NY6 Bowl Opportunity

"If" Michigan were to win out and beat OSU, they will probably be ranked around 6th or 7th in the playoff rankings.  They would for sure get into the New Year's Six.   The biggest question is whether they can make the Rose Bowl ( OSU will still make playoffs at 12-1).  If the West Champ finishes at 10-3 and PSU is 10-2, UM has a solid shot at a Rose Bowl bid.

We need Wisconsin to win the west for that to happen.

That said, let's just beat OSU.

Lol if we beat OSU, I wouldn’t even mind going down to the Gator bowl for the annual rematch with Florida. You guys may feel differently but for me, OSU is the bowl game. 

10-2 Michigan is an annual lock for a NY6 game.  That feels like a pipe dream this year, but if it happened they would find a slot somewhere.

For the love of 8lb 6oz baby jesus no more matchups with Florida.

If Michigan beats Indiana and Ohio State, we will become national media darlings very quickly. They probably would start talking about the injuries @ Wisconsin and officiating @ Penn State. The media has no problem making a story when they can for ratings. And they will need to help excuse Ohio State’s loss to keep their storyline heading into the playoffs.
 

Notice all the Detroit Media’s sudden admiration of Harbaugh after yesterday’s game. We would see a similar turn at the national level.

If we win out and Ohio State wins the Big Ten conference, we WILL be in the Rose Bowl.  Guaranteed.  

Those prognistications are made on the assumption of an OSU loss. Beat OSU and the ones that follow will be in a NY6 bowl.

I just want a winnable game. I'll take a tomato can. 

Which bowl game will Michigan play Florida in?

I feel that we don't win out which would render this discussion pointless.

I can't imagine Michigan beating Ohio State.   

This is really simple. Win the next two weeks and Michigan is 100% in an NY6 bowl. No ifs ands or buts. Two big wins including arguably the best win of the CFB regular season (assuming LSU doesn’t lose) well traveling fanbase, huge TV ratings. I don’t know if it’d be the Rose Bowl, though. They’d be deserving, but so would a 10-2 Wisconsin and PSU team, both of whom have the H2H. Minnesota would also have a case if it won out the regular season but lost a somewhat close BTCG. Michigan is pretty far down the Rose Bowl pecking order right now.

Lose next week or the week after, and NY6 is off the table. Probably Outback or Citrus Bowl.

We will 100% be in a NY6 game if we beat OSU.  Assuming a one loss OSU still made the Playoff if it won in Indy, given Minnesota’s loss yesterday, it would likely be the Rose Bowl.

The crazy thing is we'll probably have as good or better resume at 10-2 than the teams that will be invited to play in the CFP.  That damn loss at PSU, argh.  If we win out I just don't see how we wouldn't get a NY6 bowl, and a good one at that.

I'd love to see a matchup with one of the other top 10 teams on the outside looking in such as Oklahoma or Georgia (if they don't make it).

OSU is the bowl game. 

Got to win first but yeah agreed

Best case scenario is probably OSU blows out Penn St, we beat OSU and OSU dominates the west champion. That puts OSU in the playoff and us in the Rose Bowl vs Utah or Oregon. Both teams we are due a revenge game

Bowls look at how much of a teams fan base will travel which is always a huge plus for Michigan. If we beat Indiana then the OSU game is our bowl game. IF we manage to win that one then it is possible we play an Alabama, Georgia, or Oklahoma depending upon the final playoff shakeup which will most likely be LSU/Clemson/Bama/OSU. Georgia loses to LSU in SEC championship 

If we win our next two games, we'll probably be ranked no lower than 8th. 

OSU isn't losing to anyone else in the B1G, so they will go to the CFP as conference champs.  Even if they don't make it, we'll still finish top 10 and likely in a NY6 game.

To be honest, I hope we win out and OSU blows out PSU and Minn/Wisc in Indy.  That should get us to the Rose Bowl as the second highest ranked team.

There are 2 tough games coming up.   Michigan has to bring it in both of them, get it done, and then we can all worry about New Year's Day.    Indiana is no joke, and the Buckeyes are the Buckeyes.  

I generally like your thinking. But our bowl is O$U in two weeks.   Players are most likely going to sit out the bowl we go to.  

If Michigan wins out, we've got a decent shot at the Rose Bowl.

With Minnesota's loss yesterday, that means a 1 or 2 loss B1G West VS Ohio State.

Only thing that would prevent that if tOSU tanks and loses to both PSU & Michigan. Only way that happens is if their starting QB goes out injured.

What we'd need is to have Michigan win out then have tOSU crush Minnesota or Wisconsin in the B1G championship game and still get into the playoff at #3 or #4.

Then Rose would pick from the next group of 2 loss teams:

Michigan, PSU and maybe Minnesota. (if Wisconsin made the B1G championship game then they'd have 3 losses at this point.

Michigan should be the highest ranked & most attractive of that bunch so, should go to the Rose.

Well I agree with everyone that we should probably just stay focused on beating Indiana if we win out... We might have more to play for than just a New year's 6 game. Let's say without tua Alabama loses to Auburn hey Georgia losses in the SEC title game 2 LSU and every team in the ACC and sec have at least two losses with the exception of of course LSU and Clemson? Oklahoma and Baylor are both quite vulnerable for another loss but I wouldn't be shocked if the big 12 winner ended up being a two loss team... Would anybody really be surprised if the big 12 winner is a two-loss team??? Would anybody be shocked if Alabama loses to Auburn at this point? Okay so the four-team playoff now includes LSU and Clemson and every other team in the ACC, sec and big 12 are likely at 2 losses or more! I hope you see where I'm going with this... The pac-12 title will give either Utah or Oregon another loss and eliminate that team. The question is how certain are we at this point that the PAC 12 winner only has one loss? It's probably likely but not a certainty. What if a 2 loss team gets in the playoff? Lots of what ifs I know.....BUT!!! In the words of Lloyd Christmas so you're saying there's a chance ?

NY6 Bowls are nice and all.  But the thing is, this year is a set-up where if (1) it's not the Rose Bowl, (2) it can only be the Orange or Cotton.

And the opponents there could only be ACC (Orange) or Gang-of-5 (Cotton).  Someone like Virginia or Pittsburgh or Cincinnati or Memphis or Boise State or Appalachian State.  It wouldn't be Georgia or Oklahoma.

Michigan travels well, and is a national brand.  Michigan will get favorable treatment when bowl time rolls around.

Good lord. From the depths of BPONE to a post full of people high on their own juice. Some of y'all are getting way ahead of yourselves. Or at least where the team is. IU is going to be a tough game. Tougher than those bums the Good Guys crushed yesterday. We'll see how OSU does against Pedo State. If OSU blows out the Didn'tseeanything Lions and we scuffle against the Hoosiers, well...you know.

Over the last few weeks, Michigan has improved to the point of looking close to elite. That’s great, and we certainly went through enough pain for the gain. We’re starting to do things a lot better than last year. It’s a beginning, and I do think Harbaugh’s decision to revamp the offense, at least partially, has started to pay off, and things are starting to click.

But as someone else said, let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves in expectations.

10-2 Michigan team with two top 7 wins

If they beat Ohio St that is one. No second to make it two. What team they beat will be in the top 7 at the end of the season? You don't think they look back to where teams were ranked earlier in the season? Just stop that. 

Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. 

It's okay to dream

The chances of playing Florida are high.