Information:  - History. Even after the emergence of the professional National Football League (NFL), college football remained extremely popular throughout the U.S.  Although the college game has a much larger margin for talent than its pro counterpart, the sheer number of fans following major colleges provides a financial equalizer for the game, with Division I programs  the highest level  playing in huge stadiums, six of which have seating capacity exceeding 100,000. In many cases, college stadiums employ bench-style seating, as opposed to individual seats with backs and arm rests. This allows them to seat more fans in a given amount of space than the typical professional stadium, which tends to have more features and comforts for fans. (Only two stadiums owned by U.S. colleges or universities  Papa John's Cardinal Stadium at the University of Louisville and FAU Stadium at Florida Atlantic University  consist entirely of chairback seating.)  - Basketball is a sport that is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court. The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop in diameter and mounted at a height of to backboards at each end of the court. The game was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, who would be the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks, one of the most successful programs in the game's history.   - Women's basketball is one of the few women's sports that developed in tandem with its men's counterpart. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges. From 1895 until 1970, the term "women's basketball" was also used to refer to netball, which evolved in parallel with modern women's basketball.  - The Big Ten Conference (B1G), formerly Western Conference and Big Nine Conference, is the oldest Division I collegiate athletic conference in the United States. The conference, consisting of 14 members as of 2016, competes in the NCAA Division I; its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, the highest level of NCAA competition in that sport. The conference includes the flagship public university in each of 11 states stretching from New Jersey to Nebraska, as well as two additional public land grant schools and a private university.  - Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of nine players each, who take turns batting and fielding.  - The 1948 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan during the 1948 college football season . In its first year under head coach Bennie Oosterbaan , Michigan compiled a 9 -- 0 record , defeated six ranked opponents by a combined score of 122 -- 17 , and won both the Big Nine Conference and national football championships . In the final AP Poll , Michigan received 192 first place votes , twice as many as second - place Notre Dame which garnered 97 first place votes . The 1948 season was Michigan 's second straight undefeated , untied season . After Fritz Crisler led the 1947 team to a perfect 10 -- 0 record , the Wolverines entered the 1948 season with a 14 - game winning streak dating back to October 1946 . Despite the loss of all four backfield starters from the 1947 team ( including Big Nine MVP Bump Elliott and Heisman Trophy runner - up Bob Chappuis ) , the 1948 team extended the winning streak to 23 games . On offense , Michigan was led by a new backfield that included All - American quarterback Pete Elliott and halfbacks Chuck Ortmann and Leo Koceski . The team scored 252 points , an average of 28 points per game . With Ortmann as the principal passer , the Wolverines relied on an air attack , gaining more yards in the air ( 1,355 ) than on the ground ( 1,262 ) . Dick Rifenburg , the team 's leading receiver , was picked as a first - team All - American at the end position . Team captain Dominic Tomasi was selected as the team 's Most Valuable Player . The 1949 Michiganensian wrote of the 250 - pound guard , `` Famous for his sharp shattering blocking , Dom tore huge gaps in the opposing lines to pave the way for Michigan 's steam roller offense . '' On defense , the Wolverines allowed only 44 points , an average of 4.8 points per game . The defense was led by tackles Alvin Wistert and Al Wahl , center Dan Dworsky , and fullback Dick Kempthorn . Michigan gave up 935 passing yards and 851 rushing yards . The team shut out Oregon despite the passing game of College and Pro...  - The Associated Press (AP Poll) provides weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling 65 sportswriters and broadcasters from across the nation. Each voter provides his own ranking of the top 25 teams, and the individual rankings are then combined to produce the national ranking by giving a team 25 points for a first place vote, 24 for a second place vote, and so on down to 1 point for a twenty-fifth place vote. Ballots of the voting members in the AP Poll are made public.  - The Michigan Wolverines football program represents the University of Michigan in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level. Michigan has the most all-time wins and the highest winning percentage in college football history. The team is known for its distinctive winged helmet, its fight song, its record-breaking attendance figures at Michigan Stadium, and its many rivalries, particularly its annual, regular-season-ending game against Ohio State, once voted as ESPN's best sports rivalry.  - Benjamin "Bennie" Oosterbaan (February 4, 1906  October 25, 1990) was a three-time first team All-American football end for the Michigan Wolverines football team, two-time All-American basketball player for the basketball team, and an All-Big Ten Conference baseball player for the baseball team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest football players in Michigan history. He was selected by "Sports Illustrated" as the fourth greatest athlete in the history of the U.S. state of Michigan in 2003 and one of the eleven greatest college football players of the first century of the game (ending in 1968).    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