Big plays at Big House for Wolverines

NO. 4 MICH. 14, NO. 8 WISCONSIN 7

ann arbor, mich.» Wilton Speight threw a tiebreaking, 46yard touchdown pass to Amara Darboh midway through the fourth quarter and Jourdan Lewis had a spectacular, one-handed interception as No. 4 Michigan held on to beat No. 8 Wisconsin 14-7 on Saturday.

“I’ve seen Odell Beckham do that,” Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh said of the NFL wide receiver. “The most impressive thing about it was (Lewis) jumped a little early.”

The Wolverines (5-0, 2-0 Big Ten) beat a top-10 team for the first time since their Rich Rodriguez-coached team rallied to beat the ninth-ranked Badgers in 2008.

“I think it says a lot about our team,” Darboh said. “Us beating this team says a lot about our chances. ”

Wisconsin (4-1, 1-1) had the ball at its 8-yard line with 2:59 and no timeouts left, with a chance to beat a third team ranked in the top 10.

The Badgers went for it on fourth-and-10 from the 8, and Alex Hornibrook’s deep pass was picked off by Lewis on a remarkable play.

Lewis leaped to snatch the ball out of the air with his right hand and pinned it against his hip for a win-clinching interception near midfield with 2:15 left to play.

“We’ve seen him make him a lot of plays, but that was on another level,” Speight said. “That’s a guy who is going to be playing on Sunday (in the NFL) for a long time.”