After beating a top 10 team, ESPN kept Michigan at the No. 6 spot in their power rankings (behind Alabama, OSU, Clemson, Houston and Washington):
ESPN CFB Power Rankings:
1. @AlabamaFTBL
2. @OhioStateFB
3. @ClemsonFB
4. @UHCougarFB
5. @UW_Football
6-25: https://t.co/SgSfeoNjfL— ESPN College Football (@ESPNCFB) October 2, 2016
Two Michigan RBs – De’Veon Smith and Ty Isaac – had the following replies to the tweet from ESPN:
https://twitter.com/i_BSmith4/status/782757157359890432
Let em sleep https://t.co/k5IPyOCva5
— Ty Isaac (@TyIsaac) October 3, 2016
Likewise, Kirk Herbstreit:
My top 4 after this weekends games.
1–@OhioStateFB
2–@AlabamaFTBL
3–@ClemsonFB
4–@UofLFootball @CollegeGameDay @espn @SportsCenter— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) October 2, 2016