Big Ten · 2026

Minnesota

5–2

CFPi+ rank#75of 138 FBS teams

-1.4CFPi+ rating

#41Best: TPi+ talent

#96Weakest: Offense

5Games left

CFPi+ index

Where the team ranks

CFPi+#75-1.4

Offense#96+21.6

Defense#47+23.0

EPi+ efficiency index

How efficiently it plays

EPi+#86-5.1

Off EPi+#128-10.3

Def EPi+#34-5.1

Advanced stats

Offense and defense

Stat	Offense	Defense
Success rate	#11439.3%	#5540.1%
Explosiveness	#119+1.144	#42+1.183
Havoc rate	#8915.7%	#621.7%
Pass PPA	#85+0.182	#31+0.055
Rush PPA	#135-0.149	#92+0.102

Raw season splits, not opponent-adjusted. Defense #1 is the stingiest in the country.

TPi+ talent index

The roster and the staff

TPi+#41+5.2

Recruiting#36+6.8

Returning#14+14.7

247 talent#41728.8

Head coach#52+3.9

National composite

What other systems say

Composite#59+3.6

SP+#57+3.9

SP+ off#93+23.6

SP+ def#27+19.8

ESPN FPI#65+0.7

Traditional stats

The box-score view

Yards/G#125322.4

Yards/G allowed#17288.7

Pass yards/G#75222.3

Rush yards/G#132100.1

3rd down#11134.0%

3rd down allowed#1229.8%

Sacks/G#592.1

Takeaways/G#181.7

Ranks are national out of 138 FBS teams and #1 is best. The bar shows where a rank sits in the field; the rating is the source beneath it.

2026 schedule

Every game, with the model's read

Wk	Opponent	Result	Projected
1	vsEastern Illinois	W 59–7	Final
2	vsMississippi State	L 13–38	Final
3	vsAkron	W 41–7	Final
4	@Washington	W 27–24	Final
5	vsMichigan	W 20–14	Final
6	@Purdue	L 13–41	Final
8	vsIowa	W 13–10	Final
9	@#8Indiana	—
10	vs#18UCLA	—
11	@Penn State	—
12	vsNorthwestern	—
13	@Wisconsin	—

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