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SATURDAY FOOTBALL
THE COMPUTER POLL
THE POLL / Big Ten / 2026

Michigan logoMICHIGAN.

Every game. Every component. Every point accounted for.

COMPUTER RANK
#39
AP RANK
NR
RECORD
3–2
COMPUTER SCORE
70.11
Michigan is #39 with a 3–2 record. Strength of record contributes 30.66 points to its 70.11 total. Its most valuable win is over Oklahoma (17–10), worth 1.47 résumé units. Road / neutral is its lowest component at 19.0/100. The next team, Northwestern, scores 68.10.

THE SCORE, DISASSEMBLED.

v2.0.0
Quality wins · 20%
73.7 / 100
+14.745 points
Strength of schedule · 20%
90.5 / 100
+18.102 points
Strength of record · 50%
61.3 / 100
+30.657 points
Capped dominance · 5%
65.7 / 100
+3.285 points
Loss quality · 5%
66.4 / 100
+3.321 points

SUM OF WEIGHTED CONTRIBUTIONS = 70.10948905
Legacy OWP (diagnostic only): 0.625000 · Legacy OOWP (diagnostic only): 0.549788 · Raw SOS: 0.547320

THE SEASON SO FAR.

WEEKLY COMPUTER RANK
W5W6

W5: #44 → W6: #39

THE RECEIPTS.

WKOPPONENTSITERESULTOPP. QUALITYWIN VALUELOSS PENALTY
2OklahomahomeW 17–100.7599+1.4715—
1Western MichiganhomeW 13–120.6112+1.0066—
3UTEPhomeW 52–170.2245+0.5508—
4IowahomeL 19–200.6530—1.4722
5MinnesotaRoadL 14–200.4880—1.4554

Résumé units feed the quality-win and loss components before percentile normalization. They are not direct additions to the final score.

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