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Minnesota

7–5 FBS · Big Ten · 2025
Rating
−2.3
Rank
80
Résumé
37
Our picks
7–5
Expected wins · what our pregame odds said the games were worth
5.7expected wins · finished 7–5
Bowl (6+)55%
9+ wins3%
11+ wins0%

7–5 against 5.7 expected wins. Second-order wins — the record their play deserved — put them at 4.8.

Ranking by week151025Wk 0Wk 7Wk 14Wk 23
Ours 80thFinal

Luck & what-ifs

2025 final
One-score record
4–1
decided by 8 or fewer
Wins vs expected
+1.3
7–5 vs 5.7
One-score games flipped
4–8
what-if record
Turnover margin
+3
expected +1.0

Luck: +2.2 wins versus the record their play deserved. Banked wins keep; the pace is what regresses.

ConjPWR profile

2025 final · 64th · −0.2 pts vs avg
What repeats — the ratingvs averagepts / game
Offense efficiency−1.497th
Offense play value−1.493rd
Defense efficiency−0.366th
Defense play value+1.835th
Drive finishing−0.389th
Field position+1.415th
What doesn't — luckvs averagepts / game
Ball security+0.021st
Third-down conversion−0.0102nd

Points per game vs an average team, opponent-adjusted and weighted by how much the factor repeats — the tagged luck factors are already discounted to near zero. Luck added +2.4 pts/game to results — ran hot; in CFB that pace regresses.

Hidden game

special teams · disruption · style
Special teams EPA / game
−0.7
93rd
Havoc rate
13.9%
9th
Rush rate over expected
−6.7%
117th · pass-leaning

The pieces the ConjPWR factors don't cover: kicking-game value, defensive disruption, and run/pass lean (style, not quality).

Where they sit · offense vs defensepinch or ⌘/ctrl + scroll to zoom
−0.200.00+0.20FBS averageKansas StateIowa StateKansasFresno StateWestern KentuckySam HoustonHawai'iStanfordSouth FloridaBoise StateRutgersOhioAkronWyomingNC StateEast CarolinaUCFJacksonville StateBuffaloCincinnatiNebraskaWisconsinMiami (OH)Michigan StateWestern MichiganCharlotteApp StateWake ForestKennesaw StateBaylorAuburnColoradoGeorgia TechUNLVSan José StateCentral MichiganMarylandFlorida AtlanticPurdueBall StateTennesseeSyracuseSouthern MissMississippi StateOhio StateTexasTulaneNorthwesternKentuckyToledoIndianaOld DominionPenn StateNevadaFlorida StateAlabamaMassachusettsTempleGeorgiaMarshallVirginiaCoastal CarolinaTexas A&MUTSAUtah StateUTEPClemsonLSUMichiganNew MexicoUSCMissouri StateOle MissGeorgia StateLouisianaRiceTexas StateEastern MichiganGeorgia SouthernOregon StateCaliforniaArizonaWashingtonColorado StateUCLAUtahSouth CarolinaVirginia TechMiamiNotre DameNorth CarolinaTCULouisvilleJames MadisonNorthern IllinoisPittsburghFlorida InternationalIowaDukeIllinoisLibertyUConnTexas TechKent StateSMUDelawareTroyMissouriBowling GreenOregonOklahoma StateNorth TexasNavyUABMiddle TennesseeWest VirginiaFloridaArkansasArkansas StateMemphisArmySouth AlabamaHoustonVanderbiltLouisiana TechOklahomaArizona StateBoston CollegeUL MonroeNew Mexico StateTulsaBYUWashington StateSan Diego StateAir ForceMINNgood offense, good defense →Offense EPA/play →better defense →
Minnesotaoff −0.02 93rddef +0.06 77th

Every FBS team, 2025 final. EPA is garbage-time filtered. Tap a logo for its numbers.

Pick record · our line vs the close
7–5against the closing line
Pick was the favorite2–3
Pick was the dog5–2
Home / away side5–3 / 2–2
Average gap to the close+2.4 pts
Our line beat the close4 of 12

Graded against the closing line, not the open. A push counts as neither.

Schedule strength

opponent rating, points vs average
Avg opponentFBS rank
Played+3.144th
Full season+3.144th

Model ledger

2025 · our line against every result
DateOpponentOur lineCloseResultPerformancePick
Thu, Aug 28BuffaloMINN −16.6−16.5W 23–1071LOSS
Sat, Sep 13at CaliforniaMINN −2.7−3.0L 14–2748WIN
Sat, Sep 27RutgersMINN −2.3−3.5W 31–2861WIN
Sat, Oct 4at Ohio StateMINN +23.1+23.5L 3–429LOSS
Sat, Oct 11PurdueMINN −11.5−7.5W 27–2044LOSS
Fri, Oct 17NebraskaMINN +6.2+7.0W 24–679WIN
Sat, Oct 25at IowaMINN +11.0+7.5L 3–4119WIN
Sat, Nov 1Michigan StateMINN −6.8−4.5W 23–2032LOSS
Fri, Nov 14at OregonMINN +22.2+26.5L 13–4213LOSS
Sat, Nov 22at NorthwesternMINN PK+4.0L 35–3847WIN
Sat, Nov 29WisconsinMINN −0.6+2.5W 17–752WIN
Fri, Dec 26New MexicoMINN −5.8−1.5W 20–17—WIN

How to read this page

EPA/playExpected points added per play.
Success rateShare of plays gaining enough for the down.
Quality driveA drive reaching a first down inside the opponent's 40.
Points per QDFinishing — points scored per quality drive.
QD ratioOur quality drives against theirs. Game control.
RROERush rate over expected for down, distance, score and time.
Game percentileThis performance against every FBS game this season.
Expected winsOur pregame win probabilities summed — computed exactly, no simulations.
Havoc rateTFLs, sacks, passes defensed, forced fumbles per defensive snap.
Second-order winsThe record a team's play-by-play performance deserved.

Records and stats cover FBS-vs-FBS games only — the games the model grades. Every number comes from a leak-checked walk-forward pipeline — no retroactive edits, no deleted picks. Picks grade against the closing line. Rate stats exclude garbage time (win probability outside 5–95%); turnovers are counted whole. Not betting advice.