Michigan Monday: Game 14 vs. TCU (Vrbo Fiesta Bowl)

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Michigan Monday: Game 14 vs. TCU (Vrbo Fiesta Bowl)

No. 2-seeded Michigan was selected to the College Football Playoff national semifinal. The Wolverines will play No. 3 TCU in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl on New Year's Eve. It's the second time Michigan has been selected for the CFP in two seasons.

Michigan will play in the Fiesta Bowl against TCU on Monday. It's the 50th time Michigan has played in a bowl game. The last time the Wolverines played a game in this bowl was in 1986. This will be Jim Harbaugh's ninth bowl appearance as a head coach. He has a 2-6 record in bowl games.

Michigan Monday is game 14 vs. TCU (Vrbo Fiesta Bowl). Saturday's game will be the first meeting between the Wolverines and the Horned Frogs.

Michigan has achieved its first-ever 13-0 season. Michigan is one of 15 FBS schools to not play an FCS school during the regular season and has won 25 games in two years. Quarterback J.J. McCarthy has begun his career with a 12-1 record. The team has scored points on its opening possession in 11 of 13 games this season, including eight touchdowns. Michigan leads the country in scoring differential (+26.7). Georgia and Ohio State are the only other teams with average scoring margins above +25 points per game.


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