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Where is Michigan football going to be playing in a bowl game?
For the first time since 2019, the Wolverines‘ postseason question does not have an answer in the days following the end of the regular season. The Wolverines took a step back and finished 7-5 in 2024 while trying to defend the 2023 national championship, but earned a fourth straight win over Ohio State. U-M will be playing in a common bowl game this season.
Michigan spent the past three postseasons playing in the Big Ten championship game and then the College Football Playoff, eventually winning it all in 2023. It had to reset with a new coaching staff led by Sherrone Moore, and now is looking for a new offensive coordinator to replace the fired Kirk Campbell.
The Wolverines are seventh in the Big Ten standings, missing the expanded CFP and very likely to be placed in a bowl with Big Ten ties. The Music City Bowl in Nashville, Tennessee, and the ReliaQuest Bowl in Tampa, Florida, are top options.
Here is a quick look at six different projections of where Michigan will land for a bowl game to conclude the 2024 season.
Will Michigan make a bowl game?
Yes, Michigan will be playing in a bowl game this winter, after becoming eligible with its sixth win of the season, a 50-6 beatdown of Northwestern in the home finale.
When is the bowl game schedule out?
Bowl game matchups will be announced officially on Sunday afternoon, after the 2024 College Football Playoff rankings set the new 12-team field. The CFP show starts at noon ET on ESPN.
Michigan bowl game projections updated
USA TODAY: Music City Bowl
Michigan to the Music City Bowl on Dec. 30 in Nashville against LSU (8-4, SEC).
ESPN: Music City Bowl
Both of ESPN’s bowl projection writers, Kyle Bonagura and Mark Schlabach, both have Michigan in the Music City Bowl, but against different opponents. One projects Michigan facing South Carolina (9-3, SEC) and the other projects the Wolverines facing Ole Miss (9-3, SEC).
The Athletic: ReliaQuest Bowl
Michigan to the ReliaQuest Bowl against Ole Miss (9-3, SEC).
247 Sports: ReliaQuest Bowl
Michigan to the ReliaQuest Bowl against Florida (7-5, SEC). 247 Sports reported there has been “behind-the-scenes discussion” about the bowl’s interest in a Michigan-Florida matchup. The teams have played twice in bowls the past decade, with U-M delivering a 41-7 beatdown in the Citrus Bowl to conclude Jim Harbaugh’s first campaign, and Florida earning some revenge three years later with a 41-15 Peach Bowl dismantling.
CBS Sports: Music City Bowl
Michigan to the Music City Bowl against Missouri (9-3, SEC).
Action Network: Pinstripe Bowl
Michigan to the Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 28 at Yankee Stadium in New York against Boston College (7-5, ACC).
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