Path to 1000 wins

Submitted by 1464 on

With Harbaugh on-board and Michigan surpassing Notre Dame in win percentage a few weeks back (and strengthening its lead since), I got bored and decided to look at all-time wins.  Michigan now sits at 932.

Will Harbaugh be here for win number 1000?  Given our current trajectory, we hit that in about late 2022 or early 2023, basically when the youngest kids we're recruiting are into their senior seasons.

Here are the top 9 schools by wins, courtesy of Wikipedia.  Number 10 doesn't deserve mention.

Rank Team Won Lost Tied Pct. [a] Games
1 Michigan 932 331 36 .731 1299
2 Notre Dame 895 319 42 .729 1253
3 Yale 890 369 55 .698 1314
4 Texas 888 356 33 .708 1277
5 Nebraska 885 368 40 .700 1293
6 Ohio State 879 320 53 .723 1252
7 Alabama 869 326 43 .719 1238
8 Oklahoma 863 321 53 .719 1237
9 Harvard 860 385 50 .683 1295

 

I also found it interesting that our closest competition for best win percentage will not be ND, given that they are staring down a long walk in the CFB desert in the near future.  Bama will fall off a bit in a couple years when Saban returns to whatever robot factory that created him.  Oklahoma seems destined to stay good but not great.  Texas is still in a freefall.  So it looks like OSU and Michigan are poised to battle for this for a few years.  

 

Team Won Lost Tied Pct. [a] Games
Michigan 932 331 36 .731 1299
Notre Dame 895 319 42 .729 1253
Ohio State 879 320 53 .723 1252
Alabama 869 326 43 .719 1238
Oklahoma 863 321 53 .719 1237
Texas 888 356 33 .708 1277

 

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rc15

October 28th, 2016 at 1:42 PM ^

If the NCAA is dumb and counts ties as 0.5 wins for win percentage, should we claim we already have 950 wins? With 8 more wins this year, that would mean we could get it at the end of the 2019 season with 14 wins a year. A modest number for Harbaugh...

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StellaBlue

October 28th, 2016 at 1:46 PM ^

I remember thinking about this when UM hit previous milestones (800 and 900) and wondering (hoping?) if I would still be alive to see 1000,  I still have a shot!

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BayWolves

October 28th, 2016 at 2:05 PM ^

The most intense video montage ever made will have to be some a reality at 1000 wins. Every touchdown from every game Michigan has ever played with a reenactment for the scores that happened before the television age. It would be a long as hell video but a blast to watch.



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LSAClassOf2000

October 28th, 2016 at 3:16 PM ^

OK, I admit it - I clicked on this because the answer is pretty easy to find, you would think, and instead I see that Michigan State fans over at Rivals are progressing nicely through the Kubler-Ross model. It looks, in fact, as if we're already well into bargaining and we haven't even played the game yet. 

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AlCzerviksRide

October 28th, 2016 at 3:59 PM ^

This is another data point I bring up when confronted with the "Harbaugh to the NFL" BS. Michigan is within striking distance of 1000, and you don't think he wants to be on the sidelines when that happens?

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