Michigan will serve a four-year probation, lose 10% of its scholarships in 2025–26, and endure a 25% cut in recruiting visits. The NCAA also levied a $50,000 fine plus 10% of the football program’s budget, bringing the total financial hit to more than $20 million. The recruiting restrictions include a 14-week communication ban.

On Friday, Harbaugh was issued a 10-year show-cause penalty by the NCAA as part of the Michigan advance scouting case. The governing body for college athletics found Harbaugh in violation of monitoring his program and failing to cooperate with investigators, both Level I violations.

The NCAA fined Michigan tens of millions of dollars Friday and suspended coach Sherrone Moore for a third game as punishment for a sprawling sign-stealing scandal that has loomed over college football’s winningest program for nearly two years,