Minnesota Golden Gophers Poll History

Seasons: 134 (1892 to 2025)

Record (W-L-T): 733-544-42

Conferences: Big Ten, Western, Ind

Conf. Championships: 18

National Championships: 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941 and 1960

Bowl Record: 26 Bowls, 14-12, .538 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 6 Times (Preseason), 15 Times (Final), 175 Weeks (Total), 18 Weeks at #1

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 2 Times (Final), 11 Weeks (Total)

Heisman Winners: Bruce Smith (1941)

Stadium: Huntington Bank Stadium (cap. 50,000)

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

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AP Polls

AP Polls Table
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	2022	5	2022-09-25	21
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
2	2020	1	Preseason	19	NA	—
3	2020	5	2020-10-04	25
4	2020	6	2020-10-11	24	25	1
5	2020	7	2020-10-18	21	24	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
6	2019	8	2019-10-14	20
7	2019	9	2019-10-21	17	20	3
8	2019	10	2019-10-27	13	17	4
9	2019	11	2019-11-03	13	13
10	2019	12	2019-11-10	7	13	6
11	2019	13	2019-11-17	11	7	4
12	2019	14	2019-11-24	9	11	2
13	2019	15	2019-12-01	15	9	6
14	2019	16	2019-12-08	16	15	1
15	2019	17	Final	10	16	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
16	2014	14	2014-11-23	22
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
17	2008	9	2008-10-19	25
18	2008	10	2008-10-26	20	25	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
19	2005	5	2005-09-25	18
20	2005	7	2005-10-09	22
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
21	2004	1	Preseason	25	NA	—
22	2004	2	2004-09-05	22	25	3
23	2004	3	2004-09-12	22	22
24	2004	4	2004-09-19	19	22	3
25	2004	5	2004-09-26	18	19	1
26	2004	6	2004-10-03	13	18	5
27	2004	7	2004-10-10	19	13	6
28	2004	9	2004-10-24	24
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
29	2003	5	2003-09-21	24
30	2003	6	2003-09-28	21	24	3
31	2003	7	2003-10-05	17	21	4
32	2003	8	2003-10-12	25	17	8
33	2003	10	2003-10-26	24
34	2003	11	2003-11-02	24	24
35	2003	12	2003-11-09	19	24	5
36	2003	15	2003-11-30	25
37	2003	16	2003-12-07	24	25	1
38	2003	17	Final	20	24	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
39	2002	10	2002-10-20	25
40	2002	11	2002-10-27	23	25	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
41	2000	9	2000-10-15	22
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
42	1999	7	1999-10-03	25
43	1999	9	1999-10-17	24
44	1999	12	1999-11-07	20
45	1999	13	1999-11-14	17	20	3
46	1999	14	1999-11-21	13	17	4
47	1999	15	1999-11-28	13	13
48	1999	16	1999-12-05	12	13	1
49	1999	17	Final	18	12	6
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
50	1985	9	1985-10-22	20
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
51	1982	5	1982-09-27	19
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
52	1977	8	1977-10-24	19
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
53	1969	1	Preseason	19	NA	—
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
54	1968	1	Preseason	15	NA	—
55	1968	2	1968-09-16	16	15	1
56	1968	3	1968-09-23	17	16	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
57	1962	8	1962-11-05	10
58	1962	9	1962-11-12	8	10	2
59	1962	10	1962-11-19	5	8	3
60	1962	11	1962-11-26	10	5	5
61	1962	12	Final	10	10
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
62	1961	8	1961-11-06	5
63	1961	9	1961-11-13	5	5
64	1961	10	1961-11-20	3	5	2
65	1961	11	1961-11-27	7	3	4
66	1961	12	Final	6	7	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
67	1960	3	1960-09-26	18
68	1960	4	1960-10-03	14	18	4
69	1960	5	1960-10-10	10	14	4
70	1960	6	1960-10-17	6	10	4
71	1960	7	1960-10-24	6	6
72	1960	8	1960-10-31	3	6	3
73	1960	9	1960-11-07	1	3	2
74	1960	10	1960-11-14	4	1	3
75	1960	11	1960-11-21	1	4	3
76	1960	12	Final	1	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
77	1957	1	Preseason	4	NA	—
78	1957	2	1957-09-23	6	4	2
79	1957	3	1957-09-30	3	6	3
80	1957	4	1957-10-07	4	3	1
81	1957	5	1957-10-14	4	4
82	1957	6	1957-10-21	14	4	10
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
83	1956	4	1956-10-08	17
84	1956	7	1956-10-29	8
85	1956	8	1956-11-05	6	8	2
86	1956	9	1956-11-12	17	6	11
87	1956	10	1956-11-19	7	17	10
88	1956	11	1956-11-26	10	7	3
89	1956	12	Final	12	10	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
90	1954	4	1954-10-04	18
91	1954	5	1954-10-11	11	18	7
92	1954	6	1954-10-18	8	11	3
93	1954	8	1954-11-01	14
94	1954	9	1954-11-08	13	14	1
95	1954	10	1954-11-15	10	13	3
96	1954	11	1954-11-22	20	10	10
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
97	1953	6	1953-10-26	14
98	1953	7	1953-11-02	13	14	1
99	1953	8	1953-11-09	15	13	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
100	1950	1	Preseason	18	NA	—
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
101	1949	1	1949-10-03	5	NA	—
102	1949	2	1949-10-10	5	5
103	1949	3	1949-10-17	3	5	2
104	1949	4	1949-10-24	7	3	4
105	1949	6	1949-11-07	9
106	1949	7	1949-11-14	8	9	1
107	1949	8	1949-11-21	8	8
108	1949	9	Final	8	8
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
109	1948	1	1948-10-04	8	NA	—
110	1948	2	1948-10-11	11	8	3
111	1948	3	1948-10-18	13	11	2
112	1948	4	1948-10-25	15	13	2
113	1948	5	1948-11-01	19	15	4
114	1948	6	1948-11-08	14	19	5
115	1948	7	1948-11-15	15	14	1
116	1948	8	1948-11-22	13	15	2
117	1948	9	Final	16	13	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
118	1947	1	1947-10-06	17	NA	—
119	1947	2	1947-10-13	13	17	4
120	1947	6	1947-11-10	20
121	1947	8	1947-11-24	19
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
122	1945	1	1945-10-08	5	NA	—
123	1945	2	1945-10-15	5	5
124	1945	3	1945-10-22	5	5
125	1945	4	1945-10-29	16	5	11
126	1945	5	1945-11-05	20	16	4
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
127	1943	1	1943-10-04	9	NA	—
128	1943	2	1943-10-11	13	9	4
129	1943	3	1943-10-18	11	13	2
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
130	1942	1	1942-10-12	14	NA	—
131	1942	2	1942-10-19	13	14	1
132	1942	3	1942-10-26	10	13	3
133	1942	4	1942-11-02	7	10	3
134	1942	5	1942-11-09	16	7	9
135	1942	6	1942-11-16	10	16	6
136	1942	7	1942-11-23	20	10	10
137	1942	8	Final	19	20	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
138	1941	1	1941-10-13	1	NA	—
139	1941	2	1941-10-20	1	1
140	1941	3	1941-10-27	1	1
141	1941	4	1941-11-03	2	1	1
142	1941	5	1941-11-10	1	2	1
143	1941	6	1941-11-17	1	1
144	1941	7	1941-11-24	1	1
145	1941	8	Final	1	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
146	1940	1	1940-10-14	7	NA	—
147	1940	2	1940-10-21	6	7	1
148	1940	3	1940-10-28	4	6	2
149	1940	4	1940-11-04	2	4	2
150	1940	5	1940-11-11	1	2	1
151	1940	6	1940-11-18	1	1
152	1940	7	1940-11-25	1	1
153	1940	8	Final	1	1
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
154	1939	5	1939-11-13	20
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
155	1938	1	1938-10-17	2	NA	—
156	1938	2	1938-10-24	2	2
157	1938	3	1938-10-31	12	2	10
158	1938	4	1938-11-07	12	12
159	1938	6	1938-11-21	8
160	1938	7	1938-11-28	10	8	2
161	1938	8	Final	10	10
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
162	1937	1	1937-10-18	4	NA	—
163	1937	2	1937-10-25	4	4
164	1937	3	1937-11-01	14	4	10
165	1937	4	1937-11-08	10	14	4
166	1937	5	1937-11-15	7	10	3
167	1937	6	1937-11-22	5	7	2
168	1937	7	Final	5	5
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
169	1936	1	1936-10-19	1	NA	—
170	1936	2	1936-10-26	1	1
171	1936	3	1936-11-02	2	1	1
172	1936	4	1936-11-09	2	2
173	1936	5	1936-11-16	2	2
174	1936	6	1936-11-23	1	2	1
175	1936	7	Final	1	1

College Football Playoff Rankings

College Football Playoff Rankings Table
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
1	2021	10	2021-11-02	20
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
2	2019	11	2019-11-06	17	13	4
3	2019	12	2019-11-12	8	13	5
4	2019	13	2019-11-19	10	7	3
5	2019	14	2019-11-26	8	11	3
6	2019	15	2019-12-03	18	9	9
7	2019	16	Final	18	15	3
Rk	Year	Wk	Date	Rk	Prev	Chng
8	2014	11	2014-11-09	25
9	2014	12	2014-11-16	25
10	2014	13	2014-11-23	18
11	2014	15	Final	25	22	3

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