Michigan football looking to build off last season in Harbaugh’s eighth year as head coach

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Jim Harbaugh’s eighth team is his first at Michigan that is coming off a win over Ohio State.

The Wolverines’ new challenge is to knockoff the archrival Buckeyes on the road for the first time since 2000. Before that, though, they will try to beat Michigan State at the Big House for the first time in three tries.

Harbaugh is not hiding from what he aims to achieve this season.

"Our goals would be to beat Ohio State and Michigan State in the same year, win the Big Ten championship and win the national championship," he said.

The Wolverines went 12-2 last year, finishing No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll. They won the Big Ten title for the first time since 2004, ending the program's longest drought without a conference championship, and earned a spot in the College Football Playoff for the first time.

Michigan found out how far it has to go to win its first national title since 1997. Georgia routed the Wolverines 34-11 before beating Alabama to claim the championship.

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Aidan Hutchinson, David Ojabo and Daxton Hill will be difficult to replace on defense. Harbaugh has said the eighth-ranked Wolverines have a no-star defense this year, but at least some of his players disagree.

"We're all stars," linebacker Junior Colson said. "Every person that will play this year is a star. I don't care what the critics say. We will be the best defense in the nation."

Michigan quarterback Cade McNamara, above, throws a 47-yard touchdown pass to tight end Erick All in the fourth quarter against Penn State during an NCAA college football game in State College, Pa., Nov. 13, 2021.