Our side
MoneylineUCLA to win
ours 25%
Projected score
29–19
UCLA – MINN
2026-11-07 · kickoff TBD
Huntington Bank Stadium · Minneapolis, MN
B1G game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Minnesota lead
3–1
· 4 meetings since 1961
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge UCLA Bruins
46 ranks
UCLA Bruins #71 rush offense
Minnesota Golden Gophers #117 run defense
Pass game
edge Minnesota Golden Gophers
165 ranks
UCLA Bruins #245 pass offense
Minnesota Golden Gophers #80 pass defense
Run game
even
27 ranks apart
Minnesota Golden Gophers #224 rush offense
UCLA Bruins #251 run defense
Pass game
edge Minnesota Golden Gophers
95 ranks
Minnesota Golden Gophers #129 pass offense
UCLA Bruins #224 pass defense
UCLA Bruins
Balanced · 50% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 46 rush ypg
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Balanced · 44% run
Ball-control
Tim Skipper · 9-13
P.J. Fleck · 87-50
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
UCLA Bruins
RB
Wayne Knight
168 rush yds · 6 TD · 2 rec
#7 RB
DB
Ta'Shawn James
13 tkl · 1 PD · 2 INT
#16 DB
LB
Sammy Omosigho
19 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 4.0 TFL
#26 LB
LB
Jalen Woods
20 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL
#31 LB
Minnesota Golden Gophers
DL
TJ Bush Jr.
11 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#92 DL
RB
Darius Taylor
71 rush yds · 3 TD · 4 rec
#139 RB
LB
Maverick Baranowski
15 tkl · 1.0 TFL
#208 LB
QB
Drake Lindsey
543 pass yds · 1 TD · 0 INT
#77 QB
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
UCLA offense vs Minnesota defense+3.8 pts
Minnesota offense vs UCLA defense-9.3 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 1,515 mi
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.