With Minnesota winning last week and being toward the top of the conference for the first time in a long time, I thought I'd look up a little Golden Gopher history. They used to be a major power and I wanted to see if the drop off was quick or slow. Here are the national/Big Ten championships.

National champs: 1904, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1940, 1941, 1960
Big Ten champs: 1900, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1960, 1967

They seemed to be at their peaks in the 30s and 40s, had a resurgence in the 60s and faded away since then to middle of the pack. Even given multiple championships awarded, it is interesting seeing them win 5 national championships over an 8 year span.