It has been a rough season for the Minnesota Golden Gophers, but the latest BCS Standings show exactly why:
| BCS | Harris Poll | USA Today | Computer Rankings | ||||||||||||||
| RK | TEAM | AVG | PVS | RK | PTS | % | RK | PTS | % | AVG | A&H | RB | CM | KM | JS | PW | % |
| 1 | LSU | .9702 | 1 | 1 | 2854 | .9927 | 1 | 1457 | .9878 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .930 |
| 2 | Alabama | .9627 | 2 | 2 | 2777 | .9659 | 2 | 1434 | .9722 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .950 |
| 3 | Oklahoma State | .9240 | 4 | 3 | 2559 | .8901 | 4 | 1301 | .8820 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 |
| 4 | Boise State | .8302 | 5 | 5 | 2410 | .8383 | 5 | 1213 | .8224 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | .830 |
| 5 | Clemson | .8240 | 7 | 6 | 2346 | .8160 | 6 | 1174 | .7959 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | .860 |
| 6 | Stanford | .8124 | 8 | 4 | 2523 | .8776 | 3 | 1327 | .8997 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | .660 |
| 7 | Oregon | .6877 | 10 | 7 | 2136 | .7430 | 7 | 1121 | .7600 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | .560 |
| 8 | Kansas State | .6681 | 11 | 10 | 1764 | .6136 | 12 | 827 | .5607 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | .830 |
| 9 | Oklahoma | .6642 | 3 | 8 | 1866 | .6490 | 9 | 964 | .6536 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | .690 |
| 10 | Arkansas | .6581 | 9 | 9 | 1851 | .6438 | 8 | 974 | .6603 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 7 | .670 |
| 11 | Michigan State | .5380 | 16 | 11 | 1760 | .6122 | 10 | 932 | .6319 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | .370 |
| 12 | Virginia Tech | .5338 | 12 | 15 | 1343 | .4671 | 15 | 729 | .4942 | 10 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | .640 |
| 13 | South Carolina | .5014 | 14 | 14 | 1378 | .4793 | 14 | 730 | .4949 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 15 | .530 |
| 14 | Nebraska | .4385 | 13 | 13 | 1508 | .5245 | 13 | 798 | .5410 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 22 | 23 | 19 | .250 |
| 15 | Wisconsin | .4333 | 6 | 12 | 1731 | .6021 | 11 | 867 | .5878 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 25 | 21 | .110 |
| 16 | Texas A&M | .4281 | 17 | 17 | 1040 | .3617 | 16 | 520 | .3525 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 10 | .570 |
| 17 | Houston | .3676 | 19 | 18 | 975 | .3391 | 18 | 507 | .3437 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 0 | 11 | .420 |
| 18 | Michigan | .3416 | 18 | 16 | 1072 | .3729 | 17 | 519 | .3519 | 19 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 21 | 24 | 18 | .300 |
| 19 | Penn State | .3071 | 21 | 19 | 769 | .2675 | 19 | 448 | .3037 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 16 | .350 |
| 20 | Texas Tech | .2012 | NR | 21 | 407 | .1416 | 22 | 180 | .1220 | 18 | 22 | 15 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 20 | .340 |
| 21 | Arizona State | .1633 | NR | 20 | 542 | .1885 | 20 | 253 | .1715 | 23 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 24 | .130 |
| 22 | Georgia | .1594 | NR | 22 | 337 | .1172 | 21 | 208 | .1410 | 22 | 19 | 0 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 23 | .220 |
| 23 | Auburn | .1310 | 20 | NR | 60 | .0209 | NR | 3 | .0020 | 15 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 13 | .370 |
| 24 | Texas | .1187 | 24 | 25 | 152 | .0529 | NR | 49 | .0332 | 20 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 22 | .270 |
| 25 | West Virginia | .0733 | 15 | 23 | 330 | .1148 | 24 | 155 | .1051 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
The Golden Gophers have a difficult remaining schedule With No. 15 Wisconsin and No. 11 Michigan State still to come in the coming weeks. No. 18 Michigan and No. 14 Nebraska already have win over the Gophers as well.