Three Takes on Where Nebraska Football Stands in the Preseason Rankings

by T.J. Birkel

The first USA Today Coaches Poll of the season was released last week, and the first AP Top 25 College Football Poll came out just a few days ago.

In the age of the college football playoff, these early polls certainly don’t hold as much weight as they used to. But I still get excited to see what the voters are thinking at the outset of the season. The polls are at least an interesting snap shot of the national perception of the top college football teams in the land.

With that in mind, here are three takes on where Nebraska football stands in the preseason rankings.

“Others Receiving Votes.” Nebraska football shows up in both polls in the “others receiving votes” section. Effectively, the Huskers come in at 39th in the country according to the coaches poll, and 34th in the country according to the AP poll.

Honestly, that’s probably about right. For now. The days of the Big Red getting the benefit of the doubt…

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