Big TenGolden Gophers

Minnesota

21st of 1319–4

Rank

21st

of 131 FBS teams

Rating

+11.4

90% range 2.1 to 20.6

Offense

29.3

48th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

17.9

10th: 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

New Mexico State W 38–0

Rating change+0.1

Wk 2Sep 10 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Western Illinois W 62–10

Rating change+1.3

Wk 3Sep 17 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Colorado W 49–7

Rating change+2.5

Wk 4Sep 24 · 3:30 PM ET at

Michigan State W 34–7

Rating change+2.9

Wk 5Oct 1 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Purdue L 10–20

Rating change−2.2

Wk 7Oct 15 · 12:00 PM ET at#18

Illinois L 14–26

Rating change−1.6

Wk 8Oct 22 · 7:30 PM ET at#21

Penn State L 17–45

Rating change−2.9

Wk 9Oct 29 · 2:30 PM ET vs

Rutgers W 31–0

Rating change+1.6

Wk 10Nov 5 · 12:00 PM ET at

Nebraska W 20–13

Rating change−0.1

Wk 11Nov 12 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Northwestern W 31–3

Rating change+1.8

Wk 12Nov 19 · 4:00 PM ET vs#19

Iowa L 10–13

Rating change0.0

Wk 13Nov 26 · 3:30 PM ET at#20

Wisconsin W 23–16

Rating change+0.2

PostDec 29 · 2:00 PM ET vs

SyracuseBad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl W 28–20

Rating change−2.1

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2022

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
2021	Big Ten	23 of 130	10.1	29.2	19.2	9–4	—
2020	Big Ten	41 of 127	5.5	32.1	26.5	3–4	—
2019	Big Ten	15 of 130	17.4	38.1	20.8	11–2	—
2018	Big Ten	34 of 130	7.8	31.3	23.5	7–6	—
2017	Big Ten	77 of 130	−3.8	23.9	27.7	5–7	—
2016	Big Ten	37 of 128	7.4	30.7	23.3	9–4	—
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