Minnesota Golden Gophers
FBS
Big Ten Conference · MINN
Team Vitals
+4.5
power · 2026 · #89 D1
+0.8 / +3.8
off / def (higher = better)
8–5
2025 record
110
roster (2025)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-03 | Wk 1 | Eastern Illinois FCS | HOME | Minnesota 78% |
| 2026-09-12 | Wk 2 | Mississippi State FBS | HOME | Minnesota 55% |
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Akron FBS | HOME | Minnesota 69% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Washington FBS | AWAY | Washington 72% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | Michigan FBS | HOME | Michigan 57% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | Purdue FBS | AWAY | Minnesota 50% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | Iowa FBS | HOME | Iowa 62% |
| 2026-10-31 | Wk 9 | Indiana FBS | AWAY | Indiana 83% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | UCLA FBS | HOME | Minnesota 59% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Penn State FBS | AWAY | Penn State 71% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Northwestern FBS | HOME | Minnesota 52% |
| 2026-11-27 | Wk 13 | Wisconsin FBS | AWAY | Wisconsin 55% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 2025-09-13 | 2025 | Wk 3 | California @ | L | 14–27 |
| 2025-09-06 | 2025 | Wk 2 | Northwestern State vs | W | 66–0 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
None reported.
Player grades 2025 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). 2025 is the last season played, so these describe that team, not this year's. OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2025 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Nestor | DB | 87 | #22 | 10 | 47 tkl · 6 PD · 5 INT |
| Anthony Smith | DL | 86 | #23 | 11 | 32 tkl · 10.5 sacks · 13.5 TFL |
| Koi Perich | DB | 80 | #75 | 12 | 77 tkl · 2 PD · 1 INT |
| Karter Menz | DL | 80 | #66 | 8 | 27 tkl · 5.5 sacks · 8.0 TFL |
| Devon Williams | LB | 75 | #103 | 11 | 82 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 7.5 TFL |
| Darius Taylor | RB | 73 | #120 | 9 | 554 rush yds · 3 TD · 30 rec |
| Maverick Baranowski | LB | 73 | #126 | 12 | 86 tkl · 2.0 sacks · 8.0 TFL |
| Kerry Brown | DB | 72 | #221 | 11 | 55 tkl · 3 PD · 2 INT |
| Drake Lindsey | QB | 70 | #94 | 12 | 2,235 pass yds · 16 TD · 6 INT |
| Javon Tracy | WR | 68 | #317 | 11 | 35 rec · 439 yds · 6 TD |
| Le'Meke Brockington | WR | 67 | #348 | 12 | 46 rec · 484 yds · 4 TD |
| Deven Eastern | DL | 66 | #378 | 12 | 37 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 5.0 TFL |
| Jameson Geers | TE | 65 | #147 | 12 | 26 rec · 206 yds · 4 TD |
| Za'Quan Bryan | DB | 63 | #657 | 9 | 36 tkl · 3 PD |
| Matt Kingsbury | LB | 61 | #459 | 10 | 33 tkl · 2.5 sacks · 4.5 TFL |
| Brady Denaburg | K | 61 | #125 | 12 | 14 FG · 31 XP · 73 pts |
| Jalen Smith | WR | 61 | #617 | 9 | 22 rec · 355 yds · 2 TD |
| Fame Ijeboi | RB | 61 | #469 | 11 | 441 rush yds · 2 TD · 12 rec |
| Jaxon Howard | DL | 59 | #746 | 12 | 26 tkl · 4.0 sacks · 5.5 TFL |
| Grant Washington | RB | 57 | #622 | 2 | 132 rush yds |
| Max Shikenjanski | QB | 56 | #340 | 2 | 80 pass yds · 1 TD · 0 INT |
| Tom Weston | P | 56 | #114 | 12 | 59 punts · 42.8 yd avg |
| Jalen Logan-Redding | DL | 55 | #1006 | 6 | 13 tkl · 0.5 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| Kenric Lanier II | WR | 54 | #1062 | 2 | 3 rec · 79 yds |
| Greg Johnson team-inferred | OL | 53 | #208 | 1 | — |
| Alan Soukup team-inferred | OL | 53 | #209 | 2 | — |
| Garrison Monroe | DB | 53 | #1402 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| A.J. Turner | RB | 52 | #880 | 3 | 64 rush yds · 1 TD |
| Mike Gerald | DB | 51 | #1553 | 4 | 8 tkl · 2 PD |
| Adam Kissayi | DL | 51 | #1269 | 2 | 3 tkl · 1.5 TFL |
| Ethan Stendel | LB | 49 | #1076 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Cam Davis | RB | 49 | #1055 | 11 | 109 rush yds · 2 TD · 18 rec |
| Aidan Gousby | DB | 48 | #1851 | 7 | 25 tkl |
| Daniel Jackson | K | 47 | #310 | 1 | 2 XP · 2 pts |
| Simon Seidl | DB | 45 | #2037 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Xavier Ford | RB | 45 | #1251 | 2 | 35 rush yds |
| Pierce Walsh | TE | 44 | #600 | 2 | 2 rec · 17 yds |
| Quentin Redding | WR | 43 | #1720 | 1 | — |
| Harrison Brun | DB | 43 | #2214 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Dylan Wittke | QB | 43 | #671 | 1 | 7 pass yds · 1 INT |