Minnesota Golden Gophers

The Golden Gophers won all seven home games of 2025 and lost all five on the road. Minnesota football beat the number only three times, and never while laying points.

Unbeaten at home, winless away

Minnesota’s 2025 regular season split cleanly by venue: 7-0 at home, 0-5 away. A unit on the Gophers in each of the six priced home games made 4.67, which only six FBS teams beat. The same stake on the five road games lost all five units.

The road losses were 27-14 at California as a 3.5-point favorite, 42-3 at Ohio State, 41-3 at Iowa, 42-13 at Oregon and 38-35 at Northwestern.

Winning without covering

Against the spread Minnesota went 3-8, with the Northwestern State game unlined. That 27.3% rate left only seven FBS teams below it, with one level. As a favorite the Gophers won four of five and covered none, one of 11 FBS teams with no cover at all when laying points. The home wins over Rutgers (31-28 at -3.5), Purdue (27-20 at -7.5) and Michigan State (23-20 at -5.5) each fell short of the number.

As underdogs

Six games getting points, two wins, three covers: 24-6 over Nebraska at +200 and 17-7 over Wisconsin at +115, both at home, and the 38-35 loss at Northwestern getting 4.5. The six priced underdog games still lost 0.85 units.

Overs beat unders seven to five. Minnesota scored 23.25 a game and allowed 23.42, then won the Rate Bowl 20-17 over New Mexico.

Questions and answers