Before beating Washington in the CFP National Championship game, Michigan beat Alabama in the CFP semifinal at the Rose Bowl 27-20 in overtime. An errant snap by former Crimson Tide center Seth McLaughlin allowed the Wolverines to stop Alabama on a fourth-and-goal Jalen Milroe run play at the 3-yard line to secure the win.

Alabama football's Kalen DeBoer was asked about the NCAA punishing Michigan for its sign-stealing scandal, after he faced the Wolverines with Washington in the 2023 national championship game.

It wasn’t your usual Friday in the middle of training camp. While Michigan prepared for its second scrimmage of the preseason, the NCAA issued a blistering 74-page report on its two-year probe of the Wolverines’ football program and extraordinary advance scouting operation.