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Nebraska

2026 Season Performance

#19
Rank
5-1
Record
65.9
Points
0.683
SOS

Current Form

L1 streak
COLD
Last 3 2-1
Last 5 4-1

Key Games

Best W vs #85 Ohio 49-21
Worst L vs #21 Indiana 17-20

Record Splits

Home 4-1
Away 1-0
Conference 2-1
Non-Conf 3-0
Close (7 pts or less) 0-1
FCS Opponents 1

Remaining Schedule

Opponent ranks are today’s and will move
6
games left
#61.5
avg opponent rank
#10
toughest left
73.42
pts if they win out
Week
Opponent
Win worth
7
10-17
@
#34 Oregon
3-2
+15.57
9
10-31
vs
#102 Washington
3-3
+7.48
10
11-07
@
#75 Illinois
3-3
+12.94
11
11-14
@
#126 Rutgers
1-4
+9.68
12
11-21
vs
#10 Ohio State
5-1
+11.41
13
11-27
@
#22 Iowa
5-1
+16.34

“Win worth” is base points scaled by location and the opponent’s current strength. It excludes margin and quality-win bonuses, which depend on a result that hasn’t happened.

Rank Progression

#5
#18
#31
#44
#57
Pre
#47
W3
#27
W6
#19
W9
#17
W12
#17
W15
#17

Season Breakdown

Hover Wk 15 pts for details
Week
Game
Score
Wk 6
Wk 15
Diff
1
09/05
W
NR vs #85 Ohio
49-21
+14.2
+15.0
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
+0.9 9.9
Margin Scaling
+4.0 13.9
Against the Spread (-23.75, +4.25)
+1.1 15.0
Total 15.0 pts
+0.8
2
09/12
W
#32 vs #134 Bowling Green
56-7
+11.9
+13.2
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
-2.8 6.2
Margin Scaling
+4.0 10.2
Against the Spread (-30.5, +18.5)
+3.0 13.2
Total 13.2 pts
+1.3
3
09/19
W
#27 vs #48 North Dakota
34-7
+0.0
+0.0
Point Breakdown
FCS Opponent - 0 pts
+0.0
4
09/26
W
#27 @ #33 Michigan State
31-13
+24.5
+26.1
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
+3.5 13.5
Win Opp Modifier
+2.0 15.5
Margin Scaling
+4.2 19.6
Recency Weighting
+3.5 23.1
Against the Spread (-6, +12)
+3.0 26.1
Total 26.1 pts
+1.7
5
10/03
W
#15 vs #70 Maryland
48-23
+18.3
+19.5
Point Breakdown
Base Points
+10.0 10.0
Location Modifiers
-1.0 9.0
Win Opp Modifier
+0.6 9.6
Margin Scaling
+4.9 14.4
Recency Weighting
+2.6 17.0
Against the Spread (-15, +10)
+2.5 19.5
Total 19.5 pts
+1.3
6
10/10
L
#10 vs #21 Indiana
17-20
-3.0
-3.5
Point Breakdown
Base Points
-8.0 -8.0
Location Modifiers
-2.4 -10.4
Loss Opp Modifier
+5.2 -5.2
Loss Record Modifier
+1.7 -3.5
Margin Scaling
-0.7 -4.2
Recency Weighting
-0.8 -5.0
Against the Spread (+9, +6)
+1.5 -3.5
Total -3.5 pts
-0.5
Total
5-1 Record
65.9
70.3
+4.5

All-Time Summary (2016-2026)

11
Seasons
55-67
Record
45%
Win Rate
#55
Avg Rank
#5
Best Rank
0.848
Avg SOS

Final Rank by Season

#1
#34
#67
#100
#134
2016
#18
2017
#67
2018
#67
2019
#67
2020
#47
2021
#94
2022
#75
2023
#50
2024
#54
2025
#45
2026
#17

Season-by-Season Breakdown

Year Conference Record Final Rank Best Rank Points SOS Champion
2026 Big Ten 5-1 (83%) #17 #10 70.2 0.693 -
2025 Big Ten 7-5 (58%) #45 #13 66.2 0.804 -
2024 Big Ten 6-6 (50%) #54 #5 52.7 0.871 -
2023 Big Ten 5-7 (42%) #50 #38 53.2 0.835 -
2022 Big Ten 4-8 (33%) #75 #66 15.4 0.862 -
2021 Big Ten 3-9 (25%) #94 #36 -20.3 0.909 -
2020 Big Ten 3-5 (38%) #47 #43 32.5 1.001 -
2019 Big Ten 5-7 (42%) #67 #22 27.5 0.821 -
2018 Big Ten 4-8 (33%) #67 #59 28.4 0.880 -
2017 Big Ten 4-8 (33%) #67 #39 25.7 0.854 -
2016 Big Ten 9-3 (75%) #18 #7 139.9 0.803 -