Minnesota Golden Gophers

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG	1DWN	RUSH 1DWN	PASS 1DWN	PEN 1DWN	PEN	PEN YDS
Team	13	376	5,111	919	5.6	2,727	586	4.7	2,384	333	7.2	267	143	98	98	75	577
Team Rank		43rd	39th	37th	31st	17th	22nd	21st	77th	87th	51st	37th	21st	87th	87th	30th	25th
Opponent	13	319	4,620		5.1	2,298	534	4.3	2,322	367	6.3	249	123	113	113	79	709
Opponent Rank		50th	54th		56th	92nd	92nd	85th	23rd	42nd	37th	67th	88th	44th	44th	75th	65th
Net		+57	+491	+919	+0.4	+429	+52	+0.4	+62	-34	+0.8	+18	+20	-15	-15	-4	-132
Net Rank		49th	39th	37th	35th	44th	40th	51st	55th	76th	33rd	43rd	40th	77th	77th	52nd	25th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Asad Abdul-Khaliq A. Abdul-Khaliq	12	164	314	52.2	26.2	2,184	7.0	182.0	19	11	123.6	6.1	3.5
Benji Kamrath B. Kamrath	3	8	13	61.5	4.3	122	9.4	40.7	2	0	191.1	15.4	0.0
Danny Upchurch D. Upchurch	12	1	2	50.0	0.2	50	25.0	4.2	0	0	260.0	0.0	0.0
Preston Gruening P. Gruening	13	1	1	100.0	0.1	28	28.0	2.2	0	0	335.2	0.0	0.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Terry Jackson II T. Jackson II	13	238	18.3	1,318	5.5	101.4	6	245	1,348
Thomas Tapeh T. Tapeh	13	182	14.0	905	5.0	69.6	8	188	992
Asad Abdul-Khaliq A. Abdul-Khaliq	12	86	7.2	328	3.8	27.3	5
Marion Barber III M. Barber III	2	19	9.5	69	3.6	34.5	0	22	94
Demetrus Johnson D. Johnson	6	14	2.3	55	3.9	9.2	0
Renato Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	4	7	1.8	47	6.7	11.8	1
Danny Upchurch D. Upchurch	12	6	0.5	45	7.5	3.8	0
Zack Kartak Z. Kartak	2	6	3.0	22	3.7	11.0	1
Benji Kamrath B. Kamrath	3	5	1.7	-12	-2.4	-4.0	0
Dominique Sims D. Sims	3	4	1.3	6	1.5	2.0	0
Antoine Burns A. Burns	13	3	0.2	6	2.0	0.5	0	47	532
Jermaine Mays J. Mays	10	2	0.2	4	2.0	0.4	0	6	23
Keith Matthews K. Matthews	5	1	0.2	13	13.0	2.6	0	7	64
Preston Gruening P. Gruening	13	1	0.1	3	3.0	0.2	1
Ben Utecht B. Utecht	12	1	0.1	1	1.0	0.1	0	38	481

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Antoine Burns A. Burns	13	44	3.4	526	12.0	40.5	4	47	532
Ben Utecht B. Utecht	12	37	3.1	480	13.0	40.0	6	38	481
Aaron Hosack A. Hosack	13	29	2.2	649	22.4	49.9	3
Tony Patterson T. Patterson	9	20	2.2	274	13.7	30.4	2
Jared Ellerson J. Ellerson	4	9	2.3	113	12.6	28.3	2
Scooter Baugus S. Baugus	6	8	1.3	102	12.8	17.0	1
Terry Jackson II T. Jackson II	13	7	0.5	30	4.3	2.3	1	245	1,348
Thomas Tapeh T. Tapeh	13	6	0.5	87	14.5	6.7	2	188	992
Keith Matthews K. Matthews	5	6	1.2	51	8.5	10.2	0	7	64
Jermaine Mays J. Mays	10	4	0.4	19	4.8	1.9	0	6	23
Marion Barber III M. Barber III	2	3	1.5	25	8.3	12.5	0	22	94
Eli Ward E. Ward	3	1	0.3	28	28.0	9.3	0

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG
Justin Isom J. Isom	3	3	54	18
Michael Lehan M. Lehan	11	2	28	14
Eli Ward E. Ward	3	2	-3	-1.5

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	XP2	PTS
Dan Nystrom D. Nystrom	13			0	20	42	0	102
Thomas Tapeh T. Tapeh	13	8	2	10			0	60
Terry Jackson II T. Jackson II	13	6	1	7			0	42
Ben Utecht B. Utecht	12	0	6	6			0	36
Asad Abdul-Khaliq A. Abdul-Khaliq	12	5		5			0	30
Antoine Burns A. Burns	13	0	4	4			1	26
Aaron Hosack A. Hosack	13		3	3			0	18
Jared Ellerson J. Ellerson	4		2	2			0	12
Jermaine Mays J. Mays	10	0	0	2			0	12
Tony Patterson T. Patterson	9		2	2			0	12
Scooter Baugus S. Baugus	6		1	1			0	6
Renato Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	4	1		1			0	6
Preston Gruening P. Gruening	13	1		1			0	6
Zack Kartak Z. Kartak	2	1		1			0	6
Danny Upchurch D. Upchurch	12	0		0			1	2

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Danny Upchurch D. Upchurch	12	2	43	21.5	0	40	287	7.2	0
Jermaine Mays J. Mays	10	18	352	19.6	0	5	51	10.2	2
Antoine Burns A. Burns	13	12	244	20.3	0	6	64	10.7	0
Demetrus Johnson D. Johnson	6	3	56	18.7	0
Quentin White Q. White	2	1	15	15.0	0
Dominique Sims D. Sims	3	1	13	13.0	0
Tony Patterson T. Patterson	9	1	4	4.0	0
Zack Kartak Z. Kartak	2	1	1	1.0	0
Thomas Tapeh T. Tapeh	13					1	0	0.0	0

	Kicking	GP	FGM	FGA	FG%	FG 1-19	FG 20-29	FG 30-39	FG 40-49	FG 50+	XPM	XPA	XP%	PTS
	Dan Nystrom D. Nystrom	13	20	21	95.2						42	42	100.0	102

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Preston Gruening P. Gruening	13	57	2,282	40.0

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

2,977

Atkinson

2,746

Veltkamp

2,649

Mestemaker

Rush Yards Leaders

1,054

White

1,049

Riley

1,005

Roberts

Rec Yards Leaders

1,110

Legree

1,067

Smith

1,027

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

27

Veltkamp

25

Stokes

25

Atkinson

Rush TD Leaders

17

Hellums

16

Hawkins

14

Sheppard

Rec TD Leaders

14

Legree

13

Toney

13

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

202.7

Mensah

184.5

Sayin

178.5

Stokes

Sack Leaders

10.5

Simmons

10.0

Osunsanmi

9.0

Zock

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

47.6

43.8

41.1

41.0

40.6

40.4

Opp PPG Rankings

11.9

12.4

12.5

13.4

Total Yards Rankings

540.5

534.9

529.6

517.4

514.0

510.0

Rush Yards Rankings

342.5

341.0

295.8

271.4

261.6

250.8

Pass Yards Rankings

383.4

348.9

338.8

332.4

324.1

318.0

Sack Leaders

35.0

34.0

32.0

31.0

28.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	7	1	.875
2	Oregon State	5	3	.625
3	San Diego State	4	5	.444
4	Texas State	4	4	.500
5	Fresno State	5	3	.625
6	Utah State	3	5	.375
7	Colorado State	3	5	.375
8	Washington State	1	8	.111

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	8	1	.889
3	Ohio State	6	2	.750
4	USC	7	2	.778
5	Illinois	5	3	.625
6	Minnesota	5	3	.625
7	Iowa	6	2	.750
8	Oregon	5	3	.625
9	Northwestern	6	2	.750
10	Wisconsin	5	3	.625
11	Washington	5	3	.625
12	Michigan	5	3	.625
13	Nebraska	5	3	.625
14	Purdue	3	5	.375
15	Penn State	4	4	.500
16	Rutgers	2	6	.250
17	Maryland	2	6	.250
18	Michigan State	2	6	.250

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia	7	1	.875
2	Kentucky	7	1	.875
3	Alabama	6	2	.750
4	Ole Miss	6	2	.750
5	Texas	6	2	.750
6	LSU	6	2	.750
7	Missouri	6	2	.750
8	Tennessee	6	2	.750
9	South Carolina	5	3	.625
10	Florida	5	3	.625
11	Oklahoma	4	4	.500
12	Auburn	4	4	.500
13	Mississippi State	4	4	.500
14	Texas A&M	4	4	.500
15	Arkansas	3	5	.375
16	Vanderbilt	3	5	.375

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	7	1	.875
2	Jacksonville State	6	2	.750
3	Delaware	4	4	.500
4	New Mexico State	3	5	.375
5	Middle Tennessee	4	4	.500
6	Western Kentucky	3	5	.375
7	Missouri State	3	5	.375
8	Florida International	3	5	.375
9	Kennesaw State	2	6	.250
10	Sam Houston	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Louisiana Tech	6	2	.750
2	Georgia Southern	4	4	.500
3	Louisiana	5	3	.625
4	James Madison	8	2	.800
5	South Alabama	4	4	.500
6	Appalachian State	5	3	.625
7	Arkansas State	4	4	.500
8	Coastal Carolina	3	5	.375
9	Troy	4	4	.500
10	Marshall	5	3	.625
11	Southern Miss	3	6	.333
12	Georgia State	4	4	.500
13	Louisiana-Monroe	1	7	.125
14	Old Dominion	2	7	.222

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	8	0	1.000
2	Wake Forest	7	1	.875
3	Louisville	5	3	.625
4	SMU	6	2	.750
5	Virginia Tech	6	2	.750
6	Duke	6	2	.750
7	Clemson	5	3	.625
8	Pittsburgh	6	3	.667
9	Boston College	4	4	.500
10	NC State	4	4	.500
11	North Carolina	4	4	.500
12	Virginia	4	5	.444
13	California	3	6	.333
14	Syracuse	4	4	.500
15	Stanford	4	5	.444
16	Florida State	3	5	.375
17	Georgia Tech	2	6	.250

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	New Mexico	7	1	.875
2	Wyoming	5	3	.625
3	UNLV	5	3	.625
4	North Dakota State	7	2	.778
5	Air Force	6	2	.750
6	Nevada	3	5	.375
7	San Jose State	4	5	.444
8	Hawai'i	2	6	.250
9	UTEP	1	7	.125
10	Northern Illinois	0	8	.000

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	North Texas	6	2	.750
2	Memphis	7	2	.778
3	UTSA	7	2	.778
4	Army	5	3	.625
5	Florida Atlantic	6	3	.667
6	South Florida	6	2	.750
7	UAB	4	4	.500
8	East Carolina	4	4	.500
9	Tulane	4	4	.500
10	Charlotte	1	7	.125
11	Tulsa	4	4	.500
12	Temple	2	6	.250
13	Navy	2	6	.250
14	Rice	1	7	.125

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	7	1	.875
2	UConn	4	4	.500

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio	7	2	.778
2	Toledo	7	2	.778
3	Western Michigan	6	3	.667
4	Buffalo	6	3	.667
5	Miami (OH)	5	4	.556
6	Eastern Michigan	4	6	.400
7	UMass	5	4	.556
8	Kent State	3	6	.333
9	Ball State	3	6	.333
10	Central Michigan	4	5	.444
11	Bowling Green	2	7	.222
12	Sacramento State	2	8	.200
13	Akron	1	8	.111

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Utah	8	0	1.000
2	BYU	7	1	.875
3	Texas Tech	7	1	.875
4	Houston	6	2	.750
5	Arizona	6	2	.750
6	Baylor	5	3	.625
7	Oklahoma State	5	3	.625
8	West Virginia	5	3	.625
9	Iowa State	4	4	.500
10	UCF	4	4	.500
11	Cincinnati	5	3	.625
12	Arizona State	4	4	.500
13	TCU	4	4	.500
14	Colorado	3	5	.375
15	Kansas State	4	4	.500
16	Kansas	3	5	.375