In 2024, one of the best games on the Minnesota Golden Gophers’ college football schedule is against Michigan on September 28 — see below to find out more.

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2024 Minnesota Game and TV Schedule

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Minnesota 2024 Strength of Schedule

• The Golden Gophers will face the 18th-hardest schedule in college football, based on their opponents’ combined win total last season (81).
• Taking into account its opponents’ projected win total this year (78), Minnesota has the 19th-toughest schedule in college football.
• Based on their Big Ten opponents’ combined win total last year (71), the Golden Gophers have the third-hardest conference schedule in college football.
• Minnesota has nine games scheduled against teams that had winning records in 2023, including three teams that had nine or more wins and one with less than four wins last season.
• The Golden Gophers will play nine teams who made a 2023 bowl game on their schedule in 2024.

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Minnesota Stat Insights (2023)

• The Golden Gophers were a bottom-25 offense last season, ranking ninth-worst with 300.9 yards per game. On the defensive side of the ball, they ranked 56th in FBS (368.4 yards allowed per game).
• Minnesota was a bottom-25 scoring offense last season, ranking 24th-worst with 20.9 points per contest. Defensively, it ranked 69th in FBS (26.7 points allowed per game).
• While the Golden Gophers’ pass defense ranked 59th with 219.3 passing yards allowed per game last season, they were worse on offense, ranking eighth-worst (143.4 passing yards per game).
• Minnesota averaged 157.5 rushing yards per game offensively last season (67th in FBS), and it allowed 149.1 rushing yards per game (62nd) on the other side of the ball.
• Despite having a bottom-25 defense on third down that ranked 10th-worst in FBS last season (46.0% third-down percentage), the Golden Gophers put up better results on the other side of the ball, ranking 106th in FBS by putting up a 35.2% third-down percentage.
• Minnesota owned the 50th-ranked turnover margin in college football last season at +2, forcing 19 turnovers (46th in FBS) while turning it over 17 times (51st in FBS).

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