A three-touchdown breakout from Bryson Kuzdzal could not have come at a better time for the Michigan football team. With Jordan Marshall and Justice Haynes banged up, the junior back carried 20 times for 100 yards and three scores in a 45-20 road rout of Maryland, giving the Wolverines exactly the kind of downhill identity they have been searching for late in the year.

The payoff showed up in the polls. In the new AP Top 25, Michigan is credited with the biggest rise of the week , climbing three spots to No. 15 after improving to 9-2.

The Wolverines now sit just behind Utah and ahead of Texas, with voters clearly rewarding both the margin of victory in College Park and the fact that the offense finally looked like a true complement to Bryce Underwood and the passing game.

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