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Big TenCornhuskers

Nebraska

43rd of 1305–7

Rank

43rd

of 130 FBS teams

Rating

+5.5

90% range −4.7 to 15.7

Offense

32.2

34th: points scored vs an average team

Defense

26.7

54th: points allowed vs an average team

Record

5–7

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 1Aug 31 · 12:00 PM ET vs South Alabama W 35–21
Rating change−2.8
Wk 2Sep 7 · 3:30 PM ET at Colorado L 31–34
Rating change0.0
Wk 3Sep 14 · 8:00 PM ET vs Northern Illinois W 44–8
Rating change+2.2
Wk 4Sep 21 · 8:00 PM ET at Illinois W 42–38
Rating change+0.2
Wk 5Sep 28 · 7:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#2 Ohio State L 7–48
Rating change−2.0
Wk 6Oct 5 · 4:00 PM ET vs Northwestern W 13–10
Rating change−0.9
Wk 7Oct 12 · 7:30 PM ET at Minnesota L 7–34
Rating change−2.7
Wk 9Oct 26 · 3:30 PM ET vs Indiana L 31–38
Rating change+1.6
Wk 10Nov 2 · 12:00 PM ET at Purdue L 27–31
Rating change−1.1
Wk 12Nov 16 · 12:00 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#10 Wisconsin L 21–37
Rating change+0.9
Wk 13Nov 23 · 3:30 PM ET at Maryland W 54–7
Rating change+3.9
Wk 14Nov 29 · 2:30 PM ET vsRetrospective TEMPO rank estimate#19 Iowa L 24–27
Rating change+0.1

Rating through 2019

90% range

Estimated after the fact at each cutoff.

Past seasons

SeasonConferenceRank#RatingOff.Def.RecordW–LCFP entryCFP
2018Big Ten42 of 1306.234.428.24–8—
2017Big Ten91 of 130−6.729.135.84–8—
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