We’re less than two weeks away from The Game, which is shaping up to be an epic showdown between No. 2 Ohio State and No. 3 Michigan in Ann Arbor (Nov. 25 at noon ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app). That matchup will have a massive impact on the Big Ten pecking order, not to mention how the College Football Playoff field will shape up.

But before we get to that point, there are still a host of big matchups in Week 12, including games involving both the Buckeyes and Wolverines. And if either of them stumbles on Saturday, chaos will be introduced into the national landscape.

One of those contests, Michigan’s road game against Maryland, will be the “Big Noon Kickoff” showdown on Saturday.

It would truly be a stunning upset if the Terrapins were to stun the Wolverines.

Michigan is 10-1 all-time against Maryland, which hasn’t beaten a top-three team since 1983.

And while the Wolverines could again be without head coach Jim Harbaugh pending the results of a Friday morning hearing at which Michigan is trying to get a stay of his suspension for an allegedly sign-stealing operation, the team hasn’t been bothered by any of that drama so far.

How will it all play out?

FOX Sports college football experts Bryan Fischer, Laken Litman and RJ Young share what they’ll be looking for in this game, plus a host of other great Week 12 matchups on Saturday.

No. 3 Michigan at Maryland (Noon ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app)

RJ Young: It’s not just that Michigan is looking to begin the season 11-0 in back-to-back seasons for the first time in 121 years. It’s that Michigan has demonstrated itself to be more dominant than the 1997 national title team. 2023 Michigan is outscoring 1997 Michigan (39 points per game to 28.1) and out-defending it, too (7.5 points per game to 8.7).

For Maryland, there’s even more bad news. The Terrapins have never beaten a top-10 opponent since joining the Big Ten nearly a decade ago — 0-33 — and haven’t beaten a top-10 opponent of any kind since November 2007.