The Minnesota Golden Gophers are 5-0 for the first time since 2004 and people have begun to take notice. Fresh off their 40-17 Homecoming victory over Illinois, the Gophers have checked in at No. 25 in the Coaches Poll.
The Gophers last appeared in the Coaches Poll in 2014, when they were 8-3 and ranked No. 22 ahead of a matchup with Wisconsin that would decide the winner of the Big Ten West. Their absence from the AP Top 25 extends back much further, to when Minnesota was 7-1 in 2008 under then head coach Tim Brewster and ranked No.