Minnesota Golden Gophers AP Poll History

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota ▪ Colors: Maroon & Gold
Stadium: TCF Bank Stadium (cap. 50,000)
Record: 121 Years, 636-479-42, .568 W-L% (Major School)

Conferences: Big Ten, Western and Ind
Conference Champion: 18 Times
Bowls: 15 Bowls, 5-10, .333 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 5 Times (Preseason), 14 Times (Final), 159 Weeks (Total)

159 Polls

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

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