worst team defense in a season to win the national championship

The Minnesota Golden Gophers won a national championship in 1936.

TEAMCHAMPSSEASONGPWLTTDPTSPPGOPP PTSOPP PPG1DWN3DWN%4DWN%
1Minnesota
Minnesota
1
1936
8
7
1
0
203
25.4
32
4.0
2Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
1
1937
10
9
0
1
203
20.3
34
3.4
3TCU
TCU
1
1938
10
10
0
0
254
25.4
53
5.3
4Texas A&M
Texas A&M
1
1939
10
10
0
0
198
19.8
18
1.8
5Minnesota
Minnesota
1
1940
8
8
0
0
154
19.3
71
8.9
6Minnesota
Minnesota
1
1941
8
8
0
0
186
23.3
38
4.8
7Ohio State
Ohio State
1
1942
10
9
1
0
337
33.7
114
11.4
8Notre Dame
Notre Dame
1
1943
10
9
1
0
340
34.0
69
6.9
9Army
Army
1
1944
9
9
0
0
504
56.0
35
3.9
10Army
Army
1
1945
9
9
0
0
412
45.8
46
5.1
11Notre Dame
Notre Dame
1
1946
9
8
0
1
271
30.1
24
2.7
12Notre Dame
Notre Dame
1
1947
9
9
0
0
291
32.3
52
5.8
13Michigan
Michigan
1
1948
9
9
0
0
252
28.0
44
4.9
14Notre Dame
Notre Dame
1
1949
10
10
0
0
360
36.0
86
8.6
15Oklahoma
Oklahoma
1
1950
10
10
0
0
345
34.5
135
13.5
16Tennessee
Tennessee
1
1951
10
10
0
0
373
37.3
88
8.8
17Michigan State
Michigan State
1
1952
9
9
0
0
312
34.7
84
9.3
18Maryland
Maryland
1
1953
10
10
0
0
298
29.8
31
3.1
19UCLA
UCLA
1
1954
9
9
0
0
367
40.8
40
4.4
20Ohio State
Ohio State
1
1954
9
9
0
0
229
25.4
68
7.6
21Oklahoma
Oklahoma
1
1955
10
10
0
0
365
36.5
54
5.4
22Oklahoma
Oklahoma
1
1956
10
10
0
0
466
46.6
51
5.1
23Auburn
Auburn
1
1957
10
10
0
0
207
20.7
28
2.8
24Ohio State
Ohio State
1
1957
9
8
1
0
257
28.6
85
9.4
25LSU
LSU
1
1958
10
10
0
0
275
27.5
54
5.4

More Minnesota Stats

Team Rankings

PPG

23.8

104th

OPP PPG

24.9

76th

RUSH YDS/G

100.8

161st

PASS YDS/G

202.9

119th

2025 Big 10 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
8
Nebraska Nebraska
4-4
7-4
9
Northwestern Northwestern
4-4
6-5
10
Minnesota Minnesota
4-4
6-5
11
Illinois Illinois
4-4
7-4
12
UCLA UCLA
3-5
3-8
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/29
WIS WIS
@
MINN MINN
3:30 PM
Last Game
MINN Minnesota

6 - 5

35

Final

38

Sat 22 Nov 2025

CFB 2025 Leaders

CFB 2025 Rankings

CFB 2025 Division Standings

Big 10WLPCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
11
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
11
0
1.000
American AthleticWLPCT
1
North Texas North Texas
10
1
.909
2
Tulane Tulane
9
2
.818
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
9
2
.818
2
UConn UConn
9
3
.750
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
2
9
.182
2
Washington State Washington State
5
6
.455
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
San Diego State San Diego State
9
2
.818
2
Boise State Boise State
7
4
.636
SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Texas A&M Texas A&M
11
0
1.000
2
Georgia Georgia
10
1
.909
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
10
1
.909
2
BYU BYU
10
1
.909
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
9
2
.818
2
Virginia Virginia
9
2
.818
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Western Michigan Western Michigan
7
4
.636
2
Ohio Ohio
7
4
.636
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
7
4
.636
2
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
8
3
.727
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
JMU JMU
10
1
.909
2
Old Dominion Old Dominion
8
3
.727

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/31
RUTG RUTG
@
ILL ILL
13-35
Fri
10/31
NAVY NAVY
@
UNT UNT
17-31
Fri
10/31
MIA MIA
@
SMU SMU
20-26
Fri
10/31
VAN VAN
@
TEX TEX
31-34
Fri
10/31
ARMY ARMY
@
AFA AFA
20-17

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
11/25
BGSU BGSU
@
MASS MASS
4:30 PM
Tue
11/25
WMU WMU
@
EMU EMU
7:30 PM
Thu
11/27
NAVY NAVY
@
MEM MEM
7:30 PM
Fri
11/28
IOWA IOWA
@
NEB NEB
12:00 PM
Fri
11/28
OHIO OHIO
@
BUFF BUFF
12:00 PM