Michigan vs. South Carolina

Michigan and South Carolina have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1980; South Carolina leads the series 3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s South Carolina 3–⁠1, and South Carolina has won the last 2.

Michigan wins
1
South Carolina wins
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1980
Longest streak
2 South Carolina
Current streak
2 South Carolina
Last 10 meetings
South Carolina 3–⁠1
Most recent
2017

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1980s1–⁠1
2010s0–⁠2
Both ranked
2 meetings: Michigan 1, South Carolina 1
Average margin
11.5 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Michigan
0–⁠1 Michigan’s record at home
At South Carolina
0–⁠1 South Carolina’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠2 Michigan first

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Michigan and South Carolina, 1980 on130015001700190019801990200020102020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

T.J. Brunson South Carolina13 tackles, 2 sacks, 2 for loss2017 Defense

Named most valuable

Jake Bentley South Carolina2017
Ace Sanders2012

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Jan 1, 2018South Carolina 26, Michigan 19Raymond James StadiumOutback Bowl
Jan 1, 201311South Carolina 33, 19Michigan 28Raymond James StadiumOutback Bowl
Sep 21, 198519Michigan 34, 15South Carolina 3at South Carolina
Sep 27, 1980South Carolina 17, 17Michigan 14at Michigan

Every game is listed as played on the field.