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2026 Week 7 Nebraska Cornhuskers Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
BuckeyeForLife95	9	5.51
cvsprinter1	9	1-loss to Undefeated
olmsted	9
Maladroit44	10	The True NU, a title defended by last year's edition of a storied rivalry that I refuse to accept nobody else cares about, was perhaps even more competitive than the False NU in their loss to defending national champs Indiana. The Huskers led 17-6 at one point in the fourth quarter...but only briefly, and Cignetti's Hoosiers came back the way they always seem to in spots like this. Still, there's no debating that it was a solid result, and as with Northwestern, I'm moved to bring Nebraska *into* the rankings on the strength of losing their undefeated status in just about the most impressive way possible. The road ahead is light for NU, with Oregon their only real test between now and a date with Ohio State in the second-to-last week of the regular season, so their 5-1 record could turn into 9-1 and a soaring ranking real quick.
SIMBONEGTP	10
budget_um	11	Only loss is close to Indiana
Charlemagne42	11	Adjustment: 0%
CRedds19	11
frumious88	11
Hackasizlak	11
justsaynotoreddit	11
r0sco	11
Roscoe_Filburn	11	They didn't win, but they proved that they deserved to be here.
The-Gothic-Castle	11
Jay_Dubbbs	12
jrichardh	12
ManiacalBlazer	12	79.236, (5-1). Possibly the most underrated team so far, assuming no late-season collapse incoming.
owlalwaysloveyew	12
AJ_CC	13
hypercube42342	13	Power 13 / Resume 19
arbadak	14	.799 rating, 5-1, SOS .567 (-9)
bakonydraco	14	86.945
Hugefootballfan44	14	LW: 11
manbeardawg	14
Noelthemexican	14
OKgolfer	14
TaylorLeprechaun	14	+3
AllHawkeyesGoToHell	15
ChBass	15	Nebraska brought their third ranked offense, but their scoring capability was between Rutgers and Northwestern, so here they are. They get to fatten up a bit on the B1G and we'll see which team faces Ohio State.
ColombianInIowa24	15	31.67 - Despite losing to Indiana, they actually rise as the quality of wins increases.
ehoefler	15	80.60 | -5
Jakesnake42	15	I KNOW i KNOW but their predictive metrics are great and they NEARLY took down the defending national champs. Last Week: #22
mthompson2320	15	LW: 14
Noy_Telinu	15	Ya BLEW IT! Now face Oregon in the "Who can bounce back" bowl
retnuh101	15
TheUltimate721	15	Am I allowed to quit pretending the Huskers aren't really good now? They were 13th in FPI going into the Indiana game, and despite the loss came out ranked 12th in FPI. They're 2-1 in the Big Ten so far, clearly above the middle class. The way they "kept it close" against Indiana was not the same as Northwestern. They were extraordinarily competitive in the trenches, shutting down Turbo Richard almost completely. Anthony Colandrea was extraordinarily difficult for them to stop all game. It wasn't just "plucky team that refuses to die" it was "We are going to take you to war and force you to earn everything." and they very nearly won. We joke about "quality losses" but the only thing that really stinks for the Huskers is that they definitely could have won this game. But they were a 7.5 point underdog and lost by a field goal. They are 4-1 against the spread this year, and the one loss is by 0.5 to North Dakota who are a top ten FCS program and probably better than a lot of FCS or bottom tier P4s.
Bereft13	16	Power: 11, SoR: 31; LW: 19
CPiGuy2728	16
GoBlueScrewOSU7	16
Jerrywelfare	16
LiptonCB	16
twitter_paulbd	16	One-Loss P2 Loss was to #8 Indiana and schedule has been easier compared to Northwestern.
velociraptorfarmer	16
BearsAreGreat1	17
Cars-and-Coffee	17
Chris-P-Creme	17
cinciforthewin	17
digdat0	17	17. Nebraska — Score: 0.166 | Results: 1.107, SOS Rank: #43, Quality: 0.026, Recency: 0.000 | T10W: 0, T25W: 0, T50W: 0, Off Rk: #17, Def Rk: #13
Fmeson	17
Inkblot9	17
Muffinnnnnnn	17
Player_1_has_Joined	17
redwave2505	17
Ruhrgebietheld	17
Casaiir	18
douchebagjack	18	Best 3 Wins: Michigan State, Maryland, Ohio. 1 Losses: Indiana. They did lead Indiana a lot in that game. Good game ... as long as Indiana is actually good. 5-1, get back on the horse and see what we can do tier 3b: 1-loss teams with a loss to a top team, but haven't beat anyone good yet. Iowa beat Michigan, most legit win besides oregon, lost to ohio st most legit loss. wake beat louisville, but lost to miami, etc etc miami + louisville > indiana + michigan state > indiana + penn state wake > nebraska > northwestern
eSpiritCorpse	18
JustAManAndHisLaptop	18
Klaassy23	18
nbingham196	18
Red261	18
RheagarTargaryen	18
SCsprinter13	18
TimeBroken	18
tks231	18
AlphaH4wk	19
bladefencer	19	0.819, -6, Pow: 7, Off: 13, Def: 30, SOR: 26
CFBHurts	19
corundum9	19
cyberchaox	19	5-1, loss to #4 Indiana
Doogitywoogity	19	Close loss, snagged defeat from the jaws of victory. That’s Nebraska football bayyybeeee
Lex_Ludorum	19
RJEP22	19
RobertNeyland	19
sirgippy	19	GippyRank expected rank: 13.3. Central 80% interval: 4–24. Top-25 probability: 91%.
A_Rolling_Baneling	20
Blooblod	20
DarkLegend64	20
Darth_Ra	20
DisraeliEers	20
ExternalTangents	20	Overall +16.4; offense +9.6 (20th), defense -6.9 (26th)
frone	20
grtgbln	20
JeromesNiece	20
Rakarei	20
Shion314	20
spmartin1993	20
Striker743	20	Up 5 - came closer to beating Indiana than anyone else
ThaCarter	20
a_bit_of_a_misnomer_	21
BosskOnASegway	21	1830.6 -> 1760.4 [-70.2] (#8 -> #21)
Conglossian	21	-9
MADBuc49	21	+3
pileatedloon	21
placid_salad	21	LW: #19
seaotter2	21
skuhlke	21
studio_sally	21
Texasagsman	21
TouchdownHeroes	21
AlexanderComet	22
Bank_Gothic	22
bannista7	22
Bill3ffinMurray	22
blahblehblahwhoru	22
BlueSCar	22
ch1l1_ch33s3	22
ChemicalOle	22
Chipsahoy523	22	-5
jalexjsmithj	22	20
MemeLovingLoser	22	Score 71.03 (▼ 5.95) | Place Change: ▼ 9 | Previous Rank: 13th | Wins Composite Rank: 17th | SoS Composite Rank: 34th | Margin of Victory Rank: 10th | Penalties Composite Rank: 120th | Yardage Composite Rank: 8th | Turnover Composite Rank: 15th | 3rd/4th Down Conversion Rank: 18th | Other Stats Rank: 25th
StFuzzySlippers	22	Moving up after a loss? Well, there were also several teams who dropped out, besides the fact that they really looked better than IU for much of that game. Overall, I'd say the top 25 looks weaker this week than last week. It's all relative.
Tarmacked	22	Fumbled a golden opportunity. Still much improved.
ToeInDigDeep	22	5-1; loss to Indiana; win over Maryland, Michigan St.
Tornadohunter24	22	(NEW)
xX_GIGA_MAN_Xx	22	(NEW)
BUSean	23
Ch-i-ef	23	There's the classic kick in the nuts
DampFrijoles	23
DarthYoda2594	23
GenialGiant	23
HieloLuz	23	This final ranked bucket is the group of teams that don't have much except a good loss going for them, plus Florida. Nebraska gets the top spot for having the close loss against Indiana.
hythloday1	23
penisthightrap_	23
Pyromania1983	23
shifty1032231	23
sirvalkyerie	23
Sometimeswelose	23
tdeff19	23
52hoova	24
Cecil_Hardboner	24
Corgi_Koala	24
dabul-master	24
Daigotsu	24
Drexlore	24
fredmerc111	24
GatorBolt	24
Hobbes_121	24
laprasrules	24
MainPeanut25	24	Speaking of which…QB play hasn’t changed much
Pure_Protein_Machine	24
ryseing	24
SearonTrejorek	24	0.70240
SpadeRyker	24
sroach91	24
T-Thugs	24	Nebraska is 5-1 with wins over Maryland (2-4) and Michigan State (2-4). Pretty low because they don't really have any good wins. Might be decent as they should have beaten Indiana last week if they didnt completely fall apart late. Could move up if they beat Oregon this week.
Techwid	24
Terminal_BAS	24
visor841	24
CambodianDrywall	25
Cassiyus	25
ChaseTheFalcon	25
deadtofall12	25
dschinghiskhan	25
elnino550	25
Helifino	25
JamoRedhead	25
JBonkies	25
jbowen1	25
Lefunnymaymays4lief	25	(-8) It appears heartbreak is the only way Nebraska can end football games anymore. Truly a choke job of the ages here. For me personally I don’t have enough to completely drop them from the rankings but mostly they have a bunch of teams in the teens taking L #2 on the year to thank for that. And hey would you look at that, that’s 4 B1G West teams ranked! God’s favorite division continues to shine even after they killed it and left it for dead in a ditch <3 | DROPPED: (13) LSU, (14) Duke, (16) Oregon, (18) Pitt, (24) Florida | HONORABLE MENTIONS: USC, Duke, LSU, Oregon, Memphis
MemeofMemeJTG999999	25	(5-1) (down 9) L: 17-20 vs #6 Indiana (6-0) (JTGOTW) Next Week: @ #24 Oregon (3-2) Projected Bowl: ReliaQuest Bowl vs Tennessee Next 5: #26: LSU (4-2) (down 13) #27: Northwestern (4-1) (was unranked) #28: James Madison (6-0) (was unranked) #29: SMU (4-1) (was unranked) #30: Oklahoma (3-2) (was unranked) Fell out of T30: Florida (4-2) (was #18); Duke (4-1) (was #20); Pittsburgh (5-1) (was #22); Minnesota (4-2) (was #28) Biggest Riser: Kentucky (5-1) (#25 -> #14) Biggest Fallers: Oregon (3-2) (#11 -> #24); LSU (4-2) (#13 -> #26); Florida (4-2) (#18 -> UR)
one98d	25
Pollaski	25
samspopguy	25
spsellers	25
TheReformedBadger	25
TolkienFan71	25
tomdawg0022	25
True_Ad5324	25	-

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
BlueRFR3100	10
Nervous_Metal_9445	11	Indiana > Nebraska
sportstrap	11
666PeaceKeepaGirl	12
drewscottt	12	-4
Fluid_Theory_6587	12
grahamca	12	T11ᵗʰ W/L, T11ᵗʰ Predicted Wins, 13ᵗʰ Team Strength, 12ᵗʰ Quality of Wins
josh55134	12
Klightgrove	12
NonZero-Chance	12
chief_sitass	13
Ok_Significance_3803	13
Yamiosum	13
AMETSFAN	14
FrontRunner51	14	(-2)
Menktenk	14
wittingtarsier	14
JackWK_Gaming	15
Mossed26	15
Nath0leon	15	Same. Minor dip in SOR (most teams lose to Indiana), but minor bump in FPI and GC
FoodCourtDruid	16
jibberishdhyukl	16
alexjcode_com	17	754
bocnj	17
bryophyta_insolitam	17
DarthGlazer	17	rhule might have a good team
Esb5415	17
NA_Faker	17
pongislame	17
Scottyfer	17
Select-Edge-3262	17	+1
ThompsonCreekTiger	17
g_trechel	18
gohncell	18
IWieldTheFlameOfAnor	18	205
newSomberMan	18
Scruggerboy	18
2AcesRoth	19	net elo off def ridge fei conf +13.1 +16.1 37.4 21.3 +11.8 +11.3 Big Ten
BeyondLiesTheWub	19	change from last week: -3
d1sportsball	19	Nebraska showed how close they are to being a playoff caliber team, but right now that quality loss to IU is the only thing doing them favors with the rest of their schedule.
Dawg-Bite	19
geordieColt88	19
jtsmd2	19
SonOfGarry	19
DCorNothing	20
ianmcmoney	20	83.32%
Intelligent_Fix_6972	20
OG_Felwinter	20
Pyroblockx	20
ResearchFlaky5912	20	I will not punish this team (much) for losing a close home game against the defending national champs. Still, they squandered a pretty strong lead and let Indiana get two huge plays in their comeback. I remain high on Nebraska relative to AP.
rt13wx	20
CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY	21
LightningDusty	21	↑NR
meta_irl	21
NoOutdoorSoup	21
owl-bears	21
Rhizical	21
S2OP	21	(-6)
Spazzatack	21
BigGamesShouldCount	22
Effective-Lead-6657	22	(20) I hadn't watched any Nebraska football until this weekend. They look pretty good, even after the loss.
Flaky_Bit6733	22
mathmanhale	22
NNul	22	You also get the "hung around with Ind" bump.
Protoco2	22
samtaylor92	22
bendyburner	23	Had Indiana where they wanted them, but didn’t get it done. We’ll see if it translates to Eugene.
bigred91224	23
Blazemaster77	23
bruhstevenson	23
divey043	23
HHunko13	23
KansasChaser2021	23
MyAngelMiraidon	23	+2 - Actual quality loss against Indiana
myworld3	23
RowDull8230	23
_THE__BOULDER_	24	A tough fight against Indiana at home where, ultimately, the Cornhuskers gave up the lead and lost. I don't feel as if Nebraska should move down for this loss - they were expected to lose and lost in a tight game. I think it was respectable and Nebraska is still deserving of a ranking at this point in time.
DownshiftGD	24
GDSamstag	24
huntmant	24
Kirkwood641	24
ndbfsu22	24
ted1995	24
thatoneguyD13	24	Tier 4.
thehornedlamb	24
Yelich04	24	-
1Subject	25
ArlyntheAwesome	25
FuzzyDunlop911	25
GrimmacingGrinny	25
Hastronaut	25
Impossible-Still-349	25	(NEW!) GENUINE example of A for Absolute Effort
isrealball	25
Isthmus11	25	5-1, this team really should have won that game against Indiana. The defense in particular played really well and the QB had a ton of gutsy runs. This team barely skirts into my top 25 because I do not like anyone else more, but they really need to finally prove that they can beat a top team in the B10 soon. Winning against Oregon would count in my opinion with the talent they have even though I knocked them outside of my top 25
jis024	25
KevinDoesSports	25	I have been sleeping on Nebraska for some time now, but let's show some more Big 10 schools some love. Nebraska made Indiana sweat, that means a lot. That was their first loss of the year. Nebraska should be ranked. DROPPED: Duke, Florida OTHER TEAMS CONSIDERED: Wisconsin, Wake Forest, JMU
kevinsdomain	25
maxwell6233	25
NebraskaPlainsman	25
Pure-Shirt-5831	25
saquad69	25
Sflabuckeye13	25
spaceblev11	25
SportsCat4	25
Tortillero96	25	L (5-1) H -3 vs Indiana (3) W (5-0) H +25 vs Maryland (unranked) -- -- -- --

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