Nebraska Cornhuskers FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

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Nebraska

Cornhuskers

Outstanding

B+ Overall Grade 88

Brutal Schedule

Punchless

Dark Horse

Next Up:
vs Ohio U., Sat Sep 5

Preseason Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

Nebraska Cornhuskers has been rated by Versus for 19 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2025-26.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	5-7	41.7%	—
2008-09	9-4	69.2%	—
2009-10	10-4	71.4%	—
2010-11	10-4	71.4%	#18
2011-12	9-4	69.2%	#24
2012-13	10-4	71.4%	#15
2013-14	9-4	69.2%	#27
2014-15	9-4	69.2%	#29
2015-16	6-7	46.2%	#48
2016-17	9-4	69.2%	#29
2017-18	4-8	33.3%	#65
2018-19	4-8	33.3%	#73
2019-20	4-7	36.4%	#77
2020-21	3-5	37.5%	#63
2021-22	3-9	25.0%	#79
2022-23	4-8	33.3%	#83
2023-24	5-7	41.7%	#71
2024-25	7-6	53.8%	#39
2025-26	7-6	53.8%	#48

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
1	Indiana	16	0
2	Oregon	13	2
3	Ohio State	12	2	1
15	Iowa	9	4
16	Illinois	9	4
17	Southern Cal	9	4
20	Michigan	9	4
26	Washington	9	4
36	Penn State	7	6
41	Minnesota	8	5
49	Northwestern	7	6
51	Wisconsin	4	8
52	Nebraska	7	6
69	Rutgers	5	7
89	UCLA	3	9
90	Michigan St	4	8
117	Purdue	2	10
120	Maryland	4	8

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Thu Aug 28	Cincinnati (7-6) Big 12	W20-17
Sat Sep 6	vs Akron (5-7) Mid-American	W68-0
Sat Sep 13	vs Houston Christian (2-10) (FCS) Southland · FCS	W59-7
Sat Sep 20	vs #20 Michigan (9-4) (#20 nationally) Big Ten	L27-30
Sat Oct 4	vs Michigan St (4-8) Big Ten	W38-27
Sat Oct 11	at Maryland (4-8) Big Ten	W34-31
Fri Oct 17	at Minnesota (8-5) Big Ten	L6-24
Sat Oct 25	vs Northwestern (7-6) Big Ten	W28-21
Sat Nov 1	vs #17 Southern Cal (9-4) (#17 nationally) Big Ten	L17-21
Sat Nov 8	at UCLA (3-9) Big Ten	W28-21
Sat Nov 22	at Penn State (7-6) Big Ten	L10-37
Fri Nov 28	vs #15 Iowa (9-4) (#15 nationally) Big Ten	L16-40
Wed Dec 31	#12 Utah (11-2) (#12 nationally) Big 12	L22-44

Week	Date	Rank	W	L	Change
0	Aug 3	37	0	0
1	Sep 2	35	1	0	2
2	Sep 7	30	2	0	5
3	Sep 14	38	3	0	8
4	Sep 21	54	3	1	16
5	Sep 28	50	3	1	4
6	Oct 5	30	4	1	20
7	Oct 12	28	5	1	2
8	Oct 19	46	5	2	18
9	Oct 26	37	6	2	9
10	Nov 2	44	6	3	7
11	Nov 9	36	7	3	8
12	Nov 16	37	7	3	1
13	Nov 23	49	7	4	12
14	Nov 30	57	7	5	8
15	Dec 7	55	7	5	2
16	Dec 14	55	7	5
17	Dec 21	55	7	5
18	Dec 28	51	7	5	4
19	Jan 4	54	7	6	3
20	Jan 10	52	7	6	2
21	Jan 20	52	7	6

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