Michigan has announced its depth chart for the season opener against Western Michigan. Some starting jobs haven't been determined just yet (as denoted by the presence of "or" after a player's name), but most of the positions are set. Check it out below.
| Pos. | First String | Second String | Third String |
| QB | Denard Robinson | Devin Gardner | |
| RB | Michael Shaw or Fitzgerald Toussaint |
Vincent Smith | Stephen Hopkins |
| FB | John McColgan | Steve Watson | |
| WR | Roy Roundtree | Kelvin Grady | Jeremy Jackson |
| WR | Junior Hemingway | Jeremy Gallon | Martavious Odoms |
| TE |
Kevin Koger | Brandon Moore | Steve Watson |
| LT |
Taylor Lewan | Michael Schofield | |
| LG | Ricky Barnum | Elliott Mealer | |
| C | David Molk | Rocko Khoury | |
| RG |
Patrick Omameh | Elliott Mealer | |
| RT | Mark Huyge | Michael Schofield | |
| Pos. | First String | Second String | Third String |
| DE | Craig Roh | Jibreel Black | Frank Clark |
| DT | Mike Martin | Will Campbell | |
| DT | Ryan Van Bergen | Quinton Washington | |
| DE |
Will Heininger | Nathan Brink | |
| SLB |
Cam Gordon | Jake Ryan | Brennen Beyer |
| MLB |
Kenny Demens | J.B. Fitzgerald | Marell Evans |
| WLB |
Mike Jones | Brandon Herron | Brandin Hawthorne Desmond Morgan |
| LCB |
Troy Woolfolk | Blake Countess | Greg Brown |
| FS |
Thomas Gordon | Carvin Johnson | Josh Furman |
| SS |
Jordan Kovacs | Marvin Robinson | |
| RCB |
J.T. Floyd or Courtney Avery |
Tony Anderson | |
| Pos. | First String | Second String | Third String |
| K | Brendan Gibbons or Matt Wile |
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| P | Matt Wile or Seth Broekhuizen |
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| KR | Jeremy Gallon | Kelvin Grady | Vincent Smith |
| PR | Junior Hemingway or Drew Dileo or Jeremy Gallon or Martavious Odoms |
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| KO | Matt Wile | Seth Broekhuizen | |
| LS | Tom Pomarico | Jareth Glanda | |
| HLD | Jeremy Gallon | Drew Dileo | |