University of Michigan Sports

The University of Michigan (UMich) is a public research university with an undergraduate enrollment of 32,282 students, plays a total of 26 NCAA sports, 12 of them for men and 14 of them for women. In the 2021/2022 season, UMich had a total of 809 NCAA athletes comprising merely 3% of the total student body.

UMich is likely to have recruited many of the athletes on its NCAA sports teams through the Division 1 athlete recruitment process, enabling these recruited athletes to leapfrog the normal admissions process. It is our best estimate based on team profiles that about 50% to 75% of their teams comprise of recruited athletes while the remaining athletes are “walk-on” athletes who were admitted to UMich on merits unrelated to sports.

How Top Colleges in Division 1 Select their Athlete Recruits

The table below lists the NCAA and varsity sports played at the University of Michigan and the number of athletes in each sports team.

All data compiled from University of Michigan athletic website.

University of Michigan
Division 1
	Men's	Men's	Women's	Women's	Total
	Sports	Team Size	Sports	Team Size	Team Size
1	Baseball	40	-	-	40
2	Basketball	16	Basketball	15	31
3	Cross Country	24	Cross Country	24	48
4	-	-	Field Hockey	27	27
5	Football	119	-	-	119
6	Golf	12	Golf	8	20
7	Gymnastics	24	Gymnastics	13	37
8	Ice Hockey	29	-	-	29
9	Lacrosse	52	Lacrosse	36	88
10	-	-	Rowing	42	42
11	Soccer	24	Soccer	30	54
12	-	-	Softball	20	20
13	Swimming and Diving	35	Swimming and Diving	30	65
14	Tennis	12	Tennis	9	21
15	Track and Field	44	Track and Field	52	96
16	-	-	Volleyball	14	14
17	-	-	Waterpolo	21	21
18	Wrestling	37			37
Total Sports Played	13		14		27
Total Athletes		468		341	809

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