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Jim Harbaugh will see a close friend and former comrade on the other sideline Saturday, but game day is not usually a time for the intense Michigan coach to play nice.The Wolverines are ranked No. 3 in the initial College Football Playoff rankings and Harbaughs squad cant afford a stumble when it hosts improving Maryland in Saturdays Big Ten contest (3:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor.First-year Terrapins coach DJ Durkin did an exceptional job running Michigans defense during Harbaughs first season at the helm and is now working on establishing Maryland (5-3, 2-3) as a viable program. Durkin also was on Harbaughs Stanford staff from 2007-09.An upset at the famed Big House would rate as Durkins first signature win as a head coach.As a competitor, you look at things as a great challenge. Thats why you want to go play against the best and see how you measure up, Durkin said at a press conference. Thats the approach weve got to take. We certainly understand what theyre capable of. Thats what makes it fun. Thats why you want to play in these types of games and be a part of this conference.Durkin credits Harbaugh for aiding his development as a coach -- theres a long list of things that Ive learned from him, certainly, he said -- and Harbaugh was only too happy to shower him with praise early in the week.Hes done a fabulous job, Harbaugh said at a press conference. Ive always respected DJ as a tremendous competitor at the highest level. You see the energy, you see the strength, you see the competitiveness, execution on the field.The flip side of that is that we know this will be a big game, a championship game. This will be a real test for our club.The Wolverines (8-0, 5-0) hold a one-game lead over Ohio State and Penn State in the Big Tens East division. The stakes were already high but the initial rankings made the task even clearer.Alabama and Clemson are ranked ahead of Michigan in the CFP rankings with Texas A&M and Washington looming right behind. But Ohio State is No. 6 and it reasons that the loser of the Michigan-Ohio State contest later this month will be all but eliminated from one of the four spots.That means the Wolverines need to avoid upset attempts in coming weeks and keep their record unscathed as long as possible.Michigan possesses one of the nations top defenses but a closer-than-expected 32-23 victory against Michigan State last Saturday, and the high number of yards allowed, prompted some concern.Michigan was allowing a national-best 207.9 yards per game entering the contest against the Spartans. That figure now stands at 231.3 after the defensive unit allowed 401 yards to the Spartans, a teetering squad that lost their sixth consecutive game.I think this was probably one of our worst games, senior cornerback Jourdan Lewis said. The first drive, they did some perimeter-running -- stuff we hadnt seen yet. We calmed down and then just took our foot off the pedal and stopped concentrating. Thats what happened.That shouldnt have been close. And we made it close because we didnt execute.The play of Lewis and sophomore outside linebacker Jabrill Peppers (team-best 12.5 tackles for losses) are among the reasons for why the Wolverines lead the nation in total defense, scoring defense (11.6 points per game) and passing defense (120.1).Maryland, which has lost three of its last four games, relies heavily on the ground attack of sophomore Ty Johnson (624 yards, 10.4 average) and true freshman Lorenzo Harrison (575 yards, 7.3 average). Senior quarterback Perry Hills passed for 1,070 yards and 10 touchdowns against only three interceptions.The Terrapins, who allowed a season worst for points in last Saturdays 42-36 loss to Indiana, will try to slow a Michigan attack that has topped 40 six times. Junior weak-side linebacker Shane Cockerille has a team-best 73 tackles and junior outside linebacker Jesse Aniebonam leads the squad with 5.5 sacks.Wolverines sophomore quarterback Wilton Speight has passed for 1,691 yards and 13 touchdowns against three interceptions while senior receiver Amara Darboh has 38 receptions for 664 yards and five touchdowns after accumulating a career-best 165 yards against Michigan State.Slowing down the Michigan offense will be necessary if Maryland is to pull off the upset. And Terrapins senior defensive end Roman Braglio is relishing the chance.Its definitely an opportunity of a lifetime to do that, Braglio said. Were going to take full advantage of it. Theyve got a big target on their back. 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NORMAN, Okla. -- Christian James scored a team-high 17 points in just 22 minutes, and Jordan Woodard added 15 points as Oklahoma overcame a sluggish start to cruise past Oral Roberts, 92-66, on Wednesday night.Oklahoma needed a strong performance following a 20-point loss to Wisconsin Saturday, and forced its in-state counterpart in the wrong direction.The bounce back was good, Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger said. We had two good days of practice Monday and Tuesday. The guys transferred that into the game tonight.Woodard, James and Rashard Odomes scored 28 of their combined 44 points in the second half.Oklahoma (6-2) shot 51.6 percent from the field, recorded 16 steals and forced Oral Roberts into 20 turnovers.That was bad basketball on our part, said Oral Roberts coach Scott Sutton, whose team lost to Michigan State by four points Saturday. I give them credit. They made us look bad. I was disappointed in how we played. We took a couple steps backward. . I really thought our guys would come in here and play much better. We just didnt handle the situation, didnt handle the pressure.Kris Martin and Jalen Bradley each had 19 points to lead Oral Roberts but were the only players in double figures for the Golden Eagles (1-8), who scored the first two points of the game but trailed the rest of the way. Kristian Doolittle and Khadeem Lattin each added nine points and four rebounds. Matt Freeman and Jordan Shepherd scored nine points apiecee off the bench, which totaled 39 points.ddddddddddddBIG PICTUREOklahoma: Coming off a 20-point loss to Wisconsin, the Sooners regained a little traction with their 16th straight home non-conference victory before a string of tough mid-major matchups against Wichita State and Memphis.Oral Roberts: After facing four major-conference opponents through the first nine games of the season, the Golden Eagles are off to their worst start since a 1-9 open to the 1987-88 season, when they finished with just eight wins.FRESHMAN STANDOUT: Doolittle and Shepherd combined for 16 points in the first half in just 15 minutes played. Doolittle had been in the starting lineup through the first five games of the season but has come off the bench in the past three.TIP-INS: Woodard needs just five points to pass Blake Griffin on Oklahomas all-time scoring list. The Sooners 16-point halftime lead was the largest since the season opener. 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