Since December, the Minnesota Golden Gophers have been red-hot, and they don't plan on stopping anytime soon with another upset 70-67 win over No. 19 Iowa on Tuesday night.
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The Gophers came to play in the first game of 2026 at No. 9 Michigan, but some of the same issues resulted in a frustrating 70-60 loss. Here's what we learned.
The red-hot Gophers will look to keep the ball rolling on Tuesday night when No. 19 Iowa and first-year head coach Ben McCollum come to town. Early betting odds from FanDuel Sportsbook favor the Hawkeyes by 6.5 points.
The Gophers have been busy in the transfer portal since it officially opened on Friday, with four additions and plenty more visitors. They're still looking to fill their biggest need, which is wide receiver.
The Gophers opened 2026 with their first win away from Williams Arena this season. They put together one of their most complete performances of the season in an 84-78 win over Northwestern.
Shortly after news broke Thursday night that star safety Koi Perich is entering the transfer portal, another report gave Minnesota fans some relief as defensive end Karter Menz has agreed to a new contract that will keep him with the Gophers for the 2026 season.
Nonconference play is officially in the rearview, and Minnesota's first Big Ten game of 2026 will be on Saturday against Northwestern on the road. With 18 conference games left on the scheduled, let's look the top five.
Minnesota was back in action for the first time in eight days on Monday night in Bloomington. The Gophers looked well rested in an impressive 71-48 win over the Hoosiers for their first Big Ten win of the season.
The Minnesota Golden Gophers are expected to hire Stanford defensive coordinator Bobby April III — the son of longtime NFL special teams coordinator Bobby April Jr.
An offensive role for Gophers defensive back Koi Perich was a major storyline before the 2025 season. The experiment was seemingly over until he played more offensive snaps in Minnesota's Rate Bowl win over New Mexico than the entire regular season combined.
College football has seen a massive shift in recent years, with players regularly opting out of bowl games to prepare for the draft or transfer to new schools.
College football’s bowl slate for the 2025-26 season continues with Minnesota and New Mexico meeting in the Rate Bowl on Dec. 26. The Lobos were one of
The Gophers will officially cap off their 2025 season on Friday afternoon in the Rate Bowl against New Mexico at 3:30 p.m. CT on ESPN. P.J. Fleck is a perfect 6-0 in bowl games at Minnesota.
It seems increasingly likely that there will not be any major coaching staff changes for the Gophers this offseason, which means priority No. 1 should be landing a highly-touted wide receiver in the transfer portal this January.
After starting the season 4-4, the Gophers have quietly won three of the last four games, and they're playing at a top-25 level. With a pair of home games against Texas Southern and Campbell that might be hard to believe, but popular analytics site barttorvik.com backs up the claim.
We're only a few days away from the Rate Bowl between Minnesota and New Mexico on Friday, December 26. Here are four keys for the Gophers as they look to extend their current bowl game win streak to nine in a row.
Braden Smith scored 15 points and dished 12 assists, and No. 6 Purdue pulled away for an 85-57 win over Minnesota in a Big Ten Conference matchup Wednesday night.