#18 Minnesota Golden Gophers

Team

	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	344	4,569	772	5.9	2,630	517	5.1	1,939	255	7.6
Team Rank		27th	34th	67th	13th	11th	15th	7th	83rd	100th	29th
Opponent	11	172	3,447		4.4	1,526	452	3.4	1,921	340	5.7
Opponent Rank		8th	19th		12th	47th	70th	41st	10th	51st	7th
Net		+172	+1,122	+772	+1.6	+1,104	+65	+1.7	+18	-85	+2.0
Net Rank		11th	14th	67th	6th	15th	27th	10th	54th	99th	11th

Player Stats

Passing	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	ATT/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
Billy Cockerham B. Cockerham	11	128	239	53.6	21.7	1,834	7.7	166.7	12	8	127.9	5.0	3.3
Andy Persby A. Persby	7	7	14	50.0	2.0	105	7.5	15.0	1	0	136.6	7.1	0.0
Ron Johnson R. Johnson	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Ryan Keller R. Keller	11	0	1	0.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	-200.0	0.0	100.0

Rushing	GP	ATT	ATT/G	YDS	YPC	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Thomas Hamner T. Hamner	11	288	26.2	1,362	4.7	123.8	10	307	1,660
Billy Cockerham B. Cockerham	11	156	14.2	805	5.2	73.2	10
Byron Evans B. Evans	11	30	2.7	221	7.4	20.1	2	31	227
Renato Fitzpatrick R. Fitzpatrick	11	9	0.8	28	3.1	2.5	0
Luke Leverson L. Leverson	11	8	0.7	33	4.1	3.0	1	43	454
Tellis Redmon T. Redmon	11	8	0.7	22	2.8	2.0	1
Antoine Henderson A. Henderson	8	5	0.6	107	21.4	13.4	0	8	234
Arland Bruce A. Bruce	11	4	0.4	96	24.0	8.7	1	22	317
Andy Persby A. Persby	7	4	0.6	12	3.0	1.7	0
Ryan Rindels R. Rindels	11	1	0.1	-12	-12.0	-1.1	0
Ron Johnson R. Johnson	11	1	0.1	-27	-27.0	-2.5	0	37	493

Receiving	GP	REC	REC/G	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	PLY SCM	YDS SCM
Ron Johnson R. Johnson	11	36	3.3	520	14.4	47.3	5	37	493
Luke Leverson L. Leverson	11	35	3.2	421	12.0	38.3	0	43	454
Thomas Hamner T. Hamner	11	19	1.7	298	15.7	27.1	3	307	1,660
Arland Bruce A. Bruce	11	18	1.6	221	12.3	20.1	1	22	317
Alex Hass A. Hass	11	10	0.9	170	17.0	15.5	0
Jermaine Mays J. Mays	11	5	0.5	73	14.6	6.6	2
Antoine Henderson A. Henderson	8	3	0.4	127	42.3	15.9	2	8	234
Jack Brewer J. Brewer	11	2	0.2	15	7.5	1.4	0
Ryan Keller R. Keller	11	2	0.2	8	4.0	0.7	0
Derrek Rackley D. Rackley	11	1	0.1	44	44.0	4.0	0
Zach Vevea Z. Vevea	11	1	0.1	19	19.0	1.7	0
Spencer Dettman S. Dettman	11	1	0.1	10	10.0	0.9	0
Elvin Jones E. Jones	11	1	0.1	7	7.0	0.6	0
Byron Evans B. Evans	11	1	0.1	6	6.0	0.5	0	31	227

Defense	GP	INT	YDS	AVG	TD
Jimmy Wyrick J. Wyrick	11	2	115	57.5	1
Delvin Jones D. Jones	11	2	3	1.5	0
Jack Brewer J. Brewer	11	2	-4	-2	0
Michael Lehan M. Lehan	11	1	45	45	0
Willie Middlebrooks W. Middlebrooks	11	1	26	26	1
Jimmy Henry J. Henry	11	0	22		0
Tyrone Carter T. Carter	11	0	3		0

Scoring	GP	RUSH	REC	TOT	FGM	XPM	PTS
Billy Cockerham B. Cockerham	11	10		22			132
Dan Nystrom D. Nystrom	11				17	39	90
Thomas Hamner T. Hamner	11	10	3	13			78
Ron Johnson R. Johnson	11	0	5	5			30
Arland Bruce A. Bruce	11	1	1	2			12
Byron Evans B. Evans	11	2	0	2			12
Antoine Henderson A. Henderson	8	0	2	2			12
Luke Leverson L. Leverson	11	1	0	2			12
Jermaine Mays J. Mays	11		2	2			12
Tellis Redmon T. Redmon	11	1		2			12
Willie Middlebrooks W. Middlebrooks	11			1			6
Andy Persby A. Persby	7	0		1			6
Jimmy Wyrick J. Wyrick	11			1			6

Returns	GP	KR	KR YDS	KR AVG	KR TD	PR	PR YDS	PR AVG	PR TD
Tyrone Carter T. Carter	11	15	261	17.4	0	30	356	11.9	0
Antoine Henderson A. Henderson	8	10	208	20.8	0
Luke Leverson L. Leverson	11	1	14	14.0	0	9	150	16.7	1
Tellis Redmon T. Redmon	11	3	37	12.3	0	2	54	27.0	1
Delvin Jones D. Jones	11					1	19	19.0	0
Trevis Graham T. Graham	11					1	14	14.0	0
Michael Lehan M. Lehan	11					1	12	12.0	0
Astein Osei A. Osei	11	1	0	0.0	0
Zach Vevea Z. Vevea	11	1	0	0.0	0
Jack Brewer J. Brewer	11	0	-9		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	11	17	21	81.0						39	40	97.5	90

	Punting	GP	PUNT	YDS	AVG	LNG	BLK
	Ryan Rindels R. Rindels	11	62	2,509	40.5

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.5

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

332.3

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

346.5

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

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

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250