One wrong drop in Ann Arbor provided a microcosm of Michigan’s 2024 season.

The Wolverines are now unranked at 5-4, less than a year after completing a 15-0 National Championship Season.

They were hoping to pull off an upset against No. 1-ranked Oregon, but what they drafted backfired.

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Michigan quarterback Alex Orji goes out of bounds trying to make a catch against Oregon in the second half at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Junfu Han/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

The Ducks were up 31-17 when Michigan faced a 4th and 5 from the Oregon 10-yard line. A touch would have made things interesting.

Backup quarterback Alex Orji took the play, faked a handoff to Donovan Edwards and threw it to wide receiver Semaj Morgan.

Morgan was running right when Orji ran a wheel route on the near side of the field. Morgan cut, stepped and threw, but it went well over Orji’s head, falling incomplete.

Michigan quarterback Alex Orji runs against Oregon in the second half at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Saturday, Nov. 2, 2024. (Junfu Han/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Orji, without much space out of bounds, then ran into a CBS camera, falling to the ground.

Dillon Gabriel from Oregon threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score in another efficient performance from the Heisman Trophy frontrunner, leading Oregon to a 38-17 victory over the defending national champions.

Gabriel finished 22 of 34 for 294 yards with a touchdown and sprinted up the middle for a 23-yard touchdown run to give Oregon an 18-point halftime lead.

Michigan Wolverines’ Alex Orji (10) runs with the ball during the first half of a game against the Oregon Ducks at Michigan Stadium on November 2, 2024 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)

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Michigan is now struggling to finish at .500. The Wolverines head to No. 13 Indiana next week, then host Northwestern before taking on No. 4 Ohio State, which is fresh off a huge win in Happy Valley over then-No. 3 Penn State.

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