Nebraska
5–3 · 2–3 Big Ten · Matt Rhule, 4th season
Lost to Washington 17–10, Oct 31 · Next: at Illinois, Fri, Nov 6 · analysis
Best by position: quarterbacks · running backs · wide receivers · tight ends · defenders · kickers · punters
Against the closing line
Nebraska has beaten the line in 3 of its last 4, by 1.3 points a game. Over the season it’s 5.0 a game over, 21st of 136.
Of the 12 teams at 5–3 against a schedule this hard, Nebraska’s +5.0 is 4th.
last 4
+1.3
before
+8.8
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Oct 3, 2026 vs Maryland +10.0
Oct 10, 2026 vs Indiana +6.0
Oct 17, 2026 @ Oregon +3.5
Oct 31, 2026 vs Washington −14.5
Lately
- Covered 6 of its last 10count
Nov 28, 2025 vs Iowa −18.5
Dec 31, 2025 vs Utah −8.5
Sep 5 vs Ohio +4.5
Sep 12 vs Bowling Green +18.5- N Sep 19 vs North Dakota 0
Sep 26 @ Michigan State +12- Oct 3 vs Maryland +10
- Oct 10 vs Indiana +6
- Oct 17 @ Oregon +3.5
- Oct 31 vs Washington −14.5
- Won 6 of its last 10 at homecount
- Oct 4, 2025 vs Michigan State +11
Oct 25, 2025 vs Northwestern +7
Nov 1, 2025 vs USC −4- Nov 28, 2025 vs Iowa −24
- Sep 5 vs Ohio +28
- Sep 12 vs Bowling Green +49
- N Sep 19 vs North Dakota +27
- Oct 3 vs Maryland +25
- Oct 10 vs Indiana −3
- Oct 31 vs Washington −7
- Beat 6 of its last 10 unranked opponentscount
Nov 8, 2025 @ UCLA +7
Nov 22, 2025 @ Penn State −27- Nov 28, 2025 vs Iowa −24
- Sep 5 vs Ohio +28
- Sep 12 vs Bowling Green +49
- N Sep 19 vs North Dakota +27
- Sep 26 @ Michigan State +18
- Oct 3 vs Maryland +25
- Oct 17 @ Oregon −3
- Oct 31 vs Washington −7
Against expected,
| a game | offense | defense |
|---|---|---|
| Points | +6.3 · 25th | −7.9 · 23rd |
| Total yards | +46 · 33rd | −76 · 12th |
| Touchdowns | +1.1 · 22nd | −1.5 · 7th |
| Passing efficiency | −3.0 · 68th | −22.7 · 12th |
| 3rd downs | +13.0% · 5th | −15.6% · 1st |
| Turnovers | −0.2 · 39th | +0.2 · 36th |
| Sacks | +0.1 · 74th | +0.5 · 38th |
| Penalty yards | +12.9 · 114th |
Over (+) or under (−) what its opponents usually allow, a game, and where that stands among 136 teams, the best first. Lit is the top ten or the bottom ten. Penalty yards read against the league’s mean, since nobody allows them.
Seasons
- 2026 5–3
- 2025 7–6
- 2024 7–6
- 2023 5–7
- 2022 4–8
- 2021 3–9
- 2020 3–5
- 2019 5–7
- 2018 4–8
- 2017 4–8
- 2016 9–4
- 2015 6–7
- 2014 9–4
- 2013 9–4
- 2012 10–4
- 2011 9–4
- 2010 10–4
- 2009 10–4
- 2008 9–4
- 2007 5–7
- 2006 9–5
- 2005 8–4
- 2004 5–6
- 2003 10–3
- 2002 7–7
- 2001 11–2
- 2000 10–2
- 1999 12–1
- 1998 9–4
- 1997 13–0
- 1996 11–2
- 1995 12–0
- 1994 13–0
- 1993 11–1
- 1992 9–3
- 1991 9–2–1
- 1990 9–3
- 1989 10–2
- 1988 11–2
- 1987 10–2
- 1986 10–2
- 1985 9–3
- 1984 10–2
- 1983 12–1
- 1982 12–1
- 1981 9–3
- 1980 10–2
- 1979 10–2
- 1978 9–3
- 1977 9–3
- 1976 9–3–1
- 1975 10–2
- 1974 9–3
- 1973 9–2–1
- 1972 9–2–1
- 1971 13–0
- 1970 11–0–1
- 1969 9–2
- 1968 6–4
- 1967 6–4
- 1966 9–2
- 1965 10–1
- 1964 9–2
- 1963 10–1
- 1962 9–2
- 1961 3–6–1
- 1960 4–6
- 1959 4–6
- 1958 3–7
- 1957 1–9
- 1956 4–6
- 1955 5–5
- 1954 6–5
- 1953 3–6–1
- 1952 5–4–1
- 1951 1–8–1
- 1950 6–2–1
- 1949 4–5
- 1948 2–8
- 1947 2–7
- 1946 3–6
- 1945 4–5
- 1944 2–6
- 1943 2–6
- 1942 3–7
- 1941 4–5
- 1940 8–2
- 1939 7–1–1
- 1938 3–5–1
- 1937 6–1–2
- 1936 7–2
- 1935 6–2–1
- 1934 6–3
- 1933 8–1
- 1932 7–1–1
- 1931 8–2
- 1930 4–3–2
- 1929 4–1–3
- 1928 7–1–1
- 1927 6–2
- 1926 6–2
- 1925 4–2–2
- 1924 5–3
- 1923 4–2–2
- 1922 7–1
- 1921 7–1
- 1920 5–3–1
- 1919 3–3–2
- 1918 2–3–1
- 1917 5–2
- 1916 6–2
- 1915 8–0
- 1914 7–0–1
- 1913 8–0
- 1912 7–1
- 1911 5–1–2
- 1910 7–1
- 1909 3–3–2
- 1908 7–2–1
- 1907 8–2
- 1906 6–4
- 1905 9–2
- 1904 9–3
- 1903 11–0
- 1902 10–0
- 1901 7–2
- 1900 7–1–2
Method
- Against the line is each game’s points of margin less what the closing line expected, from College Football Streak King’s lines. A game nobody lined sits out, and a push hasn’t beaten it. Lately is the last 4 games with one.
- A schedule this hard means the mean rating of the opponents it’s played is within 5.2 points of the team’s, two thirds of a standard deviation of the league’s schedules, and a rating is what the season’s games say about a team’s margin against an average team. The teams beside it have its record.
- Against expected is each game against what the opponent usually gave up in its other games, with half the home edge, averaged. A game against a team with no other game here sits out.
- Passing efficiency is the NCAA’s passer rating. Turnovers on offense are the ones it lost, and on defense the ones it forced. Sacks on offense are the ones its quarterbacks took, and they start in 2024.