Big Ten post-spring power rankings: Ohio State on top; Gophers #11

[MisterGopher]

https://www.cbssports.com/college-f...-will-tough-schedule-stunt-wisconsins-growth/

11

Minnesota

This is one of the more disrespected programs in the Big Ten. Even I feel I'm disrespecting the Gophers by having them this low. They do not play the most exciting brand of football. It's a ham and cheese sandwich. You don't go to an expensive restaurant and order a ham and cheese sandwich, but you've never been disappointed with one when you eat it. It just works. Well, enough to get to a bowl six times in PJ Fleck's eight seasons, and the two years they didn't go were Fleck's first and the COVID season. You'll never pick them to win the league, but you can't look at Minnesota on your team's schedule and chalk it up as an easy W, either. (+12000)

 

[IceBoxGopher]

I knew before even clicking the link that Nebraska would be ranked ahead.

 

[fmlizard]

Minnesota hasn't finished that low in Big Ten play since Jerry Kill's first season in 2011.

Even if you mentally adjust 12 or 14 team Big Tens to today's 18 team format, it's still very rare for the Gophers to clock in below average over the past 13 years.

 

[PMWinSTP]

Seven through 11 are pretty interchangeable. Did IU catch lightning in a bottle, or do they have back to back very good seasons...that question is a toss up for me.

 

[gopherbadgerman]

I think the QB question really plays into it. If Brosmer was coming back I think a lot of people would have MN in the top 5