Michigan — Big Ten
PPA off / def
0.20 / 0.11
2025
Class rank
#12
class of 2026
Returning PPA
69%
returning production
vs Ohio State — MICH leads 62–53
| 2025 |
OSU W 27–9 | away |
| 2024 |
OSU L 10–13 | Columbus |
| 2023 |
OSU L 24–30 | away |
| 2022 |
OSU L 23–45 | Columbus |
| 2021 |
OSU L 27–42 | away |
| 2019 |
OSU W 56–27 | away |
| 2018 |
OSU W 62–39 | Columbus |
| 2017 |
OSU W 31–20 | away |
| 2016 |
OSU W 30–27 | Columbus |
| 2015 |
OSU W 42–13 | away |
| + 111 earlier meetings in archive |
2026 schedule
2025 results (9–4)
Statistical comps — 2025 Michigan's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (17 in / 33 out)
Origins
Moved to Ann Arbor in 1837 and treated football as a birthright almost immediately. Yost's 'point-a-minute' teams outscored opponents 2,821-42 across 1901-05, and the program has been chasing that arrogance ever since — more wins than anyone who has ever played the game.
Founded 1817 · Chartered in Detroit twenty years before Michigan was a state · first football 1879 · defined by Fielding Yost
All-time record
All-time
995–358–35
1881–2025
Win %
72.9%
139 seasons played
Winning seasons
116
83% of seasons
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2023 | 15 | 0 | Big Ten |
| 2022 | 13 | 1 | Big Ten |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 | Big Ten |
| 1905 | 12 | 1 | Western |
| 2021 | 12 | 2 | Big Ten |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1881 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 351 | 62% |
46% | 23 of 136 | 6.6 | 14% |
| 2nd down | 258 | 52% |
44% | 38 of 136 | 6.1 | 13% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 42 | 69% |
71% | — | 3.7 | 2% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 50 | 38% |
56% | — | 6.4 | 10% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 62 | 21% |
15% | — | 6.5 | 16% |
| 4th down | 14 | 50% |
43% | — | 2.3 | 0% |
146 drives · 36% ended in points · 7.0 plays and 42.6 yards per drive · 1.06 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 4 | Nebraska |
Justice Haynes run for 75 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK) |
75 | 6.08 |
| 2 | Oklahoma |
Justice Haynes run for 75 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK) |
75 | 6.08 |
| 7 | USC |
Bryce Underwood pass complete to Andrew Marsh for 69 yds for a TD (Two-Point Conversion fa… |
69 | 5.74 |
| 1 | New Mexico |
Justice Haynes run for 56 yds for a TD (Dominic Zvada KICK) |
56 | 5.53 |
| 9 | Michigan State |
Shotgun #23 J.Marshall rush middle for 56 yards gain to the MSU00 TOUCHDOWN, clock 02:48, … |
56 | 5.09 |
| 10 | Purdue |
(01:34) No Huddle-Shotgun #23 J.Marshall rush left for 54 yards gain to the PUR00 TOUCHDOW… |
54 | 4.18 |
| 2 | Oklahoma |
Bryce Underwood pass complete to Donaven McCulley for 38 yds to the OU 34 for a 1ST down |
38 | 4.09 |
| 1 | New Mexico |
Bryce Underwood pass complete to Channing Goodwin for 39 yds to the UNM 40 for a 1ST down |
39 | 4.08 |