2013 Michigan Wolverines football team The 2013 Michigan Wolverines football team , sometimes known as Team 134 in reference to the 134 - year tradition of the Michigan football program , is an American football team that will represent the University of Michigan during the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Wolverines play in the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor , Michigan . The team is led by head coach Brady Hoke , who is in his third season . Preseason . The 2012 team compiled an 8 – 5 record under second - year head coach Brady Hoke and faced South Carolina in the Outback Bowl , losing 33 – 28 on a last - minute touchdown . Michigan lost four games to teams that were ranked in the top ten of the AP Poll . Michigan returns 13 out of 22 starters — six on offense and seven on defense . Michigan will be forced to replace captains quarterback Denard Robinson and safety Jordan Kovacs , as well as starters defensive end Craig Roh , linebacker Kenny Demens , defensive tackle Will Campbell , cornerback J . T . Floyd , center Elliott Mealer , offensive guard s Patrick Omameh and Ricky Barnum , long snapper Jareth Glanda , tight end Mike Kwiatkowski , and wide receiver Roy Roundtree . Back - up running back Vincent Smith also departed due to graduation . Taylor Lewan , however , decided to return for his senior season . Recruiting . Recruits . Michigan ' s recruiting class was ranked No . 2 by Scout and No . 6 by both Rivals and ESPN . The program received 27 letters of intent on National Signing Day , February 6 , 2013 . On July 24 , after sanctions related to the Penn State child sex abuse scandal were announced , cornerback Ross Douglas decommited from Penn State and committed to Michigan . Radio . Radio coverage for all games will be broadcast statewide on The Michigan Wolverines Football Network and on Sirius XM Satellite Radio . The radio announcers are Frank Beckmann with play - by - play , Jim Brandstatter with color commentary , and Doug Karsch with sideline reports . To open the season , Michigan will face the Central Michigan Chippewas . This will be the first meeting since 2006 , when the game incurred a lightning delay , which was Michigan Stadium ' s first ever weather delay . Michigan won that game 41 – 17 . Game notes . vs . Notre Dame . Following its game against Central , Michigan will host the Notre Dame Fighting Irish . Notre Dame won the previous meeting 13 – 6 . This will be the second night game in Michigan Stadium ' s history ; the previous game also featured Notre Dame . Tom Harmon will be honored as a Michigan football legend , and his # 98 will be unretired and given to a player to be named . vs . Akron . Following the game against Notre Dame , Michigan will host the Akron Zips . This will be the first meeting between the two teams . at Connecticut . Following its meeting with Akron , Michigan will travel to East Hartford to face the Connecticut Huskies . In the previous meeting in 2010 — the rededication of Michigan Stadium — Michigan defeated Connecticut 30 – 10 . After its trip to Connecticut , Michigan will face the Minnesota Golden Gophers . In the previous meeting , Michigan dominated Minnesota and won by a score of 35 – 13 . Following its game against Minnesota , Michigan will travel to Happy Valley to face the Penn State Nittany Lions for the first time since 2010 . In the previous meeting , Penn State won by a score of 31 – 14 . After its trip to Happy Valley , Michigan will host the Indiana Hoosiers for the first time since 2009 . Michigan won the previous game by a score of 42 – 35 . Following its clash with Indiana , Michigan will travel to East Lansing to face its in - state rival , the Michigan State Spartans . Michigan won the previous game 12 – 10 on a last second field goal from Brendan Gibbons . After its trip to East Lansing , Michigan will host the Nebraska Cornhuskers . The previous meeting saw Michigan lose starting quarterback Denard Robinson to injury in the first half and it eventually lost the game 23 – 9 . Following its game against Nebraska , Michigan travel to Evanston to face the Northwestern Wildcats . Michigan won the previous meeting 38 – 31 in overtime . After its game against Northwestern , Michigan will complete its road portion of the schedule against the Iowa Hawkeyes . Michigan dominated the previous meeting , winning 42 – 17 , with Devin Gardner accounting for all six of Michigan ' s touchdowns . Following its road finale against Iowa , Michigan will face Ohio State in the 110th meeting of " The Game " . Ohio State won the previous edition 26 – 21 . Roster . The preliminary roster is based on the previous season ' s roster and eligibility , along with incoming recruits .