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Losses by Penn State and North Carolina sent both tumbling in the latest US LBM Coaches Poll after Week 8 in college football. Georgia remains No. 1.

No. 2 Michigan said Thursday it has been notified by the NCAA that the football program is being investigated for allegedly stealing signs. “At the University of Michigan, we are committed to the highest ethical and integrity standards for all members of our community.”

No. 2 Michigan has taken full advantage of its soft schedule, routinely routing overmatched opponents week after week. Indiana was the latest to get lost in the Wolverines' wake. J.J. McCarthy threw a tiebreaking, 2-yard touchdown pass to Roman Wilson late in the first half and No. 2 Michigan pulled away to pummel Indiana 52-7 Saturday.

For the third time in nine years, Michigan has reached the halfway point of the regular season having given up the fewest points in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The Wolverines have allowed just four touchdowns and 40 points, an FBS-best average of 6.7 per game, and hadn't surrendered more than seven until their 52-10 win over Minnesota on Saturday. Michigan also led the nation in scoring defense through six games in 2015 and '16.

Jim Delany paid a visit to Minnesota in 2015 when he served as Big Ten commissioner, and he used the occasion to attend a Gophers football game. Delany met with reporters in the pressbox and when asked about the disparity in competition between the league's East and West divisions, Delany dismissed that line of thinking by suggesting that success tends to be "cyclical." Sorry, commish. It ...

Michigan has yet to be tested this season and might not find a tough game for another month. The Wolverines are focused on their own excellence — and having a fun time doing it. Will Johnson returned an interception 36 yards for a score on Minnesota's second snap, a spark the second-ranked Wolverines kept from start to finish in a 52-10 win over the Gophers on Saturday night.

Line: Michigan by 18 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook. The Wolverines, who received 10 first-place votes in the latest AP poll, are on a smooth track to what would be a third straight College Football Playoff appearance. Michigan has allowed only 30 points in five games and no more than a touchdown in any of them.

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Glenn Schembechler, son of late Michigan coach Bo Schembechler, resigned Saturday as the Wolverines assistant director of recruiting just three days after he w