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College Football Week 5: Five teams on upset alert

By Connor Muldowney

Sep 17, 2016; Berkeley, CA, USA; Texas Longhorns running back Chris Warren III (25) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the California Golden Bears defense in the first quarter at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 17, 2016; Berkeley, CA, USA; Texas Longhorns running back Chris Warren III (25) celebrates after scoring a touchdown against the California Golden Bears defense in the first quarter at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports /
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Sep 24, 2016; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Michigan Wolverines running back Karan Higdon (22) receives congratulations from teammates after he rushes for a touchdown in the second half against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Michigan Stadium. Michigan 49-10. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 24, 2016; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Michigan Wolverines running back Karan Higdon (22) receives congratulations from teammates after he rushes for a touchdown in the second half against the Penn State Nittany Lions at Michigan Stadium. Michigan 49-10. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports /

Is Wilton Speight a great quarterback? No. Are the Michigan Wolverines a great team? Possibly, but we won’t know until they play solid competition. That will happen this weekend as the Wolverines host No. 8 Wisconsin Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor.

Sure, this is the fifth straight home game for Michigan to start the year, and that might not be enough to gauge just how good this Wolverines team is, but a convincing win over a top-10 team should be enough to alert the rest of the country to watch out for Michigan.

Predicting a No. 8 team to beat the nation’s fourth-ranked team might not be considered ‘going out on a limb’ for my upset alert, but Michigan has been a favorite to make the College Football Playoff and it’s playing at home.

Ann Arbor is a tough place to come in as a road team and steal a win, but after watching what Wisconsin did to Michigan State on the road last week, it’s not that crazy to believe that the Badgers can do the same to the Wolverines.

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Wisconsin has already been tested by two top-10 team this season, winning both, and Michigan would be the third. If they beat the Wolverines, there should be no doubt that the Badgers are for real.

The Badgers have an elite run defense and that’s Michigan’s strength on offense. This is going to be an interesting matchup on Saturday.

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