Saunders

Athlon preview is up.

https://bigten.org/news/2023/5/31/football-big-ten-network-cbs-fox-and-nbc-announce-early-season-schedules.aspx Thursday, Aug. 31 Nebraska at Minnesota | 8 p.m. | FOX, FOX Sports App Saturday, Sept. 9 Nebraska at Colorado | 12 p.m. | FOX, FOX Sports App Saturday, Sept. 16 Northern Illinois at Nebraska | 7 p.m. | FS1, FOX Sports App Friday, Oct. 6 Nebraska at Illinois | 8 p.m. | FS1, FOX Sports App Saturday, Oct. 28 Purdue at Nebraska | 12 p.m. or 3:30 p.m./4 p.m. | TBD (HC) Friday, Nov. 24 Iowa at Nebraska | 12 p.m. | CBS, Paramount+

HuskerOnline preview is up.

Same. We've become so used to losing that we excused it for the last two hires when they had bad losses out of the gate.

Post-Spring College Football SP+ Rankings TEAM SP+ OFF. SP+ DEF. SP+ 1. Georgia 29.9 41.9 (9) 11.9 (3) 2. Ohio St. 29.6 46.4 (2) 16.7 (13) 3. Michigan 29.2 42.0 (7) 12.9 (4) 4. Alabama 27.9 44.2 (5) 16.3 (10) 5. LSU 25.2 41.6 (10) 16.4 (12) 6. Tennessee 23.9 45.5 (3) 21.6 (31) 7. USC 23.6 46.4 (1) 22.8 (39) 8. Penn St. 23.5 37.5 (22) 14.0 (6) 9. Texas 23.3 40.4 (11) 17.1 (16) 10. Florida St. 21.6 38.4 (19) 16.8 (14) 11. Oregon 21.5 44.5 (4) 23.0 (42) 12. Clemson 21.3 37.6 (21) 16.3 (11) 13. Oklahoma 19.7 42.1 (6) 22.4 (37) 14. Utah 19.4 40.0 (13) 20.6 (26) 15. Notre Dame 19.3 36.3 (26) 17.0 (15) 16. Texas A&M 18.8 30.7 (44) 11.9 (2) 17. Washington 18.3 42.0 (8) 23.7 (48) 18. Ole Miss 17.5 39.0 (14) 21.4 (30) 19. Wisconsin 15.8 31.4 (41) 15.6 (7) 20. TCU 15.8 38.7 (16) 23.0 (41) 21. Florida 14.8 37.4 (23) 22.6 (38) 22. Kentucky 14.5 28.1 (59) 13.7 (5) 23. Kansas St. 14.3 36.1 (27) 21.8 (34) 24. UCLA 14.3 40.0 (12) 25.7 (60) 25. Miss. St. 14.1 35.8 (29) 21.7 (32) 26. Arkansas 13.8 38.6 (17) 24.8 (51) 27. Auburn 13.7 33.5 (35) 19.8 (23) 28. N. Carolina 13.5 38.8 (15) 25.3 (55) 29. Iowa 13.2 23.2 (81) 10.1 (1) 30. Oregon St. 12.8 34.1 (34) 21.3 (29) 31. Minnesota 12.0 27.7 (63) 15.7 (9) 32. Baylor 11.9 35.5 (30) 23.6 (47) 33. S. Carolina 11.6 37.9 (20) 26.3 (64) 34. Missouri 11.1 29.4 (52) 18.3 (17) 35. UCF 11.0 33.3 (37) 22.3 (36) 36. Louisville 11.0 29.9 (50) 18.9 (20) 37. Miami 10.9 30.3 (47) 19.3 (22) 38. Texas Tech 10.8 38.5 (18) 27.7 (69) 39. Oklahoma St. 10.5 36.0 (28) 25.5 (59) 40. Maryland 9.0 30.0 (49) 21.1 (27) 41. Pittsburgh 8.7 32.7 (40) 24.0 (49) 42. Michigan St. 7.9 28.5 (56) 20.6 (25) 43. NC St. 7.5 26.8 (67) 19.3 (21) 44. Illinois 7.0 22.7 (86) 15.7 (8) 45. Iowa St. 6.8 25.3 (74) 18.5 (18) 46. Cincinnati 6.4 25.2 (76) 18.9 (19) 47. Tulane 5.8 34.1 (33) 28.3 (72) 48. Purdue 5.7 30.6 (45) 24.9 (52) 49. Nebraska 5.3 27.3 (65) 22.0 (35) 50. SMU 5.1 37.4 (24) 32.3 (100) 51. Wake Forest 4.8 33.3 (38) 28.5 (73) 52. Syracuse 4.7 27.7 (62) 23.0 (43) 53. Houston 4.3 37.1 (25) 32.8 (102) 54. California 4.0 26.9 (66) 22.9 (40) 55. Duke 4.0 29.7 (51) 25.8 (61) 56. W. Virginia 3.0 31.1 (43) 28.1 (71) 57. UTSA 2.9 33.2 (39) 30.3 (85) 58. Wash. St. 2.3 27.4 (64) 25.0 (54) 59. Memphis 2.0 33.4 (36) 31.4 (94) 60. BYU 1.8 31.2 (42) 29.5 (80) 61. Kansas 0.9 34.6 (31) 33.7 (106) 62. Boise St. 0.6 26.1 (70) 25.5 (57) 63. Arizona St. 0.2 30.4 (46) 30.2 (84) 64. Troy -0.6 22.4 (88) 23.0 (44) 65. Va. Tech -1.4 22.1 (90) 23.5 (46) 66. Marshall -2.5 20.6 (96) 23.1 (45) 67. Ga. Tech -2.7 22.3 (89) 25.0 (53) 68. Fresno St. -2.8 22.7 (85) 25.5 (58) 69. Vanderbilt -3.1 29.2 (53) 32.3 (99) 70. Arizona -3.1 34.6 (32) 37.6 (123) 71. Indiana -3.4 27.8 (61) 31.2 (92) 72. S. Alabama -3.6 24.0 (79) 27.6 (67) 73. Rutgers -4.0 20.8 (95) 24.8 (50) 74. Boston Coll. -4.2 22.0 (91) 26.2 (63) 75. Coastal Caro. -4.6 28.6 (55) 33.2 (105) 76. Toledo -4.7 25.7 (72) 30.4 (86) 77. App. St. -4.7 28.3 (57) 33.0 (103) 78. Louisiana -4.8 24.7 (77) 29.6 (81) 79. Virginia -5.3 14.7 (124) 19.9 (24) 80. JMU -5.4 25.2 (75) 30.6 (87) 81. Air Force -6.1 15.6 (122) 21.7 (33) 82. FAU -6.5 23.4 (80) 29.8 (82) 83. Northwestern -6.7 14.6 (126) 21.3 (28) 84. WKU -6.9 28.7 (54) 35.6 (117) 85. SDSU -7.3 18.0 (110) 25.3 (56) 86. N. Texas -7.7 30.2 (48) 37.9 (125) 87. Liberty -7.8 24.1 (78) 31.9 (96) 88. ECU -8.2 19.4 (103) 27.6 (68) 89. Georgia St. -9.5 26.7 (68) 36.3 (120) 90. So. Miss -9.6 21.4 (93) 31.1 (91) 91. Army -9.7 21.0 (94) 30.7 (88) 92. Wyoming -10.0 16.2 (121) 26.2 (62) 93. Ohio -10.0 25.9 (71) 35.9 (118) 94. UAB -10.1 18.4 (107) 28.5 (74) 95. Stanford -10.1 17.4 (115) 27.5 (66) 96. Ga. Southern -10.5 27.9 (60) 38.5 (129) 97. SJSU -10.8 20.6 (97) 31.3 (93) 98. Navy -11.1 17.6 (113) 28.8 (78) 99. Temple -11.2 19.6 (102) 30.8 (89) 100. Tulsa -11.5 26.7 (69) 38.2 (127) 101. Miami-OH -11.8 15.2 (123) 27.0 (65) 102. Buffalo -11.9 22.9 (83) 34.9 (113) 103. Colorado -12.6 22.8 (84) 35.4 (115) 104. MTSU -12.8 19.3 (104) 32.2 (98) 105. EMU -13.1 20.0 (100) 33.1 (104) 106. USF -13.5 25.5 (73) 39.0 (130) 107. UNLV -13.8 20.4 (98) 34.2 (109) 108. La. Tech -13.8 28.1 (58) 42.0 (133) 109. CMU -13.9 16.3 (120) 30.1 (83) 110. Arkansas St. -14.6 20.2 (99) 34.9 (112) 111. Ball St. -14.6 17.3 (116) 31.9 (97) 112. Rice -14.9 22.5 (87) 37.4 (122) 113. Nevada -15.4 16.3 (119) 31.7 (95) 114. NIU -16.1 23.0 (82) 39.1 (131) 115. UConn -16.2 14.6 (125) 30.8 (90) 116. Utah St. -16.2 18.0 (111) 34.2 (110) 117. UTEP -16.3 18.2 (108) 34.5 (111) 118. Colorado St. -16.4 12.3 (127) 28.7 (77) 119. ODU -16.4 12.2 (128) 28.6 (76) 120. WMU -17.1 16.8 (118) 33.9 (108) 121. Sam Houston -17.4 10.7 (131) 28.1 (70) 122. NMSU -17.5 17.9 (112) 35.4 (116) 123. J'ville St. -18.2 21.5 (92) 39.7 (132) 124. Hawaii -18.4 17.6 (114) 35.9 (119) 125. BGSU -18.4 19.8 (101) 38.3 (128) 126. Charlotte -18.5 16.9 (117) 35.3 (114) 127. FIU -18.5 18.7 (105) 37.2 (121) 128. Texas St. -19.4 9.2 (132) 28.6 (75) 129. UL-Monroe -19.6 18.6 (106) 38.1 (126) 130. Akron -19.6 18.1 (109) 37.7 (124) 131. UMass -21.7 11.0 (130) 32.7 (101) 132. New Mexico -21.7 12.2 (129) 33.9 (107) 133. Kent St. -23.0 6.2 (133) 29.1 (79)

Every team is now on the board!

The Athletic canned it's State Of The Program feature... which sucks because I enjoyed the deep dives that they did.

Louisiana tech is on the board.

First 3 opponents think they should win the game. Hmm.

Yup, I posted screen caps, but I'll really dive in Memorial Day weekend. Kids will be done with sports, and I'll be able to hang out by the pool and chill.

It's all come full circle.

Yup, it's a tough deal for these guys trying to go to press and be in store shelves by Memorial day. I almost wonder if they don't go ahead and wait until after the window closes in April to send to press.