Big TenGolden Gophers

Minnesota

63rd of 1336–7

Rank

63rd

of 133 FBS teams

Rating

+0.1

90% range −9.1 to 9.3

Offense

25.6

70th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

25.5

58th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

6–7

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

13 games, 6–7

Schedule

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

Wk 1Aug 31 · 8:00 PM ET vs

Nebraska W 13–10

Rating change−3.2

Wk 2Sep 9 · 7:30 PM ET vs

Eastern Michigan W 25–6

Rating change+0.2

Wk 3Sep 16 · 3:30 PM ET at#21

North Carolina L 13–31

Rating change−0.4

Wk 4Sep 23 · 7:30 PM ET at

Northwestern L 34–37

Rating change−1.1

Wk 5Sep 30 · 12:00 PM ET vs

Louisiana W 35–24

Rating change0.0

Wk 6Oct 7 · 7:30 PM ET vs#2

Michigan L 10–52

Rating change−2.5

Wk 8Oct 21 · 3:30 PM ET at

Iowa W 12–10

Rating change+0.9

Wk 9Oct 28 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Michigan State W 27–12

Rating change+0.1

Wk 10Nov 4 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Illinois L 26–27

Rating change−0.6

Wk 11Nov 11 · 3:30 PM ET at

Purdue L 30–49

Rating change−1.7

Wk 12Nov 18 · 4:00 PM ET at#4

Ohio State L 3–37

Rating change+0.1

Wk 13Nov 25 · 3:30 PM ET vs

Wisconsin L 14–28

Rating change−1.0

PostDec 26 · 2:00 PM ET vs

Bowling GreenQuick Lane Bowl W 30–24

Rating change+0.6

With its 90% range at each cutoff

Rating through 2023

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
2022	Big Ten	21 of 131	11.4	29.3	17.9	9–4	—
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