Minnesota rose 11 spots to No. 70 the latest S&P+ rankings and up to No. 44 in TeamRankings. That's a much larger gap between the two than most teams. S&P+ predicts the Gophers will go 5.6-6.4 this with with a 52.3% chance of making a bowl, while TeamRankings predicts the Gophers will go 5.5-6.5 this year and gives Minnesota a 43.2% chance of making a bowl game.
TeamRankings
Vegas line: Northwestern by 7
S&P+: Nebraska No. 62, Minnesota No. 70
TeamRankings: Northwestern No. 31, Minnesota No. 44
S&P+ prediction: Northwestern 26.6, Minnesota 22.7 (Northwestern by 3.9) with a 41% chance of Gopher victory
TeamRankings prediction: Northwestern 25.2, Minnesota 17.1 (Northwestern by 8.1) with a 29.7% chance of Gopher victory
NumberFire prediction: Northwestern 30.7, Minnesota 22.0 (Northwestern by 7.3)
Northwestern 2017 schedule
TeamRankings
Vegas line: Northwestern by 7
S&P+: Nebraska No. 62, Minnesota No. 70
TeamRankings: Northwestern No. 31, Minnesota No. 44
S&P+ prediction: Northwestern 26.6, Minnesota 22.7 (Northwestern by 3.9) with a 41% chance of Gopher victory
TeamRankings prediction: Northwestern 25.2, Minnesota 17.1 (Northwestern by 8.1) with a 29.7% chance of Gopher victory
NumberFire prediction: Northwestern 30.7, Minnesota 22.0 (Northwestern by 7.3)
Northwestern 2017 schedule
- W 31-20 vs. Nevada
- L 41-17 at Duke
- W 49-7 vs. Bowling Green
- L 33-24 at #10 Wisconsin
- L 31-7 vs. #4 Penn State
- W 37-21 at Maryland
- W 17-10 OT vs. Iowa
- W 39-31 3OT vs. #16 Michigan State
- W 31-24 OT at Nebraska
- W 23-13 vs. Purdue
- Wisconsin (No. 3 S&P+, No. 8 TeamRankings)
- Jerry Palm, CBS: Foster Farms Bowl vs. Stanford (Santa Clara)
- ESPN: None
- USA Today: None
- Sports Illustrated: None
- SB Nation: None
- Sporting News: None
- Bleacher Report: Foster Farms Bowl vs. Arizona
