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🎯 Game Intel
2026 • Week 6
MINN
Minnesota
Big Ten • Golden Gophers
AWAY
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PUR
Purdue
Big Ten • Boilermakers
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🎯Win Probability Forecast
MINN
73%
win probability
PROJECTED SCORE
MINN 33 – PUR 23
Total: 56 pts
High Data Confidence
Line: PUR -2.5 • total 50.5
Bovada • context only, not a pick
PUR (HOME)
27%
win probability
Model cfb-sp-v1: SP+ edge, home field, rest and travel. Officials are not published in the college feed, so there is no crew adjustment.
🧠What drives the forecast
✓Minnesota holds the ratings edge over Purdue, about 12.9 points on SP+.
✓Home field for Purdue is worth about 2.5 points.
Penalty risk
🚩Big Ten crews call 17% fewer penalties than the FBS average (10.55 per game); the home-visitor split is even. Most common: False Start.
🚩MINN draws False Start 1.6 times a game over 5 games. Big Ten crews call it 12% less often than FBS crews, so about 1.4 expected.
🚩PUR draws False Start 1.4 times a game over 5 games. Big Ten crews call it 12% less often than FBS crews, so about 1.2 expected.
🚩PUR draws Defensive Pass Interference 1.2 times a game over 5 games.
⚔️Team Profiles
StatMinnesotaPurdue
SP+ overall rank5294
SP+ offense rank6257
SP+ defense rank34120
Pass rate55%55%
Plays per game63.368.8
Explosive play rate5.1%5.6%
Explosives allowed5.3%7.9%
Sack rate (defense)9.2%7.0%
Offense success rate45.2%46.3%
Offense PPA / play0.060.25
Defense PPA allowed-0.010.30
Havoc rate (defense)24.7%13.6%
Minnesota derived scheme
early down aggressivelimits explosivespass heavypressure defense
Purdue derived scheme
early down aggressivepass heavy
SP+ and advanced stats from CFBD for the current season; scheme tags derived from the play-by-play. Lower rank is better.
🏃Officiating Crew
BIG-TEN Big Ten officials
Big Ten crews call 17% fewer penalties than the FBS average (10.55 per game); the home-visitor split is even. Most common: False Start.
Flags / game
10.55
FBS average
12.74
vs FBS
-17%
Yards / game
91.8
On home team
49%
Home lean
+1.1 pts
Most called
False Start2.29 / game
Offensive Holding1.49 / game
Defensive Pass Interference1.26 / game
Defensive Offside0.68 / game
Defensive Holding0.53 / game
Delay of Game0.53 / game
160 games on file for this conference's crews over the last two seasons. Officials are not published for college games. College crews are assigned by conference, so this is the profile of the conference that staffs this game.
📋Coaching Staffs
Minnesota
Head coachP.J. Fleck
Purdue
Head coachBarry Odom
Coordinators appear when the staff file lists them.
🏟️Situational Context
Kickoff
Sat Oct 10, 8:00 PM ET
Venue
Ross-Ade Stadium
Location
West Lafayette, IN
Roof
outdoor
Conference game
Yes
Neutral site
No
Game type
regular
Officials
Not published