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The Minnesota Golden Gophers are a Division I soccer program in the Big Ten, competing out of Minnesota. Minnesota soccer has competed across the Big Ten championship contention through multiple eras at the Division I level. Minnesota has played 14 games this season, finishing 5-7. The Golden Gophers attack leans on Ava Westlund up front, Sarah Martin between the posts. Home games for the Golden Gophers are played at Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium in , . Minnesota's most recent contest finished as a 1-4 loss to Illinois Fighting Illini on October 30, 2026. Goldy Gopher anchors Minnesota soccer's identity, with "Minnesota Rouser" as the program's signature anthem. When fans fuel a Golden Gopher athlete on RallyFuel, 90% lands directly with the athlete — funding training, recovery, and the realities of college sports.
The University of Minnesota competes in NCAA Division I from Minneapolis, Minnesota, as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The Golden Gophers field 23 varsity teams, with women's hockey playing in the WCHA.
The school lists 29 national championships across eight sports:
Herb Brooks coached the 1980 U.S. hockey team to gold with nine former Gophers on the roster. Gable Steveson won the 125-kilogram freestyle wrestling gold at Tokyo, where swimmer Bowe Becker took gold in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay. Discus thrower Fortune Gordien won bronze at London in 1948 and silver at Melbourne in 1956.
The Big Ten counted 16 Gophers at Milan Cortina 2026. Brock Faber and Jackson LaCombe won gold with the U.S. men, and Lee Stecklein, Kelly Pannek, Grace Zumwinkle, Taylor Heise and Abbey Murphy won gold with the U.S. women. Erik Haula played for Finland, Nelli Laitinen for Finland, Natálie Mlýnková and Tereza Plosová for Czechia, and Josefin Bouveng for Sweden. Sisters Tabitha Peterson Lovick and Tara Peterson placed fourth in women's curling.
Football plays at Huntington Bank Stadium and basketball at Williams Arena, known as The Barn. Men's hockey uses 3M Arena at Mariucci and women's hockey uses Ridder Arena. Maturi Pavilion hosts volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling. Other venues include Siebert Field for baseball and Elizabeth Lyle Robbie Stadium for soccer.
Football plays for Floyd of Rosedale against Iowa, a bronze pig contested since 1935, and for Paul Bunyan's Axe against Wisconsin, passed back and forth since 1948. The Governor's Victory Bell with Penn State dates to the Nittany Lions' arrival in the Big Ten in 1993.
