Big Power Rankings Week 8: Purdue causes big shakeup

Purdue wide receiver David Bell (Image via HawkCentral)
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Defensive end Aidan Hutchinson #97 of the Michigan Wolverines (Photo by Steven Branscombe/Getty Images) /

811. . 6-0 (3-0). . Wolverines . 2. team

Speaking of Michigan, they were off this past week.

Before heading into that huge matchup in East Lansing, the Wolverines will have to deal with Northwestern.

The Michigan rushing attack has been strong this season, averaging 246.5 yards per game. The passing game still leaves a little something to be desired as starter Cade McNamara hasn’t taken the world by storm this year. Michigan hasn’t asked him to do too much yet, so it’ll be interesting to see what happens if they do need to lean on him in a shootout.

The defense, led by Aidan Hutchinson, has been awesome and has picked up the slack and come up with key plays when the offense struggled. They play good complimentary football in Ann Arbor this year.