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Nebraska

91st of 1304–8

Rank

91st

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

−6.7

90% range −17.1 to 3.6

Offense

29.1

71st: points scored vs an average team

Defense

35.8

106th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

4–8

Playoff

—

no field saved for this season

Schedule

Ranks are retrospective TEMPO estimates, not poll rankings or ranks saved before kickoff.

Week and dateOpponentResult or win chancePlayoff stakes or rating change
Wk 1Sep 2 · 8:00 PM ET vs Arkansas State W 43–36
Rating change−0.5
Wk 2Sep 9 · 4:30 PM ET at Oregon L 35–42
Rating change−1.0
Wk 3Sep 16 · 12:00 PM ET vs Northern Illinois L 17–21
Rating change−1.4
Wk 4Sep 23 · 3:30 PM ET vs Rutgers W 27–17
Rating change−0.5
Wk 5Sep 29 · 8:00 PM ET at Illinois W 28–6
Rating change+2.3
Wk 6Oct 7 · 8:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#13 Wisconsin L 17–38
Rating change−0.6
Wk 7Oct 14 · 7:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#2 Ohio State L 14–56
Rating change−3.1
Wk 9Oct 28 · 7:30 PM ET at Purdue W 25–24
Rating change+1.0
Wk 10Nov 4 · 3:30 PM ET vs Northwestern L 24–31
Rating change−0.8
Wk 11Nov 11 · 12:00 PM ET at Minnesota L 21–54
Rating change−2.7
Wk 12Nov 18 · 4:00 PM ET atRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#7 Penn State L 44–56
Rating change+0.8
Wk 13Nov 24 · 4:00 PM ET vs Iowa L 14–56
Rating change−2.3

Rating through 2017

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2016Big Ten52 of 1283.729.325.79–4—
2015Big Ten33 of 1287.936.228.36–7—

Profile

NEB offenseFBS average
MeasureValue

Points per drive · points per possession.

Profiles and percentiles

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TEMPO v12Updated Oct 20, 2026Data from CollegeFootballData.com