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Michigan can always lose 1 game and be in the conversation. by domer4
And that includes beating absolutely no one in their non-conference schedule and 4 away games against nobodies in conference.
See 2016 AND 2018 for verification of that. They nearly were ranked higher than ND last year near season's end despite our victory over them.
The real question is can they go to 2 losses and make the playoffs - start off ranking in the top 5, lose early, lose middle, then beat a top 5 OSU team and a top 5/10 team in the big 10 championship.
I suspect yes, they can - their 2003 season would be the blue print - lost to Oregon early, to Iowa middle, yet after beating OSU - they were ranked #4 in the country - and they would have now been offered the Big 10 champ game too.