Big TenGolden Gophers

Minnesota

37th of 1289–4

Rank

37th

of 128 FBS teams

Rating

+7.4

90% range −2.4 to 17.2

Offense

30.7

60th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

23.3

24th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

9–4

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

13 games, 9–4

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Wk 1Sep 1 · 9:00 PM ET vs

Oregon State W 30–23

Rating change−0.5

Wk 2Sep 10 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Indiana State W 58–28

Rating change+0.8

Wk 4Sep 24 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Colorado State W 31–24

Rating change−1.1

Wk 5Oct 1 · 3:40 PM ET at

Penn State L 26–29

Rating change+0.3

Wk 6Oct 8 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Iowa L 7–14

Rating change0.0

Wk 7Oct 15 · 12:00 PM ET at

Maryland W 31–10

Rating change+2.3

Wk 8Oct 22 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Rutgers W 34–32

Rating change−1.9

Wk 9Oct 29 · 12:00 PM ET at

Illinois W 40–17

Rating change+0.9

Wk 10Nov 5 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Purdue W 44–31

Rating change−1.0

Wk 11Nov 12 · 7:30 PM ET at

Nebraska L 17–24

Rating change−1.4

Wk 12Nov 19 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Northwestern W 29–12

Rating change+1.5

Wk 13Nov 26 · 3:30 PM ET at#11

Wisconsin L 17–31

Rating change+0.4

PostDec 27 · 7:00 PM ET vs#24

Washington StateNATIONAL FUNDING HOLIDAY BOWL W 17–12

Rating change+1.9

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2016

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Estimates of how good the team was, not forecasts to grade

Past seasons

Season	Conference	Rank#	Rating	Off.	Def.	RecordW–L	CFP entryCFP
2015	Big Ten	60 of 128	2.3	29.4	27.1	6–7	—

Adjusted for opponents; outward is better on both sides

Profile

MINN offenseFBS average

MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles