The college football regular season is inching closer to its climax, and for some Big Ten teams, the road to the College Football Playoff begins this week.

Michigan moved down five spots after the loss to USC, but after the win over Washington, the Wolverines moved up one spot to No. 16. The Football Power Index says Michigan has a 2.1% chance to win the conference and the Wolverines have a 14.7% chance to make the College Football Playoff.

Michigan State comes into this game against Michigan looking to get back on track. The Spartans have lost four straight games and are still looking for their first conference win of the season. The Spartans are 3-4 overall and 0-4 in Big Ten play.

Today on Out of the Blue, Jared and Andrew break down everything you need to know about Michigan’s 24-7 bounce-back performance against Washington. What can we takeaway from this game? Is this performance sustainable? Can the Wolverines run the table until the Saturday after Thanksgiving?

Michigan Wolverines are 41-13 all-time against the Boilermakers, 26-5 at home and have won six straight matchups, with the last loss coming in 2009.

On Saturday, the Wolverines hosted the son of a legendary Nebraska football running back, and judging by his post about the day’s events it appears Michigan has a good chance to land him for their Class of 2027. Correll Buckhalter was a member of the 1997 split national title holder Nebraska Cornhuskers, rushing for 311 yards as a freshman.

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