Minnesota — 2026 schedule & results record 5-2 · model's picks 2-5 so far
Proj rating 4.2 · SOS 4.5 · Mean wins 5.8 · Picked 5-7 · Vegas 6.5
| Wk | Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Line / ATS | Model | Win prob | Pick | My bet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu 09/03 | Eastern Illinois | home | W 59–7 | -42.5 ✓ | +34.8 | 98% | W ✓ | |
| 2 | Sat 09/12 | Mississippi State | home | L 13–38 | +0.25 ✗ | +2.7 | 56% | W ✗ | |
| 3 | Sat 09/19 | Akron | home | W 41–7 | -22.5 ✓ | +14.8 | 80% | W ✓ | |
| 4 | Sat 09/26 | Washington | away | W 27–24 | +12.25 ✓ | -11.9 | 24% | L ✗ | |
| 5 | Sat 10/03 | Michigan | home | W 20–14 | +6.25 ✓ | -6.4 | 35% | L ✗ | |
| 6 | Sat 10/10 | Purdue | away | L 13–41 | -2.75 ✗ | +2.8 | 56% | W ✗ | |
| 8 | Sat 10/24 | Iowa | home | W 13–10 | +7.75 ✓ | -6.9 | 34% | L ✗ |
Iowa -7 · LOSS -30 |
| 9 | Sat 10/31 | Indiana | away | — | +20.5 | -19.2 | 13% | L | |
| 10 | Sat 11/07 | UCLA | home | — | — | +7.3 | 67% | W | |
| 11 | Sat 11/14 | Penn State | away | — | — | -13.0 | 22% | L | |
| 12 | Sat 11/21 | Northwestern | home | — | — | -1.5 | 47% | L | |
| 13 | Fri 11/27 | Wisconsin | away | — | — | -0.6 | 49% | L |
Picked counts every game the model favors as a win. Mean wins is the average over 10,000 simulated seasons — a team favored 60/40 in five games wins about three of them, not five, which is why Picked runs higher than Mean wins for good teams (and lower for bad ones). Compare Mean wins to Vegas; use this page to see where the wins come from.