BleedGopher
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| 1940 |  Minnesota |
| Between the 1934 and 1941 seasons, Minnesota won five national titles. It was a dominant program under Bernie Bierman in that time shortly before World War II, and I knew that I was going to pick one of those five teams as the best in program history. I chose the 1940 team because, according to College Football Reference's SOS metric, it played the most difficult schedule in the country that season. The Gophers picked up a couple of road wins against No. 8 Northwestern and No. 15 Ohio State, and also beat No. 3 Michigan at home. It was seldom easy, as Minnesota's average margin of victory during the season was 10.4 points per game, and that number is a bit misleading. Only two of Minnesota's wins came by more than 10 points (a 34-6 win against Iowa and a 33-6 win against Purdue). The other six wins came by an average of 4.7 points each. Still, they were all wins, and in the end, that's what matters. |
Breaking down the greatest single season from each Big Ten college football team
The Big Ten is a conference with a lot of history, and a lot of great teams, but which ones were the best of the best?
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