Michigan Wolverines draw worst potential opponent for bowl game, making postseason momentum a tall task
The Michigan Wolverines didn’t get any favors with their opponent in their upcoming bowl game
The Michigan Wolverines have finished their 2025 regular season at 9-3, ending 2025 as the No.18 team in the country. They ended up playing two teams that made the College Football Playoff in the Oklahoma Sooners and Ohio State Buckeyes, as well as the No. 16 team in the USC Trojans.
Michigan’s postseason won’t get any easier, as they drew an invite to the Citrus Bowl to take on the No. 13 Texas Longhorns. The Longhorns were one of the first teams left out of the College Football Playoff and just took down the Texas A&M Aggies the last time we saw them play.
Texas as brutal a draw as Michigan could get
Michigan hasn’t been competitive in their three biggest games of the season, and Texas beat the Sooners and played Ohio State much more competitively than the Wolverines did to start the season. Now, the Longhorns enter a bowl game motivated by being “snubbed” for the College Football Playoff. On top of all of that, Arch Manning has been playing the best ball of his career lately.
Texas’s defense could create problems for Bryce Underwood, who hasn’t delivered consistency through the air. The Longhorns are also excellent at shutting down the run, which has been much of Michigan’s offense for the entire season.
However, the Wolverines did take down an Alabama Crimson Tide team in much the same scenario last season. The Tide were left out of the CFP last season before running into the Wolverines, who promptly forced a million turnovers and sacked Jalen Milroe five times to take down Alabama 19-13. That win kickstarted a massive offseason for the Wolverines.
It’s safe to say that Texas won’t play the same way as Alabama did last year, and Manning is undoubtedly better than Milroe, but we’ve seen the Wolverines pull off wackier wins under Sherrone Moore. It’s going to take all hands on deck and a creative gameplan to get there this season.
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