Campus Battle For W's

In the University of Michigan basketball season preview, I noted that the Michigan hoops team won only one more game than the Michigan football team last year. With the 2008 football team losing the most games in school history, there's no doubt the hoops squad will exceed its win tally with far greater ease this season.

Although the Wolverine basketball players were able to sneak by, not every school was as fortunate. Last year, there were three schools that were Division 1-A for both basketball and football in which the hoop squad failed to eclipse the football team’s win total.

Allow this helpful chart to break it down for you:

            2007-2008 Wins

School                                     Basketball                        Football

Rice                                                3                                3

Ball State                                        6                                7

Oregon State                                   6                                9

At this point in the football season, Oregon State has seven wins with a couple winnable contests remaining before a bowl game; Rice already has seven wins with two home games left before a bowl game; and Ball State is a perfect 10-0.

So unless the basketball teams have improved, it’s only going to get tougher for these win-deprived programs to catch up to their football counterparts.

Update: Check out my article on football teams that outscore their school's basketball teams by clicking here.