Indiana entered last year’s Big Ten Championship game averaging 44.3 points per game. Ohio State wasn’t far behind at 37. Yet oddsmakers put the total for this game around 46.5 points with the Buckeyes favored by 4 or 5. The expectation for this game was basically something close to 26-21, Ohio State.
Instead, Indiana won a rock fight, 13-10.
This might be important for Nebraska in 2026 as it tries to maintain modest gains in Matt Rhule’s first season. The Huskers are one of a handful of teams with five AP preseason top 25 opponents on the schedule.
Increasingly in college football, winning those games—the ranked win that has infamously eluded NU since 2016—means winning a rock fight.
Is Nebraska ready to do it?
