After completing a perfect regular season with a win in Columbus last weekend, Michigan was named the Cheez-It Bowl National Team of the Week for Week 12.

It is the team's fifth time earning the writer from the Football Writers Association of America. The award came after U-M ended OSU's 29-game conference home winning streak which had dated to the 2015 season. U-M scored three touchdowns of 45-plus yards in the game, the most against an AP Top-Five ranked team since 2005. It was U-M's most points at OSU since 1946 (58 points) and the Wolverines' most lopsided win in the rivalry since 1976 (22-0).