Gophers Climb to #21 in New AP Poll; Michigan Up to #18

The Minnesota Gophers still haven’t played any football games yet this season, but they continue to climb up the college football ranking systems. Today in the AP Poll, they are up three spots from last week, to #21 in the nation.

New @AP_Top25 poll

1-Clemson
2-Bama
3-Notre Dame
4-Georgia
5-Ohio St
6-Okla St
7-Texas A&M
8-Penn St
9-Cincinnati
10-Florida
11-Miami
12-BYU
13-Oregon
14-UNC
(tie) Wisconsin
16-SMU
17-Iowa St
18-Michigan
19-Va Tech
20-K-State
21-Minn
22-Marshall
23-NC State
24-USC
25-Coastal

— Brett McMurphy (@Brett_McMurphy) October 18, 2020

After debuting in the preseason AP Poll at #19, before falling out after the first week of games. They reappeared on October 6, at #25, moved up one spot last weekend, before arriving where they sit now.

The USA Today Coaches Poll has released for week 7 too. Minnesota has ranked in the same slot for both polls the last two weeks. Last weekend, they debuted at #24 and have now moved up to #21 this week. Michigan moves up to #17 in the Coaches Poll

Gophers climb to same spot (#21) in USA Today Coaches Poll: pic.twitter.com/IslfzqltSE

— Minnesota Sports Fan (@realmnsportsfan) October 18, 2020

Minnesota will open 2020 play vs Michigan at TCF Bank Stadium on Saturday at 6:30 PM. The game will be broadcast on ABC and College Gameday will do their weekly pregame inside the Gopher stadium that morning.

Eric Strack | Minnesota Sports Fan