Do you feel it in the air? The cooling temps, the smell of a crockpot, and the warmth of your comfiest sweatshirt fresh out of the dryer? College football is back, baby. What a glorious time of year.

No. 14 Michigan kicks off its 2025 campaign at home tonight against the New Mexico Lobos. Here are the keys to victory to make sure Michigan avoids a shocking loss.

As Roger Holien at Mountain West Connection pointed out in his New Mexico season preview, the Lobos are returning only four starters across the whole team, with three of them being on defense. It’s not like the Lobos were stopping the run well with last year’s starters anyway — New Mexico allowed an average of 212.9 rushing yards per game, a mark that was eighth-worst in DI in 2024.

You need to score points to pull off an upset,

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