"Let the outside noise be the outside noise," newly elected Michigan football captain Derrick Moore said. "We’re going to be together as a team."

The Michigan football team is appealing the NCAA’s decision, but no matter what, the Wolverines will not face a postseason ban, and they won’t have any wins vacated. Michigan won the 2023 national championship, and now the team is hunting for another.

Michigan players certainly were aware of the NCAA investigation into an illegal scouting scheme within the program launched midseason in 2023 but said they did not worry about the outcome and