Three Takes on Nebraska's 2025 Football Schedule

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TJ Birkel
December 17, 2024

T.J. Birkel

The Big Ten released schedules for the 2025 season last week. While we already knew Nebraska’s opponents for the coming season, we now know all the dates, bye weeks, and locations for the upcoming campaign. As the Huskers prepare for the Pinstripe Bowl, Husker Nation can already start marking their calendars and making plans for next fall. Here are three takes on the 2025 Nebraska football schedule. 

This is Manageable. Let’s be clear: until they prove otherwise, the Nebraska football team cannot take anyone for granted or assume any game is an automatic victory. They’ve shown that all too often over the last decade. But, if you’re a program that’s looking to take a leap in Year 3 of a head coach’s tenure, and hoping to get back to relevance on the national college football stage, you could do a lot worse than this schedule. Of the four teams representing the Big Ten in the inaugural 12 team College Football Playoff starting this weekend (Oregon, Ohio State, Penn State, and Indiana), the Huskers only play Penn State. They get Michigan, Michigan State, USC, and Iowa at home. They also once again have two bye weeks, which appears to be the new norm for Big Ten teams. In the new world of super conferences in college football, this is about as good as you can ask for. This will be a pivotal year for Matt Rhule to show major progress, and he needs to capitalize. If you dare to peak ahead to the 2026 schedule, you’ll see it gets much more difficult. 

Another Favorable Start. One thing that worked to Nebraska’s advantage during the 2024 season was that the front half of the schedule involved the more manageable games. The Huskers got out to a 5-1 start, and were one overtime loss away from being 6-0 during that stretch. The same will be true in 2025. The Big Red opens with Cincinnati, which probably won’t be a pushover, but the Bearcats…

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