Strength of Gophers’ football recruiting class: ‘Winning the state’
The Gophers football program kept a majority of the top in-state talent home in its 2025 recruiting class, while sprinkling in other prospects from coast to coast. But it’s been hard for Minnesota to crack the top 25 in the nation, or the top half of the Big Ten. The U currently sits at 43th in the country and 13th in the 18-team mega conference.