Nebraska

Big Ten · 28–7

Power+21.0#18 of 365

Résumé+18.04#16 · wins above average

Trendrating by week

Best winIllinois (83–80)
Worst lossUCLA (52–72)
Schedule faced+10.2 avg opponent

Results

Expected is the margin the model's ratings imply for that matchup and site. Perf is how far the actual margin beat it — the number that moves a rating, rather than the win or loss alone.

Wk		Opponent	Result	Expected	Perf
1	vs	West Georgia	W 86–53	+35.5	-2.5
1	vs	Florida International	W 96–66	+26.4	+3.6
2	vs	Maryland Eastern Shore	W 69–50	+39.2	-20.2
2	N	Oklahoma	W 105–99	+7.1	-1.1
3	N	New Mexico	W 84–72	+5.9	+6.1
3	N	Kansas State	W 86–85	+16.0	-15.0
4	vs	Winthrop	W 80–73	+20.7	-13.7
4	vs	South Carolina Upstate	W 72–63	+33.2	-24.2
5	vs	Creighton	W 71–50	+14.3	+6.7
6	vs	Wisconsin	W 90–60	+4.2	+25.8
6	at	Illinois	W 83–80	-8.4	+11.4
8	vs	North Dakota	W 78–55	+30.9	-7.9
9	vs	New Hampshire	W 86–55	+38.3	-7.3
9	vs	Michigan State	W 58–56	-0.7	+2.7
10	at	Ohio State	W 72–69	+0.7	+2.3
10	at	Indiana	W 83–77	+4.0	+2.0
11	vs	Oregon	W 90–55	+16.5	+18.5
11	at	Northwestern	W 77–58	+7.9	+11.1
12	vs	Washington	W 76–66	+12.9	-2.9
12	at	Minnesota	W 76–57	+11.2	+7.8
13	at	Michigan	L 72–75	-14.4	+11.4
13	vs	Illinois	L 69–78	-2.9	-6.1
14	at	Rutgers	W 80–68	+15.5	-3.5
15	vs	Purdue	L 77–80	-1.9	-1.1
15	vs	Northwestern	W 68–49	+13.3	+5.7
16	at	Iowa	L 52–57	+0.5	-5.5
16	vs	Penn State	W 87–64	+21.2	+1.8
17	vs	Maryland	W 74–61	+18.4	-5.4
17	at	USC	W 82–67	+9.5	+5.5
18	at	UCLA	L 52–72	+1.2	-21.2
18	vs	Iowa	W 84–75	+5.9	+3.1
19	N	Purdue	L 58–74	-4.6	-11.4
20	N	Troy	W 76–47	+17.4	+11.6
20	N	Vanderbilt	W 74–72	-0.6	+2.6
21	N	Iowa	L 71–77	+3.2	-9.2

Remaining schedule

Wk		Opponent	Projected	Win prob
Season complete.

Season by season

Best finish: #18 in 2025–26. 22 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 400 — this team's own range, not the size of the field. Each row below says what its rank was out of. Hover a point for the season.

Season	Rank	Rec	Rating
2025–26	18 of 365	28–7	20.97	Power
2024–25	52 of 364	20–15	12.12	Power
2023–24	47 of 362	23–11	12.06	Power
2022–23	121 of 363	16–16	3.61	Power
2021–22	183 of 358	10–22	-0.48	Power
2020–21	182 of 347	7–20	-1.17	Power
2019–20	307 of 353	7–25	-34.90	MRI
2018–19	90 of 353	18–17	67.87	MRI
2017–18	90 of 351	22–11	79.39	MRI
2016–17	197 of 351	12–19	29.91	MRI
2015–16	127 of 351	16–18	58.88	MRI
2014–15	199 of 351	13–18	24.87	MRI
2013–14	100 of 351	19–13	68.96	MRI
2012–13	207 of 347	15–18	13.93	MRI
2011–12	204 of 345	12–18	19.17	MRI
2010–11	65 of 346	19–13	89.46	MRI
2009–10	130 of 335	15–18	52.86	MRI
2008–09	88 of 330	18–13	75.37	MRI
2007–08	59 of 328	20–13	96.94	MRI
2006–07	99 of 326	17–14	66.95	MRI
2005–06	110 of 326	19–14	58.02	MRI
2004–05	82 of 326	14–14	72.18	MRI