Minnesota Golden Gophers
FBS
Big Ten Conference · MINN
Team Vitals
+6.8
power · 2026 · #104 D1
+1.1 / +5.6
off / def (higher = better)
1–1
2026 record
112
roster (2026)
Team profile 2025 · vs 136 FBS teams
Percentile against every FBS team, from 2025 play with garbage time excluded. No 2026 game has been played yet, so this describes last season.
- Win rate 57%ile 0.615
- Offense (PPA/play) 28%ile 0.122
- Defense (PPA allowed) 57%ile 0.137
- Offensive success rate 38%ile 0.410
- Defensive success rate allowed 35%ile 0.429
- Explosiveness 10%ile 1.175
- Explosiveness allowed 96%ile 1.116
- Plays per game 5%ile 52.4
median · bars right of it are above the FBS average · pace is a style, not a grade
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Akron FBS | HOME | Minnesota 64% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Washington FBS | AWAY | Washington 81% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | Michigan FBS | HOME | Michigan 79% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | Purdue FBS | AWAY | Purdue 62% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Iowa FBS | HOME | Iowa 84% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Indiana FBS | AWAY | Indiana 96% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | UCLA FBS | HOME | UCLA 75% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Penn State FBS | AWAY | Penn State 93% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Northwestern FBS | HOME | Northwestern 69% |
| 2026-11-27 | Wk 13 | Wisconsin FBS | AWAY | Wisconsin 67% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-12 | 2026 | Wk 2 | Mississippi State vs | L | 13–38 |
| 2026-09-03 | 2026 | Wk 1 | Eastern Illinois vs | W | 59–7 |
| 2025-12-26 | 2025 | Bowl | New Mexico vs | W | 20–17 |
| 2025-11-29 | 2025 | Wk 14 | Wisconsin vs | W | 17–7 |
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Northwestern @ | L | 35–38 |
| 2025-11-14 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Oregon @ | L | 13–42 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Michigan State vs | W | 23–20 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | Iowa @ | L | 3–41 |
| 2025-10-17 | 2025 | Wk 8 | Nebraska vs | W | 24–6 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Purdue vs | W | 27–20 |
| 2025-10-04 | 2025 | Wk 6 | Ohio State @ | L | 3–42 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Rutgers vs | W | 31–28 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 45 | +27 |
| 2025 | 8 | 5 | 299 | 298 | +1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 5 | 340 | 220 | +120 |
| 2023 | 6 | 7 | 272 | 347 | -75 |
| 2022 | 9 | 4 | 367 | 180 | +187 |
| 2021 | 9 | 4 | 331 | 225 | +106 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4 | 191 | 211 | -20 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2 | 443 | 293 | +150 |
| 2018 | 7 | 6 | 376 | 345 | +31 |
| 2017 | 5 | 7 | 265 | 274 | -9 |
| 2016 | 9 | 4 | 381 | 287 | +94 |
| 2015 | 6 | 7 | 292 | 327 | -35 |
Injuries
Not an injury report. College football has no league-wide mandated one, and the ESPN feed we poll has carried the same three players all season — so an empty table here means nothing has been reported to us, not that the team is healthy. Nothing on this page, and nothing in our model, uses it.
Player grades 2026 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2026 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TJ Bush Jr. | DL | 79 | #92 | 2 | 11 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| Darius Taylor | RB | 69 | #139 | 2 | 71 rush yds · 3 TD · 4 rec |
| Maverick Baranowski | LB | 68 | #208 | 2 | 15 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Drake Lindsey | QB | 68 | #77 | 2 | 543 pass yds · 1 TD · 0 INT |
| Javon Tracy | WR | 68 | #230 | 2 | 12 rec · 149 yds |
| Noah Jennings | WR | 66 | #262 | 2 | 10 rec · 145 yds |
| Aydan West | DB | 66 | #416 | 2 | 7 tkl |
| Pierce Walsh | TE | 65 | #96 | 2 | 4 rec · 46 yds · 1 TD |
| Kerry Brown | DB | 64 | #520 | 2 | 12 tkl |
| Zack Harden | DB | 63 | #604 | 2 | 8 tkl |
| Matt Kingsbury | LB | 62 | #403 | 2 | 7 tkl |
| Mekhai Smith | DB | 62 | #654 | 2 | 10 tkl |
| Riley Sunram | DL | 61 | #746 | 1 | 2 tkl · 2.0 TFL |
| Joey Gerlach | LB | 60 | #488 | 2 | 6 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 1.5 TFL |
| Jalen Smith | WR | 59 | #529 | 2 | 8 rec · 77 yds |
| Karter Menz | DL | 58 | #985 | 2 | 5 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| TJ Thomas | RB | 58 | #404 | 2 | 51 rush yds · 6 rec |
| Max Shikenjanski | QB | 57 | #212 | 1 | 50 pass yds · 0 INT · 2 rush yds |
| Theorin Randle | DL | 57 | #1044 | 2 | 5 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Anthony Smith | DL | 56 | #1168 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1.5 TFL |
| Daniel Jackson | K | 54 | #163 | 1 | 1 FG · 7 XP · 10 pts |
| Luke Drzewiecki | K | 52 | #181 | 1 | 2 FG · 1 XP · 7 pts |
| Xavier Ford | RB | 51 | #639 | 2 | 22 rush yds · 1 TD |
| Brady Palmer | QB | 50 | #341 | 1 | 34 pass yds · 0 INT · 8 rush yds |
| Kaden Helms | TE | 49 | #322 | 1 | 2 rec · 13 yds |
| Hayden Moore | WR | 49 | #1003 | 2 | 3 rec · 49 yds |
| Naiim Parrish | DB | 49 | #1622 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| Sid Kaba | DL | 46 | #2056 | 1 | 2 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Ryan Estrada | RB | 45 | #845 | 1 | 10 rush yds · 2 rec |
| Emmanuel Karmo | LB | 44 | #1213 | 1 | 3 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Naquan Crowder | DL | 44 | #2165 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| John Nestor | DB | 43 | #2079 | 2 | 3 tkl |
| Garrison Monroe | DB | 42 | #2161 | 2 | 1 tkl |
| Aidan Gousby | DB | 42 | #2156 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Nate Cleveland | LB | 41 | #1358 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Mason Carrier | LB | 41 | #1357 | 1 | 2 tkl · 0.5 TFL |
| Tom Weston | P | 40 | #199 | 2 | 6 punts · 38.3 yd avg |
| A.J. Turner | RB | 40 | #993 | 1 | 4 rush yds · 1 rec |
| Xion Chapman | DL | 40 | #2494 | 1 | — |
| Adam Kissayi | DL | 39 | #2557 | 2 | 2 tkl |