The Michigan Wolverines saved their best performance for last during the 2024 college football season as they held the Ohio State Buckeyes to ten points in a stunning 13-10 upset in Columbus, Ohio. The win punched Michigan's ticket to the ReliaQuest Bowl and gave coach Sherrone Moore a signature victory in his first season as Michigan coach.

Brent Venables enters his fourth season as head coach for Oklahoma and has expressed his excitement about the Sooners' Week 2 matchup against the Wolverines. “That game is coming quickly,” Oklahoma head coach Brent Venables said at Thursday’s OU Football Coaches Luncheon, “Michigan has a long history and storied tradition, very much like Oklahoma.”

There's no consternation about the Week 2 matchup for the second-year head coach, even though he graduated from OU.