Wolverines, but also had four games as the acting head coach. He went 8-5 in his first full season, but also won four games in 2023 — including at Penn State and against Ohio State. He’s undefeated against the rivals, having beaten the Buckeyes twice and MSU once. He’s even taken down an Alabama team that was thought by many to be a College Football Playoff-caliber squad.
Yet, those five losses loom large.
The losses in context vs. the wins
Last season, Moore ended up losing three games to teams that were somewhat expected — Texas, Oregon, and at Indiana. Why? Because those three teams were College Football Playoff teams last year. Michigan ended up playing four in total (Ohio State being the other) in a brutal schedule compared to most teams.
But Moore also lost to two teams he probably shouldn’t have — Illinois and Washington. The Illini ended up going 10-3 last year and were a pretty good squad, while Washington went 6-7, though it was undefeated at home in Husky Stadium. Both games were on the road, and Michigan struggled with quarterback play in both games.
However, getting the two season-end wins against the eventual national champion, Ohio State, and Alabama were among the most impressive in football. Three teams beat the Crimson Tide before Michigan had (Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, and Tennessee) but OSU only lost to Oregon and Michigan, and it got revenge against the Ducks in the Rose Bowl. Thus, that win by the then-6-5 Wolverines on the road was perhaps the best win all of last season.
Moore also took over the program late, with Jim Harbaugh leaving for the NFL in late January and Moore being hired on the 26th of that month….
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Publish date : 2025-05-30 15:40:00
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