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The Michigan Wolverines were ranked number 5 before last weekend.

Appalachian State visited the Wolverine's Big House and knocked them out of the top 5, the top 10, the top 20, the rankings altogether.

Never before had a team tumbled so far...not since the rankings

expanded to include 25 teams in 1989. At least the Wolverines will be able to claim one new record this year.

The Wolverines became the first ranked team from Division I-A, to lose to a team from I-AA.

"Before Michigan's fall, Notre Dame held the record for largest drop in the rankings when the Fighting Irish dropped 16 spots -- from No. 9 to No. 25 after losing to Northwestern 17-15 on Sept. 3, 1995.

In 1959, Oklahoma, then ranked number 2 fell out of the rankings which only included 20 teams at the time.

A more important question, however, for Michigan is, that if they do NOT climb back up into the rankings -

"How much money will their athletic department lose this year?"

And...

"What affect will that have on future players, scholarships, teams....and such?"