The NCAA has confirmed that replay officials failed to follow required procedures during Michigan’s dramatic 13-12 victory over Western Michigan, but the result will remain official. The NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Oversight Committee said Wednesday that the replay process broke down on the game’s second-to-last play. The committee concluded that following the proper protocol would have produced a different outcome. Michigan won the Sept. 5 game on a Hail Mary pass. Before the final play, Wolverines quarterback Bryce Underwood’s first attempt was ruled incomplete. A replay official then restored one second to the game clock, giving Michigan another opportunity to throw the winning pass. Western Michigan and the Mid-American Conference argued that Michigan should not have received the additional second and asked that the result be overturned. The MAC initially accepted the Big Ten’s explanation of the sequence before joining Western Michigan in challenging the final outcome. The NCAA said its rules do not provide a mechanism for reversing a game after it has been declared final. It also said the oversight committee does not have the authority to change the result. “Had the protocols been followed, the outcome of the game would have been different,” the committee said in a statement. The committee also cited the playing rules governing final results, which state that once the referee declares a contest complete, the outcome cannot be appealed. Michigan, now ranked No. 19, therefore keeps the victory in its record despite the NCAA’s finding that the officiating error altered the game’s ending.