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Minnesota Golden Gophers

4-2 · 4-2 ATS · 3-3 O/U

2026 seasonNo. 67 of 138
Offense
Overall rankNo. 108
Points / game28.8No. 71
Yards / game341No. 108
Pass yds / game236No. 63
Rush yds / game105No. 128
Defense
Overall rankNo. 51
Points allowed / game21.8No. 55
Yards allowed / game289No. 20
Yards / play allowed5.0
Penalty yds / game54No. 56
Units
Offensive lineNo. 124
Defensive lineNo. 30
Special teamsNo. 11
Turnover margin+1
Season
Projected record5-7
Schedule so far-3.7No. 72
Schedule left+16.4No. 2
Luck+0.0
FuturesFanDuel · Oct 13
Conference
Win the Big Ten+15000
Playoff
Make the playoff+10000
National title
Win it all+125000

2026 games

DateOpponentResultLineATSO/UYPPOpp YPPTO
Sep 3Eastern IllinoisW 59-7-42.5Wo52.57.02.61-0
Sep 12Mississippi StateL 13-38+1.5Lu53.54.67.00-1
Sep 19AkronW 41-7-22.5Wu48.56.23.71-2
Sep 26@ WashingtonW 27-24+12.5Wo44.55.35.11-2
Oct 3MichiganW 20-14+6.5Wu41.54.03.72-3Recap
Oct 10@ PurdueL 13-41-2.5Lo48.55.36.52-0Recap

Schedule

DateOpponentOpp recordLineTotal
Oct 24Iowa5-1--
Oct 31@ Indiana6-0--
Nov 7UCLA5-0--
Nov 14@ Penn State3-3--
Nov 21Northwestern4-1--
Nov 27@ Wisconsin4-1--

Fantasy usage

PlayerGTouch/GCar/GTgt/GTgt%PPR/GHalf/G
Darius Taylor516.412.84.612%15.814.0
Drake Lindsey62.02.00.00%13.013.0
Javon Tracy65.30.07.222%12.69.9
Noah Jennings65.20.38.326%12.410.0
Jalen Smith53.00.05.013%10.89.3
TJ Thomas611.58.74.012%10.89.3
Max Shikenjanski11.01.00.00%8.28.2
Roman Voss21.00.01.52%6.25.7
A.J. Turner25.55.01.01%6.05.7
Pierce Walsh32.00.02.34%5.64.6

Per-game averages over every game on file. PPR: 1 per catch, 0.1 per rushing or receiving yard, 6 per touchdown, 0.04 per passing yard, 4 per passing touchdown, -2 per interception. Half is half-PPR. Tgt% is the share of the team's targets.

Season leaders

Passing
PlayerC/AttYdsTDINTG
Drake Lindsey127/1961335956
Max Shikenjanski3/350001
Brady Palmer4/634001
Rushing
PlayerCarYdsAvgTDG
TJ Thomas523196.116
Darius Taylor641542.445
Xavier Ford17824.815
A.J. Turner10444.412
Noah Jennings23216.006
Ryan Estrada3103.301
Receiving
PlayerTgtRecYdsTDG
Javon Tracy433237516
Noah Jennings502936016
Jalen Smith251521035
Darius Taylor231815515
TJ Thomas24179606
Hayden Moore434902
Pierce Walsh764713
Roman Voss324412
Defense
PlayerTklSacksTFLG
Maverick Baranowski4513.56
Kerry Brown34026
Zack Harden30026
Joey Gerlach2812.56
TJ Bush Jr.23466
Aydan West21006
John Nestor20046
Mekhai Smith1900.54

Line, ATS and O/U are from the closing number, from Minnesota's side. YPP is yards per play. TO is turnovers, theirs then the opponent's. Schedule lines show once a book posts them. Overall offense and defense ranks are adjusted for opponent (points and yards per play against the defenses and offenses faced). Offensive line, defensive line and special teams are season rankings built from the play log and the kicking and return tables (line yards, sack and stuff rates, short-yardage conversions; field goals, punting and returns for and against). Schedule so far and left are the average rating of those opponents (points better or worse than an average team), ranked so No. 1 is the hardest. Luck is wins minus the wins this team's points scored and allowed would normally produce. See every team.

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