The Wolverine: Covering University of Michigan Football and Sports
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30 ■ THE WOLVERINE 2014 FOOTBALL PREVIEW M Michigan Falls Behind Notre Dame In Winning Percentage For the first time since the third week of the 2005 season, Michigan finds itself looking up at Notre Dame in the race to be college football's most proficient program all time. With the Wolverines going 7-6 and the Fighting Irish 9-4 this past, ND has supplanted U-M in winning percentage by a margin of .00057. Notre Dame has taken advantage of a six-year stretch in which Michigan has accumulated a 41-35 record, good for a winning percentage of only .539. Had U-M maintained its century pace of .732, it would have posted 14 more victories over the past six seasons. Boise State, which only began playing Division I-A football in 1996, sits third, while Big 12 and Big Ten powers Okla- homa and Ohio State, respectively, occupy the fourth and fifth slots. Fresh off a 13-1 campaign, Michigan State made the biggest one-year jump in winning percentage, moving up four spots to No. 25 while South Ala- bama fell nine positions as its limited sample size began correcting itself. Michigan still maintains a 36-victory margin over third-place Notre Dame in all-time NCAA wins and is 35 wins up on No. 2 Texas. Penn State once sat in the top 10 in both wins and winning percent- age but saw 112 victories from 1998-2011 vacated by the NCAA, stem- ming from the Jerry Sandusky scandal that rocked the State College campus in 2011-12. PSU now rests in 12th in both categories. Ohio State And Michigan Are Top Two In All-Time Big Ten Standings After a brief run atop the Big Ten standings for one season, Nebraska has settled into third following a 5-3 campaign in 2013, elevating Ohio State and Michigan back into the top two, where they have stood for almost five decades. U-M actually dropped a few decimal points in winning percentage after going 3-5 last season in league games, falling further behind the Buckeyes, who were a perfect 8-0 during conference play. The biggest gainer was Michigan State thanks to its 8-0 record last year, but the Spartans are still a distant fifth overall. Wisconsin, meanwhile, is slowly climbing towards the .500 mark, but is still down 27 games in the loss column, it will take quite a few more 6-2 campaigns before the Badgers reach that milestone. Indiana, on the other hand, is just trying to hit the 200-victory level, having inched closer with a 3-5 record in 2013. All-Time Big Ten Standings School Years G W L T Pct. Ohio State 101 675 473 170 24 .7185 Michigan 108 693 482 193 18 .7085 Nebraska 3 24 17 7 0 .7083 Penn State 21 168 106 62 0 .6310 Michigan State 61 463 251 203 9 .5518 Wisconsin 118 744 338 365 41 .4819 Minnesota 118 733 335 371 27 .4754 Purdue 118 720 320 368 32 .4667 Iowa 114 689 302 362 25 .4565 Illinois 118 767 334 401 32 .4563 Northwestern 116 760 264 465 21 .3612 Indiana 111 691 198 469 24 .3039 Head coach Brian Kelly helped Notre Dame move up the all-time chart. PHOTO BY PER KJELDSEN Div. I Football Bowl Subdivision All-Time Won-Lost Records By Percentage School Games Pct. W L T Change 1. Notre Dame 1,221 .73301 874 305 42 Up 1 2. Michigan 1,267 .73244 910 321 36 Down 1 3. Boise State 551 .72051 396 153 2 — 4. Oklahoma 1,207 .71955 842 312 53 — 5. Ohio State 1,220 .71762 849 318 53 — 6. Texas 1,247 .71492 875 339 33 — 7. Alabama 1,204 .71387 838 323 43 — 8. Southern Cal 1,173 .70162 796 323 54 — 9. Nebraska 1,262 .70087 864 357 41 — 10. Tennessee 1,218 .68678 810 368 53 — 11. Florida State 753 .67397 499 237 17 — 12. Penn State 1,141 .65776 730 370 41 — 13. LSU 1,196 .64925 753 396 47 — 14. Georgia 1,228 .64658 767 407 54 — 15. Miami (Fla.) 944 .63506 590 335 19 — 16. Auburn 1,189 .63036 726 416 47 Up 1 17. Florida 1,119 .62913 684 395 40 Down 1 18. Washington 1,165 .61202 688 428 50 Up 2 19. Arizona State 968 .61053 579 365 24 Up 2 20. Miami (Ohio) 1,134 .60847 668 422 44 Down 1 21. Virginia Tech 1,183 .60778 696 441 46 Up 1 22. Cent. Michigan 1,000 .60100 583 381 36 Up 1 23. Texas A&M 1,205 .60017 701 456 48 Up 2 24. West Virginia 1,229 .60009 716 468 45 — 25. Michigan State 1,139 .59701 658 437 44 Up 4 Fell Off: South Alabama (No. 18). Div. I Football Bowl Subdivision All-Time Won-Lost Records By Victories School Years W L T Change 1. Michigan 134 910 321 36 — 2. Texas 121 875 339 33 — 3. Notre Dame 125 874 305 42 — 4. Nebraska 124 865 357 40 — 5. Ohio State 124 849 318 53 — 6. Oklahoma 119 842 312 53 — 7. Alabama 119 838 323 43 — 8. Tennessee 117 804 361 53 — 9. Southern Cal 120 796 323 54 — 10. Georgia 120 767 407 54 — 11. LSU 120 753 396 47 — 12. Penn State 127 730 370 41 — 13. Auburn 121 726 416 47 — 14. West Virginia 121 712 471 45 — 15. Syracuse 124 706 502 49 — 16. Virginia Tech 120 704 446 46 — 17. Texas A&M 119 701 456 48 Up 1 18. Georgia Tech 121 700 474 43 Down 1 19. Pittsburgh 124 690 503 42 Up 1 20. Washington 124 688 426 50 Up 2 21. Arkansas 120 687 469 40 Down 2 22. Florida 107 684 395 40 Down 1 23. Colorado 124 679 471 36 — Clemson 118 679 452 45 Up 1 25. Navy 133 673 540 57 Up 1 Fell Off: Miami (Ohio) (No. 24). 8,10-12,14-28,30-32.IMA.indd 30 6/19/14 5:02 PM