Our side
MoneylineWASH to win
ours 81%
Projected score
15–30
MINN – WASH
2026-09-26 · kickoff TBD
Husky Stadium · Seattle, WA
B1G game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Minnesota lead
10–7
· 17 meetings since 1936
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Washington Huskies
192 ranks
Minnesota Golden Gophers #224 rush offense
Washington Huskies #32 run defense
Pass game
edge Washington Huskies
69 ranks
Minnesota Golden Gophers #129 pass offense
Washington Huskies #60 pass defense
Run game
edge Washington Huskies
99 ranks
Washington Huskies #18 rush offense
Minnesota Golden Gophers #117 run defense
Pass game
edge Washington Huskies
51 ranks
Washington Huskies #29 pass offense
Minnesota Golden Gophers #80 pass defense
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Balanced · 44% run
Ball-control
Washington Huskies
Balanced · 53% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 50 rush ypg
P.J. Fleck · 87-50
Jedd Fisch · 32-33
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Minnesota Golden Gophers
DL
TJ Bush Jr.
11 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#92 DL
RB
Darius Taylor
71 rush yds · 3 TD · 4 rec
#139 RB
LB
Maverick Baranowski
15 tkl · 1.0 TFL
#208 LB
QB
Drake Lindsey
543 pass yds · 1 TD · 0 INT
#77 QB
Washington Huskies
DB
Alex McLaughlin
15 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT
#1 DB
QB
Demond Williams Jr.
517 pass yds · 1 TD · 0 INT
#25 QB
DL
Derek Colman-Brusa
7 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#175 DL
TE
Baron Naone
8 rec · 70 yds
#60 TE
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Minnesota offense vs Washington defense-12.9 pts
Washington offense vs Minnesota defense+1.4 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 1,392 mi
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.