Less than nine months ago, Washington and Michigan met with a national championship on the line in a traditional matchup between the Pac-12 and Big Ten that evoked the history of those two conferences.

Preview the Washington Huskies vs. Michigan Wolverines college football matchup, with score predictions, stats, and game information.

Both programs lost coaches, NFL Draft picks and multiyear starters since they played for the national title in January.

It’s a rematch of last season’s College Football Playoff championship game when No. 10 Michigan travels to Washington.

It’s a rematch of last year’s national championship game that Michigan won 34-13, but a whole lot has changed in the nine months since. Both head coaches are gone, as Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh left for the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers while Alabama hired Kalen DeBoer away from Washington.

Ahead of Saturday’s National Championship rematch between Michigan and Washington, Huskies coach Jedd Fisch recognizes the Wolverines’ elite run game and the threat it poses: