The Michigan football program is on bye this week but now knows exactly when it will return to the gridiron to go for its bowl-clinching sixth win.

Michigan football is on bye this next week, but it has two games left -- one home game hosting Northwestern and an away game, the regular season finale, at Ohio State. We already knew that The Game in Columbus would be a noon kick broadcast on Fox,

The game will have huge implications on the College Football Playoff picture and likely determine who will play Oregon in the Big Ten championship game. The No. 8 Hoosiers (10-0; 7-0 Big Ten) are one of four unbeaten teams left in the country amidst their best start in program history.