The Michigan football team will kick off the 2025 season and the Bryce Underwood era at 7:30 ET on Saturday night against New Mexico from the Big House in Ann Arbor. The game will be airing on NBC and streaming on Peacock. The Wolverines are currently favored by 34.5 points.

There's now clarity about backup QB, offensive line, kick returner, a defensive tackle standout plus a surprise wide receiver pushing up depth chart.

Warren (MI) De La Salle Collegiate quarterback Grayson Thurston will be visiting Michigan State for the game against the Broncos. A 6-foot-2, 170 pound QB, Thurston poses as an intriguing prospect thanks to being an in-state kid that has shown high potential.

With Week 1 of the 2025 college football season fast approaching, the quarterback dominoes have mostly fallen. With Week 0 in the books and the first full weekend of competition days away, some coaches are still in decision-making mode when it comes to naming a starter.

Here are players 21-50 on The Detroit News' list of the top football players in Michigan for the 2025 season, plus 50 more to watch.

Michigan football begins the 2025 season ranked No. 14 after an 8-5 record in 2024. CBS Sports predicts Michigan will drop out of the rankings by the end of the 2025 season. Despite key defensive losses to the NFL, Michigan remains a run-first team, lessening the pressure on Underwood.

It wasn't enough to have a strong first year as Michigan State football's starting quarteraback. Aidan Chiles vows to make the Spartans winners again.

CJ Carr grew up in a football family. His father, Jason, was a quarterback at Michigan and his grandfather, Lloyd, led the Wolverines to a perfect season and the 1997 national championship as their head coach.