The University of Michigan football team is one of the most storied collegiate football programs in the entire United States. The team has won five national championships, a great deal of Big Ten championships and more college bowl games than their fans can keep track of. Some of the greatest football players of all time have come from the University of Michigan including Tom Brady, Desmond Howard, Charles Woodson, Anthony Carter, Dan Dierdorf, Tyrone Wheatley, Tom Harmon, Elroy Hirsch, Ron Johnson, Rob Lytle, Butch Woolfolk, Dave Brown, Reggie McKenzie, Elvis Grbac, and more. No Division I college football team has won more games than the Michigan Wolverines. They truly are one of the greatest college football schools ever.

Here though are five facts you may not know about Michigan Wolverines football:

1. There is only one former Michigan football player to have finished in the top ten among Heisman Trophy votes three years in a row. Wide receiver Anthony Carter finished in tenth place in 1980, seventh place in 1981, and fourth place in 1982.

2. Ohio State is the University of Michigan’s main rival in the Big Ten Conference. The Buckeyes football program has a career winning record against every team in the Big Ten except for the Michigan Wolverines.

3. The Most Valuable Player on the 1934 University of Michigan football team did not enter the world of professional football following graduation as greater things were waiting for him. That football player, Gerald Ford, would go on to become the thirty-eighth President of the United States.

4. Gary Moeller was only the head football coach of the University of Michigan for five seasons, but in that time he was named the Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year twice.

5. Following his time as a Wolverine football player, offensive tackle Mike Kenn went on to play in more professional football games than any former University of Michigan player ever has.

When you combine the number of conference championships they own with the fact that no team in college football has a greater winning percentage than them, it is easy to see why the University of Michigan football program is one of the most famous and well respected programs in all of college football. The team plays their games in the largest football-only stadium in the world and has one of the most recognizable uniforms as well. With their consistent success as a team and the great players that flock to Ann Arbor, Michigan to be a part of the program, it is clear that the University of Michigan will stay at or near the top of college football for a great number of years to come.