The 2025 Michigan football regular season has come and gone, and now the preparation for 2026 begins.
By proxy, that means No. 17 Michigan (9-3) will spend the next three weeks readying for a Citrus Bowl matchup with No. 14 Texas (9-3).
The headline of the game – set for Dec. 31 (3 p.m., ABC) at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida – is surely the meeting between perhaps this season's two most hyped quarterbacks: Texas' Arch Manning and U-M's Bryce Underwood.

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