re: Who gets in between a potential 2 loss Michigan vs Stanford

Michigan. Michigan has the common opponent argument (Northwestern). One of each team's losses are washes (Utah and Northwestern are about the same). Michigan's other loss is better (Michigan State vs. Oregon). The Ohio State/Notre Dame wins would be washes. Michigan's other big wins would be Iowa, Northwestern and PSU. I think that's slightly better (mainly because of Iowa) than USC, UCLA and one of those two again.