Give Jim Harbaugh credit.

He didn't back away from the tough questions following his team's disappointing loss to Wisconsin last month, a setback that knocked Michigan from its pedestal as a potential College Football Playoff threat this season.

"We didn’t play physical enough. We were out-hustled. I take responsibility for that," Harbaugh said. "In any ways that we were out-schemed, I take responsibility for that. It’s my job to make sure we are completely sound, in all offenses and defenses that we’re running. As I said, from A to Z, it wasn't good enough. We all take responsibility for it, we all have fingerprints on it."

All of that coming from a coach who expressed supreme confidence in his group this summer in anticipation of Year 5 in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines responded on Saturday with a 52-0 win over Rutgers, but what comes next? With backs against the wall, will Michigan handle the week to week pressure inside one of the nation's most competitive leagues?

The Wolverines still have an opportunity to respond with several big games left, but best-case scenarios are dwindling for a preseason Top 10 team picked to win the Big Ten.

Here's a midseason look at postseason projections for every team in the Big Ten, including Michigan: