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Minnesota
Best finish
No. 4
Seasons ranked
21 / 26
Best finish
No. 4 (2003-2004)
Sports
Football · Men's Basketball · Women's Basketball
Polls
Media · Coaches · Playoff
Years in the Rankings
Any poll, any sportSeason-final ranking by sport · 2001-2002 – 2025-2026
FootballWomen's Basketball
Each point is Minnesota's rank in that sport's final poll of the season. Lower is better; a gap is a season that sport didn't finish ranked.
A year is lit when Minnesota was ranked in any poll that season; the best rank reached is shown. Click a year to open that season's poll board and cycle it week by week.
2020s5 ranked
2010s8 ranked
2000s8 ranked
Recent Season
Media Top 25 · 2022-2023Ranking by week
Lower is better. Gaps mark weeks the team was unranked. Open this season's board →
2022-2023 Schedule
9–4Opponent ranks are their Media Top 25 position that week. Ranked wins are highlighted.
| Wk | Opponent | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | vs | New Mexico State | W 38–0 |
| Wk 2 | vs | Western Illinois | W 62–10 |
| Wk 3 | vs |  Colorado |
W 49–7 |
| Wk 4 | at |  Michigan State |
W 34–7 |
| Wk 5 | vs |  Purdue |
L 10–20 |
| Wk 7 | at | 24 Illinois |
L 14–26 |
| Wk 8 | at | 16 Penn State |
L 17–45 |
| Wk 9 | vs |  Rutgers |
W 31–0 |
| Wk 10 | at |  Nebraska |
W 20–13 |
| Wk 11 | vs |  Northwestern |
W 31–3 |
| Wk 12 | vs |  Iowa |
L 10–13 |
| Wk 13 | at |  Wisconsin |
W 23–16 |
| Bowl | vs |  Syracuse · neutral |
W 28–20 |