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Weekly Polls: Michigan Surges into Top 15 in the AP and Coaches Polls

Michigan's surge in the polls sets up a top-15 showdown between Michigan and Michigan State in Ann Arbor this weekend.

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After its 38-0 shutout win over then-No. 13 Northwestern, Michigan has surged in both the AP and Coaches polls this week. The Wolverines jumped six spots from No. 18 to No. 12 in the AP and seven spots from No. 21 to No. 14 in the Coaches. This is the highest Michigan has been ranked in the polls since the week after the Maize and Blue beat Notre Dame, 41-30, early in the 2013 season.

With Michigan's move in the polls, the Wolverines and Michigan State Spartans (AP No. 7/Coaches No. 4) will clash as top-15 teams this next weekend for the first time since 2003 -- when No. 11 Michigan upended No. 9 Michigan State, 27-20, in East Lansing. This is the biggest match-up on paper between the two in-state rivals in over a decade.

It's one of many reasons why College GameDay is coming to Ann Arbor on Saturday.

Here are the full polls. Who's too high? Who's too low? Tell us in the comments below.

AP Coaches Massey
1 Ohio State (27) Ohio State (47) TCU
2 Baylor (13) Baylor (8) Florida
3 TCU (3) TCU (5) Utah
4 Utah (16) Michigan State (1) Clemson
5 Clemson (1) LSU (1) Michigan
6 LSU Clemson Ohio State
7 Michigan State Utah (1) Texas A&M
8 Florida State Florida State Baylor
9 Texas A&M (1) Alabama Alabama
10 Alabama Texas A&M Notre Dame
11 Florida Florida LSU
12 Michigan Ole Miss Florida State
13 Ole Miss Notre Dame Oklahoma State
14 Notre Dame Michigan Stanford
15 Stanford Oklahoma State Iowa
16 Oklahoma State Stanford Northwestern
17 Iowa Iowa Oklahoma State
18 UCLA UCLA Ole Miss
19 Oklahoma State Oklahoma UCLA
20 Northwestern Boise State Boise State
21 Boise State Northwestern Michigan State
22 Toledo Memphis California
23 California California Toledo
24 Houston Duke Temple
25 Duke Toledo USC