Big Ten · 2026

Nebraska

5–2
CFPi+ rank#19of 138 FBS teams
+13.8CFPi+ rating
#6Best: EPi+ efficiency
#56Weakest: Head coach
5Games left
CFPi+ index

Where the team ranks

CFPi+#19+13.8
Offense#20+33.7
Defense#26+19.9
EPi+ efficiency index

How efficiently it plays

EPi+#6+21.9
Off EPi+#18+9.4
Def EPi+#13-12.6
Advanced stats

Offense and defense

StatOffenseDefense
Success rate#5844.3%#733.9%
Explosiveness#6+1.415#86+1.267
Havoc rate#5413.9%#1519.6%
Pass PPA#59+0.251#2-0.111
Rush PPA#8+0.254#35-0.026

Raw season splits, not opponent-adjusted. Defense #1 is the stingiest in the country.

TPi+ talent index

The roster and the staff

TPi+#22+10.6
Recruiting#23+11.3
Returning#83-3.3
247 talent#22787.5
Head coach#56+2.4
National composite

What other systems say

Composite#18+15.0
SP+#15+15.4
SP+ off#34+32.2
SP+ def#16+16.7
ESPN FPI#13+16.7
Traditional stats

The box-score view

Yards/G#37430.1
Yards/G allowed#9271.3
Pass yards/G#62235.7
Rush yards/G#29194.4
3rd down#1550.5%
3rd down allowed#119.3%
Sacks/G#182.7
Takeaways/G#371.4

Ranks are national out of 138 FBS teams and #1 is best. The bar shows where a rank sits in the field; the rating is the source beneath it.

2026 schedule

Every game, with the model's read

WkOpponentResultProjectedWin probMarketEdge
1vsOhioW 49–21Final
2vsBowling GreenW 56–7Final
3vsNorth DakotaW 34–7Final
4@Michigan StateW 31–13Final
5vsMarylandW 48–23Final
6vs#8IndianaL 17–20Final
7@#11OregonL 14–17Final
9vsWashington—
10@Illinois—
11@Rutgers—
12vs#3Ohio State—
13@Iowa—

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CFPi-X V4.0 Selected · data vintage 10/26/2026