The MRI
2026 · Week 2

Nebraska

Big Ten · 2–0 · MRI Classic #8

Power+10.3#38 of 138
Résumé+0.24#44 · wins above average
Movement+1up from #39 last week
Best winOhio (49–21)
Schedule faced-13.6 avg opponent
Schedule ahead+9.1 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.

WkOpponentResult ExpectedPerf
1 vs Ohio W 49–21 +20.7 +7.3
2 vs Bowling Green W 56–7 +35.6 +13.4

Remaining schedule

WkOpponent ProjectedWin prob
3 vs North Dakota FCS +49.2 100%
4 at Michigan State +4.3 60%
5 vs Maryland +7.1 67%
6 vs Indiana -20.0 11%
7 at Oregon -14.0 20%
9 vs Washington +2.3 56%
10 at Illinois -1.9 45%
11 at Rutgers +15.0 82%

Season by season

Best finish: #10 in 2009. 23 rated seasons. Two ratings appear here and their numbers are not comparable; the rank is. Season links open that year's game log.

25ClassicMRI 2.0 1 100 2003: #13 of 117 (10-3)2004: #74 of 117 (5-6)2005: #43 of 119 (8-4)2006: #28 of 119 (9-5)2007: #80 of 120 (5-7)2008: #26 of 120 (9-4)2009: #10 of 120 (10-4)2010: #12 of 120 (10-4)2011: #32 of 120 (9-4)2012: #34 of 124 (10-4)2013: #56 of 126 (9-4)2014: #26 of 128 (9-4)2015: #50 of 128 (6-7)2016: #38 of 128 (9-4)2017: #97 of 130 (4-8)2018: #76 of 130 (4-8)2019: #49 of 130 (5-7)2020: #58 of 128 (3-5)2021: #38 of 130 (3-9)2022: #72 of 131 (4-8)2023: #62 of 133 (5-7)2024: #39 of 134 (7-6)2025: #54 of 136 (7-6) 2003 2025

Finishing rank, best at the top, on an axis running to 100 — 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.

SeasonRankRec Rating 
2025 54 of 136 7–6 4.54 Power
2024 39 of 134 7–6 7.59 Power
2023 62 of 133 5–7 1.10 Power
2022 72 of 131 4–8 0.06 Power
2021 38 of 130 3–9 9.21 Power
2020 58 of 128 3–5 2.19 Power
2019 49 of 130 5–7 28.53 MRI
2018 76 of 130 4–8 18.85 MRI
2017 97 of 130 4–8 -0.42 MRI
2016 38 of 128 9–4 45.08 MRI
2015 50 of 128 6–7 38.71 MRI
2014 26 of 128 9–4 55.55 MRI
2013 56 of 126 9–4 32.14 MRI
2012 34 of 124 10–4 50.26 MRI
2011 32 of 120 9–4 48.12 MRI
2010 12 of 120 10–4 79.82 MRI
2009 10 of 120 10–4 73.72 MRI
2008 26 of 120 9–4 51.37 MRI
2007 80 of 120 5–7 10.42 MRI
2006 28 of 119 9–5 56.42 MRI
2005 43 of 119 8–4 40.16 MRI
2004 74 of 117 5–6 15.97 MRI
2003 13 of 117 10–3 81.91 MRI