2018 Michigan Wolverines football team
Award Player Position Year
Lott Trophy Khaleke Hudson LB JR
Chuck Bednarik Award Chase Winovich DE SR
Chuck Bednarik Award Rashan Gary DE JR
Chuck Bednarik Award Devin Bush LB JR
Maxwell Award Shea Patterson QB JR
Maxwell Award Karan Higdon RB SR
Doak Walker Award Karan Higdon RB SR
John Mackey Award Zach Gentry TE JR
John Mackey Award Sean McKeon TE JR
Butkus Award Devin Bush LB JR
Jim Thorpe Award Lavert Hill DB JR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy Devin Bush LB JR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy Rashan Gary DE JR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy Lavert Hill DB JR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy Khaleke Hudson LB JR
Bronko Nagurski Trophy Chase Winovich DE SR
Outland Trophy Ben Bredeson G JR
Lou Groza Award Quinn Nordin K JR
Paul Hornung Award Donovan Peoples-Jones WR/KR SO
Walter Camp Award Devin Bush LB JR
Preseason -- Award watch lists
Listed in the order that they were released
The 2018 Michigan Wolverines football team was an American football team that represented the University of Michigan during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolverines were members of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference and played their home games at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan was coached by Jim Harbaugh, who was in his fourth season as head coach of his alma mater. Michigan began the year ranked 14th in both the AP Poll and Coaches Poll. Their first game of the year was on the road against rival Notre Dame, the first meeting between the two schools since 2014. The Wolverines lost that game, 24-17. Michigan won their next ten games, however, including wins over then-ranked Big Ten opponents Michigan State, Wisconsin, and Penn State, all of whom beat Michigan the previous year. The team rallied around calling the season a revenge tour. The Wolverines climbed to fourth in the College Football Playoff rankings, and would clinch the Big Ten Eastern Division and a spot in the 2018 Big Ten Football Championship Game with a regular-season-ending win over arch-rival Ohio State. The revenge tour came to an abrupt end, as Michigan lost, 62-39, their seventh consecutive loss to the Buckeyes and 14th loss in 15 years in the series. The Wolverines were selected to their second New Year's Six bowl in three years, the Peach Bowl, where they lost to Florida, 41-15. The team's final record was 10-3, Harbaugh's third ten-win season in four years, and the team finished exactly where they started in the polls, at 14th.