Our side
MoneylineWIS to win
ours 67%
Projected score
20–25
MINN – WIS
2026-11-27 · 7:30 PM
Camp Randall Stadium · Madison, WI
B1G game
Early season
The books
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Series
Wisconsin lead
63–62–8
· 133 meetings since 1892
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Wisconsin Badgers
141 ranks
Minnesota Golden Gophers #224 rush offense
Wisconsin Badgers #83 run defense
Pass game
even
35 ranks apart
Minnesota Golden Gophers #129 pass offense
Wisconsin Badgers #164 pass defense
Run game
edge Minnesota Golden Gophers
90 ranks
Wisconsin Badgers #207 rush offense
Minnesota Golden Gophers #117 run defense
Pass game
edge Minnesota Golden Gophers
174 ranks
Wisconsin Badgers #254 pass offense
Minnesota Golden Gophers #80 pass defense
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Balanced · 44% run
Ball-control
Wisconsin Badgers
Run-heavy · 59% run
Ball-control
P.J. Fleck · 87-50
Luke Fickell · 74-39 · defense-minded
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
Wisconsin Badgers
LB
Cooper Catalano
22 tkl
#65 LB
DB
Matthew Jung
16 tkl · 1 PD
#120 DB
LB
Mason Posa
16 tkl
#201 LB
WR
Malachi Coleman
4 rec · 76 yds · 1 TD
#216 WR
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 Wisconsin defense-12.2 pts
Wisconsin offense vs Minnesota defense-6.9 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.