Top-25 voters took note of Michigan's thrilling win over Notre Dame on Saturday, moving the Wolverines into the national rankings for the first time under coach Rich Rodriguez.
Michigan checked in at No. 25 in the Associated Press poll released Sunday, and was the top team in the "others receiving votes" category in the USA Today/Coaches poll.
The Wolverines, coming off a 3-9 season, were last ranked at the end of the 2007 season, when they were 18th.
On SportsCenter Sunday morning before the polls were released, Rodriguez said he didn't plan to talk to his team about the rankings.
"I talked to the team last night about staying humble and staying hungry," Rodriguez said. "I think those are two reasons why we've gotten better over the last nine months and we'll continue to preach that."
Michigan beat Notre Dame, 38-34, Saturday on Tate Forcier's last-second touchdown pass to Greg Mathews. The Irish, previously ranked 18th, were one of two teams to fall out of the AP poll. No. 25 Missouri was the other.
Penn State (tied for fifth with Mississippi) and Ohio State (No. 11) are the only other ranked Big Ten teams.
With games the next two weeks against Eastern Michigan and Indiana, Michigan could start 4-0 for the first time since 2006, when it finished 11-2 and nearly played for the national championship.
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