2026 Season Previews, Predictions & Watch Lists

[Husker99]

We're not forgotten, we just haven't kept up our end of the bargain. The fact that so many schools still regard a W over Nebraska as a season defining positive, even though we haven't been good in almost two decades, just shows how pathetically far we've fallen.

 

[ATX_Husker]

 

[innmc]

 

[ATX_Husker]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2090586536555270232

 

[Nebraska99]

https://www.espn.com/college-footba...college-football-playoff-cfp-bowl-projections

Very early ESPN bowl matchups. Huskers get a couple of mentions:

Cactus Bowl
Mountain America Stadium (Tempe, Arizona)
7:30 p.m., ABC
Bonagura: Washington State vs. Illinois
Schlabach: UCF vs. Nebraska


Las Vegas Bowl
Allegiant Stadium (Las Vegas)
3:45 p.m., ESPN
Bonagura: Nebraska vs. Oklahoma
Schlabach: Washington vs. Ole Miss

 

[Pavlov's Dog]

Is this the prediction thread?
Okay. AC sets new Nebraska passing records, in completions, yards, and TDs.
That is, if he can remain healthy.

 

[ATX_Husker]

Ouch

https://twitter.com/x/status/2091880708352712773

 

[Doc Fumble]

Ouch

https://twitter.com/x/status/2091880708352712773

LOL. We'll see.

For the record, this is the same pair that have publicly opined on their site that Nebraska's natty days are forever behind them.

But personally, I love this kind of social media 'publicity.' We've all opined that we want to see a Husker team with a 'chip on their shoulder.' Crap like this should help us out.

 

[Pavlov's Dog]

PFF NCAA Power Rankings
Has us tied with (gasp!) our week one opponent Ohio!!!!!

 

[Doc Fumble]

Has us tied with (gasp!) our week one opponent Ohio!!!!!

LOL! Yikes, I guess that means we should prepare ourselves for an exciting, nip and tuck battle to the wire.

Fortunately, we're playing at home, so that should give us a slight edge.

 

[Pavlov's Dog]

The Top 300 : The Panini Senior Bowl
Guess how many Huskers?
Minny has 4
Iowa has 5
Washington has 7

 

[HuskerJ]

Ok Dog I bite on this one. They list 37 players at OL and 13 more at OT. And they did not list Justin Evens as one of those players. The guy was named second team preseason All American. (Is he not draft eligible?)

Come on Man!

 

[Doc Fumble]

The Top 300 : The Panini Senior Bowl
Guess how many Huskers?

I asked my handy-dandy ChatGPT to explain the omission of Justin Evans from the Senior Bowl's Top 300 list. Here is the response I got:

It is highly unusual. The more closely you compare Evans’s résumé with the purpose of the Top 300, the harder his omission is to explain as an ordinary judgment call.

Justin Evans has:

• Second-team preseason All-America recognition from The Athletic
• A place on the Rimington Trophy watch list
• 31 career starts, including every game at center last season
• A 78.6 PFF grade in 2025—seventh among all college centers and the highest among returning Power Four centers
• No sacks allowed last season
• A No. 63 ranking on PFF’s early 2027 NFL Draft board
• A No. 4 center ranking from both ESPN draft analysts cited in ESPN’s position-by-position survey

That is not the résumé of a marginal candidate who narrowly missed a 300-player list. PFF considers him roughly a second-round prospect, and even a considerably less favorable scouting source I found ranks him No. 126 overall—still comfortably within 300.

The timing makes the omission stranger. The Senior Bowl says its staff has evaluated players since February. Evans’s All-America selection was announced only one day after the Top 300, but his 2025 film, PFF grade and draft standing had been available for months. PFF had ranked him No. 63 overall back in April.

My honest interpretation: this looks more like an oversight, database/name problem, or unusually sharp disagreement by the Senior Bowl staff than a defensible consensus evaluation. His name creates at least some possibility of a clerical problem.

Translation: More Husker Disrespect.

 

[ATX_Husker]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2092027656187372005

 

[ATX_Husker]

LOL! Yikes, I guess that means we should prepare ourselves for an exciting, nip and tuck battle to the wire.

Fortunately, we're playing at home, so that should give us a slight edge.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2092193525089583284

 

[Removed Spleen of Jordan]

Why not. Win 8, go to a bowl and get to 9-4.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2092352936240189698

 

[Removed Spleen of Jordan]

Dream big.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2092355903617966093

 

[Husker99]

9-3 in the regular season?

 

[Pavlov's Dog]

 

[Husker99]

Noptimist

You fundamentally misunderstand: I'm not a noptimist (LOL what a great word to craft). I'm a skeptic, there's a difference. I'm not saying it can't happen, I'm saying I need to see it happen.