College Football Rankings: CBS Sports ranks every Big Ten team for 2025 (11. Minnesota)

[BleedGopher]

Per Samra:

11) Minnesota​

There’s no easy wins for anyone playing P.J. Fleck’s Minnesota team. While Fornelli won’t pick them to win the league, he recognizes it’s tough to fight against the Golden Gophers. They’re bound to shock a team or two in 2025.

Fornelli: “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. … 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.”

College Football Rankings: CBS Sports ranks every Big Ten team for 2025

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Go Gophers!!

 

[MNVCGUY]

Fornelli's quoted comment is a good summation of where we sit in the current college football landscape.

All things considered, I'm good with having a team that is good most years while rarely being great but also rarely being bad in the chaotic world that is today's college football.

 

[nitramnaed]

Again with Nebraska. This team barely made a bowl game last year.
When are people just going to accept that Nebraska is done?
Makes no difference who their coach is.

 

[SeaBee_Gopher]

Again with Nebraska. This team barely made a bowl game last year.
When are people just going to accept that Nebraska is done?
Makes no difference who their coach is.

I love Nebraska being down, but do seem to be improving. This year is a big one for them! Their only bad loss last year was to a better than expected UCLA team that almost beat us. They have a five star QB coming back for his second year starting and we have a three star starting for the first time. The range of outcomes for Drake is way wider than for Dylan Raiola, especially to the downside. I'm bullish on Drake, but we really have no idea how he'll pan out. Nebraska routinely out recruits us and has way more NIL money. The middle of the B1G is so close I can see them saying the arrow for Nebraska is pointing slightly up and for us slightly down. We just lost one of the best QBs in our history to the NFL.

I do hope you're right however! And while Nebraska may still be getting the benefit of the doubt, at least Wisconsin no longer is.

 

[Great Plains Gopher]

I love Nebraska being down, but do seem to be improving. This year is a big one for them! Their only bad loss last year was to a better than expected UCLA team that almost beat us. They have a five star QB coming back for his second year starting and we have a three star starting for the first time. The range of outcomes for Drake is way wider than for Dylan Raiola, especially to the downside. I'm bullish on Drake, but we really have no idea how he'll pan out. Nebraska routinely out recruits us and has way more NIL money. The middle of the B1G is so close I can see them saying the arrow for Nebraska is pointing slightly up and for us slightly down. We just lost one of the best QBs in our history to the NFL.

I do hope you're right however! And while Nebraska may still be getting the benefit of the doubt, at least Wisconsin no longer is.

Nebraska will be better this year than last. New OC and DC coordinators are jelling, Raiola is one of the best in the nation, their defense will be tough, their running game will be better. Should win 8 at least.

 

[mngg11]

Nebraska will be better this year than last. New OC and DC coordinators are jelling, Raiola is one of the best in the nation, their defense will be tough, their running game will be better. Should win 8 at least.

I'm seeing seven losses on Nebraska's schedule

 

[Ski-U-Ham]

Nebraska will be better this year than last. New OC and DC coordinators are jelling, Raiola is one of the best in the nation, their defense will be tough, their running game will be better. Should win 8 at least.

Whoa.