Michigan football is less than 48 hours away from kicking off the season against East Carolina football. Wolverines fans have been to eager for the season to start, and the wait is almost over. Michigan hasn't had expectations this high going into a season in a long time, and that is why fans are so excited to see the team take the field. The Wolverines enter the season ranked #2 in the country, and many college football analysts around the country believe that Michigan is poised for a third straight Big Ten title and playoff birth. Some also believe that the Wolverines will win the national championship this year, and of those people is former Florida football coach Dan Mullen.

Dan Mullen coached at Florida and Mississippi State football and is now an analyst for ESPN. He recently took to Twitter to post his College Football Playoff predictions, and he has Michigan football winning the whole thing.

The top four that Mullen predicts has Michigan taking on Texas football in the semis and USC football squaring off with Georgia football in the other semi-final. His national title has the Wolverines taking down USC for the national championship.

Michigan fans are certainly hoping that Mullen's predictions are correct. If there is any year that the Wolverines can win it all, this seems like the year.

Michigan is ranked #2, but there are three teams with better odds to win the national championship. Georgia, Alabama football and Ohio State all have better odds. The Wolverines are likely using that as motivation for the year.