Huskers to Finish 11th in the Big 10

Husker Football
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John Papenhagen

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We shall see.

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Here’s the season:

Sep 5: Ohio

Sep 12: Bowling Green

Sep19: North Dakota

Sep 26: @ Michigan State

Oct 3: Maryland (Homecoming)

Oct 10: Indiana

Oct 17: @ Oregon

Oct 31: Washington

Nov 6: @ Illinois

Nov 14: @ Rutgers

Nov 21: Ohio State

Nov 27: @ Iowa

To me it looks like 5 wins (Ohio, Bowling Green, North Dakota, Rutgers, Maryland), 3 toss-ups (MSU, Washington and Iowa) and 4 more likely to be losses (Indiana, Oregon, Illinois and Ohio State).

But who knows just how good Indiana and Illinois will be this year. I’m tempted to put MSU in the win category because they really stunk last year and I’m not convinced Fitz will turn them around, much less in year one. (If Fitz hadn’t gotten fired for the hazing thing, I think he might have been on the hot seat as the coach.)

Can Rhule and company finally win a game they’re a significant underdog in? They’ll have several opportunities to do that in 2026.

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September 19th is North Dakota, not North Dakota State. Thank goodness. We’d probably lose to NDSU.

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Correction noted. Not a good excuse but I was having trouble finding a complete 2026 Husker football schedule online today.

Mike Nolan

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Call it a hunch bet, but I think Nebraska will find a way to lose (or come from behind by more than a TD) one of the games it is expected to win, to win at least 2 of the toss-up games, and one of the games that I put in the likely loss column.

Can they have an 8-4 season? I’d like to think so, because if not then Rhule is going to start feeling some pressure from higher-ups and big-time donors.

Can they do better than 8-4? If everything gels as it hasn’t gelled in what feels like several decades, then yes.

But I’m an optimist, most of the time. And a lousy sports bettor.