Our side
MoneylineIOWA to win
ours 16%
Projected score
31–15
IOWA – MINN
2026-10-24 · kickoff TBD
Huntington Bank Stadium · Minneapolis, MN
B1G game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Minnesota lead
62–54–2
· 118 meetings since 1901
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Iowa Hawkeyes
68 ranks
Iowa Hawkeyes #49 rush offense
Minnesota Golden Gophers #117 run defense
Pass game
edge Minnesota Golden Gophers
51 ranks
Iowa Hawkeyes #131 pass offense
Minnesota Golden Gophers #80 pass defense
Run game
edge Iowa Hawkeyes
149 ranks
Minnesota Golden Gophers #224 rush offense
Iowa Hawkeyes #75 run defense
Pass game
edge Iowa Hawkeyes
107 ranks
Minnesota Golden Gophers #129 pass offense
Iowa Hawkeyes #22 pass defense
Iowa Hawkeyes
Run-heavy · 68% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 41 rush ypg
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Balanced · 44% run
Ball-control
Kirk Ferentz · 98-43 · defense-minded
P.J. Fleck · 87-50
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
Iowa Hawkeyes
RB
Kamari Moulton
240 rush yds · 2 TD · 6 rec
#19 RB
WR
Tony Diaz
15 rec · 179 yds · 1 TD
#39 WR
K
Caden Buhr
5 FG · 5 XP · 20 pts
#18 K
LB
Cam Buffington
21 tkl · 1.0 TFL
#113 LB
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
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
Iowa offense vs Minnesota defense+1.3 pts
Minnesota offense vs Iowa defense-16.6 pts
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.