Alabama and who else? Future Gophers football nonconference opponents

The Gophers added a home-and-home series with Alabama to a future nonconference slate featuring teams such as North Carolina and Mississippi State.

October 11, 2022 at 4:28PM
Alabama linebacker Will Anderson Jr., left, celebrated a touchdown on Sept. 17, 2022 in Tuscaloosa. (Vasha Hunt, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

While the Gophers' future Big Ten schedules have yet to be determined, the program has lined up nonconference opponents as far out as 2033. Here's a look at those schedules, with the caveat that conference realignment could alter things:

2023

Sept. 9: vs. Eastern Michigan

Sept. 16: at North Carolina

Sept. 30: vs. Louisiana-Lafayette

2024

Aug. 29: vs. North Carolina

Sept. 7: vs. Rhode Island

Sept. 14: vs. Nevada

2025

Aug. 28: vs. Buffalo

Sept. 6: vs. Bowling Green

Sept. 13: at California

2026

Sept. 3: vs. Eastern Illinois

Sept. 12: vs. Mississippi State

Sept. 19: vs. Akron

2027

Sept. 2: vs. San Jose State

Sept. 11: at Mississippi State

2028

Aug. 31: vs. North Dakota

Sept. 16: vs. California

2030

Aug. 29: vs. North Dakota

2032

Sept. 18 vs. Alabama

2033

Sept. 17 at Alabama

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Randy Johnson

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Randy Johnson covers University of Minnesota football and college football for the Minnesota Star Tribune, along with Gophers hockey and the Wild.

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