<p>In the big 3 revenue sports, Michigan is better in hockey and OSU is better in basketball, and both have a strong football program.</p>
<p>Michigan might have the edge if you consider the overall varsity sport programs:
“In seven of the past ten years, UM has finished in the top five of the NACDA Director’s Cup, a ranking compiled by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics to tabulate the success of universities in competitive sports. UM has finished in the top eleven of the Directors’ Cup standings in each of the award’s twelve seasons and has placed in the top six in each of the last eight seasons.” (ref: Wikipedia). Stanford is of course the unanimous #1.</p>