Minnesota
1-1Big Ten · P.J. Fleck, year 10 (67-45) · Huntington Bank Stadium · 50,850 · 44,548 avg in 2026
LastL 13–38 vs Mississippi State · Sat Sep 12 · Joey Gerlach 1 sacks, 1.5 TFL, 4 tackles
Nextvs Akron · Sat Sep 19 · 12 pm ET · Huntington Bank Stadium · Minnesota by 24 · first meeting on record · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
All 66 stats
FBS rankings · 2026 season · all stats vs 136 FBS programs
| Player | # | G | Cmp/Att | Pct | Yds | Y/A | TD | INT | Rate | ZPR | QBR | Adj ANY/A | Sack% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.09 EPA/play | 5 | 2 | 50 / 72 | 69.4 | 543 #34 FBS | 7.5 | 1 | 0 | 137.4 | 53 | 72.0 | 7.4 | 2.7 | |
Yards by week → | ||||||||||||||
| Player | # | G | Car | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Stuff% | 10+% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +0.17 EPA/play | 1 | 2 | 20 | 71 | 3.5 | 3 #11 FBS | 27 | — | — | |
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| Player | # | G | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possession Receiver · +0.26 EPA/play | 11 | 2 | 12 | 149 #72 FBS | 12.4 | 0 | 55 | |
Yards by week → Possession Receiver· Boom-or-bustReliable target who converts on critical downs. Not flashy; consistently productive. his yards come in chunks — feast or famine This week's matchup — WR Tracy moves the chains on third down. Roebuck is the one who moves the chains on third down. Season receipt Yards / reception11.9 bottom 38th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions TD rate0.0% bottom 10th percentile · FBS WRs, min. 12 receptions Trait fingerprint Plays like View Javon Tracy's full player page | ||||||||
| +0.46 EPA/play | 13 | 2 | 10 | 145 | 14.5 | 0 | 34 | |
Yards by week → | ||||||||
| -0.20 EPA/play | 8 | 2 | 8 | 77 | 9.6 | 0 | 20 | |
Yards by week → | ||||||||
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | TFL | Sack | Hur |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two-Gap Base | 3 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Two-Gap BaseStout at the point of attack — steady tackle-for-loss production without a standout pass-rush number. The most common profile in its group this season — 12 of 27 classified this way. Played in 2 of 3 games this season · senior View T.J. Bush's full player page | |||||||
| 11 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 99 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sack | PD | INT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balanced Linebacker | 6 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Balanced LinebackerSolid in every phase without a signature dimension. The most common profile in its group this season — 46 of 84 classified this way. Played in 2 of 3 games this season · senior · 3-star, 2022 class View Maverick Baranowski's full player page | |||||||||
| 49 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 19 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Player | # | G | Tot | PD | INT | TFL | Sack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 22 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | |
| 5 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Player | # | G | FG M/A | FG% | XP M/A | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 1 | 1/1 | 100 | 7/7 | 10 | 31 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2/2 | 100 | 1/1 | 7 | 44 |
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | Long | In20 | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | 2 | 6 | 230 | 38.3 | 45 | 2 | 0 |
Net average is unavailable — CFBD's punting feed carries gross yards only, with no return-yardage or touchback deduction.
| Player | # | G | No | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Possession Receiver · +0.26 EPA/play | 11 | 2 | 5 | 171 | 34.2 | 2 | 87 |
2026 stat leaders · Minnesota
through 2 games
2026 stat leaders · MinnesotaMaverick Baranowski leads Minnesota with 15 tackles through 2 games.
How They Play · 2025Minnesota fields a struggling methodical, ball-control offense behind a solid, bend-don't-break defense.
Percentile vs all FBS, based on this season's per-game production. Bar = where this team ranks — right is better.
Minnesota reads strongest in explosive plays allowed (top 24%) and passing epa allowed (top 43%); the crux lives in explosive plays, where Minnesota sits at the 5th percentile.
offense · strengths lead
defense · higher bar = harder to play against
hidden math · special situations
Home-field advantage · Minnesota · 2018–present · FBS opponents
Minnesota is worth +4.1 points more at home than on the road.
Middle of FBS, 49th percentile of 133 programs
65% at home, 47% away against FBS opponents since 2018 (32–17 home, 18–20 away). Interval ±4.2.
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge — per-team modelling was tested and did not survive scrutiny (why) — and the books use about 3. Against the closing line, Minnesota has beaten the number by 8.2 points more at home than away over 72 games — outside the ±7.2 that many games can resolve. This is one of the few buildings where the results say something the flat number does not.
Huntington Bank Stadium seats 50,850 and has averaged 92% full (46,709, 30 games reported). Visitors cover a median 509 miles to get here since 2018 — 48th-longest of 135 FBS venues, inside the ordinary range. 16% of the 2026 roster (17 of 106 located players) grew up inside 100 miles of the stadium.
Edge = half the gap between average home margin and average road margin, FBS opponents only, non-neutral games since 2018; the interval is 95%. Market line: closing spread, seasons with lines on file. Trip length is straight-line miles from the visiting team's campus to the venue, measured across all 54 home games since 2018.
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Tendency drift
Season by season
How Minnesota’s current staff calls plays, year over year
Pass defense by zone
Pass-depth identity
What this team throws, and gives up, by depth.
On short throws (≤19 air yards), Minnesota’s passing game completes a completion rate above the FBS mean (69.7% vs 68.3% league-wide, shrunk toward the mean for its 76-play sample) — mid-pack, 28 of 41 qualifying offenses.
We won’t show a deep-ball (20+ air yards) leaderboard here, on either side of the ball: even a full season of charted plays gives most teams well under 30 deep attempts — too thin to tell a real tendency from noise, so we won’t guess. Same refusal for yards-after-catch allowed and where a team’s attempts land by zone: both measured and both came back statistically indistinguishable from season-to-season noise.
Ratings
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Matched on how the programs are built — tier, prestige band, kind of fanbase, conference, voice and roster size — not on this season's stats. A calibration, not a prediction.
Conditions
55°F average kickoff temp; 10% of games had measurable precipitation; 9 mph average wind.
Based on 83 home games with weather data.