Mark the calendar for late November: Minnesota and Northwestern are set to meet on November 21, 2026, with kickoff time still to be determined, per the Gophers' official 2026 football schedule.
That date slots the Wildcats into the back stretch of Minnesota's schedule, the kind of late-November game that often carries extra weight once conference standings start to shake out. Whether this one is a home date at Huntington Bank Stadium or a trip out to Evanston hasn't been published yet, so that piece of the puzzle will have to wait.
There's no kickoff time, no broadcast info, and no home/away designation attached to this one yet — just a date on the grid. For Gophers fans who like to plan their fall Saturdays around Big Ten football, this is one to keep an eye on as the athletic department fills in the rest of the picture over the coming months.
