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The University of Michigan's sports teams are called the Wolverines. They participate in the NCAA's Division I-A and in the Big Ten Conference in all sports except ice hockey, which competes in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association. 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. The University of Michigan remains the only school in NCAA history to win at least one national championship in all four of these sports: football, basketball, ice hockey, and baseball. UM athletics has also won national championships in tennis, field hockey, swimming and diving, and women's softball. Michigan Stadium ("The Big House") is the largest college football-only stadium in the world, with an official capacity of more than 107,501 though attendance -- frequently over 111,000 spectators -- often exceeds the official capacity. The NCAA's record-breaking attendance has become commonplace at Michigan Stadium, especially since the arrival of head coach Bo Schembechler (1969-1995). UM has fierce rivalries with many teams, including Michigan State and Notre Dame; however, its football rivalry with Ohio State is widely considered to be the fiercest in all of college athletics and has been referred to by ESPN as the greatest rivalry in American sports. Moreover, UM has an all time winning record in football against Notre Dame (18-14-1), Ohio State (57-39-6), and Michigan State. Through the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, 178 UM students and coaches had participated in the Olympics, winning medals in every Summer Olympics except 1896, and winning gold medals in all but four Olympiads. UM students have won a total of 116 Olympic medals including 54 gold, 27 silver, and 35 bronze.
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