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2026 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

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Trevor22

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Updated Post: 1/27/26 - Update with actual schedule announcement

https://huskers.com/sports/football/schedule/season/2026

2026 Opponent: (H - HOME , A - AWAY)
SEPT 5 Ohio University -- H (buy game)
SEPT 12 Bowling Green --- H (buy game)
SEPT 19 North Dakota --- H (FCS)
Sept 26 Michigan State ---------- A
Oct 3 Maryland --------- H
Oct 10 Indiana ---------- H
Oct 17 Oregon --------- A
Oct 24 BYE WEEK
Oct 31 Washington ------ H
Nov 7 Illinois ---------- A
Nov 14 Rutgers --------- A
Nov 21 Ohio State ---------- H
FRI Nov 27 Iowa ---------- A
 
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Ohio Bobcats finished tied 2nd in MAC and made another bowl game this season.
Since 2005 when Frank took over , they had 3 losing seasons, 2005, 2020 and 2021. Frank retired due to health issues in July 2021. Frank moved to Boise Idaho for his retirement but had moved back to the Lincoln area since than.

Former Husker assistant coach Tim Albin took over in 2021 and started with the program worst season since Coach Solich took over but things improved quickly with back to back 10 win seasons including the first conference championship since 1968. He created a new home field average as the bobcats have only one loss at home in 4 years and have beaten WVU and Iowa State at home. They have had near misses at Tennessee and Kentucky in recent years as well. Coach Albin would leave Ohio to take the Charlotte job the day after winning the championship game last year.

Bowling Green was the top team in the mac in the 2010’s winning multiple Mac championships game and making a new years bowl. Since than the been in the middle to bottom of the Mac. They went 3-7 overall 1-7 in mac only beating winless umass in conference.

North Dakota made the FCS Playoffs in 2025.
 
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Not that the Big Ten is a dominant world-beater this year, but short of a full conference-wide fade into Mountain West levels of relevance it's hard to imagine ever getting a friendlier schedule than what we got this year.
 
I wonder when the dates will be attached to the B1G games.

Probably for a different thread, but I feel everyone should go back to divisions. East and West. Probably good for travel too. 8 games with a crossover and make the crossover by playing in your third. Top third crosses over to top third and so on.
 
Flex Protect XVIII model, which features a combination of protected opponents and rotating opponents for universities. Each member institution will continue to play nine intraconference games per season, and teams will play every other conference opponent at least twice – once home and once away – and will play rotating opponents no more than three times in a five-year period.

Primary objectives considered included the following:
  • Balance of annual travel by distance, regions of the conference, and time zones.
  • Maintaining control and flexibility as the college football postseason format evolves, with the goal to create access for programs into an expanded College Football Playoff.
  • Balance of historic competitiveness and recent competitive trends, including home/away balance of traditionally competitive schools.
Conference schedules will include 12 protected matchups that will continue to be played annually and feature a combination of historic and geographic rivalries, as well as trophy games. These matchups were finalized in conjunction with all 18 member institutions to ensure the traditions of the Big Ten Conference remain strong as the conference evolves.

The guaranteed annual protected matchups are Illinois-Northwestern, Illinois-Purdue, Indiana-Purdue, Iowa-Minnesota, Iowa-Nebraska, Iowa-Wisconsin, Maryland-Rutgers, Michigan-Michigan State, Michigan-Ohio State, Minnesota-Wisconsin, Oregon-Washington and UCLA-USC.

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The obvious answer is we need to keep improving every year, most of the rest of the conference is. Osborne used to credit the Sooners for helping to make us so good in the 80's and 90's. We knew we had to recruit & develop players at the highest level just to keep pace with them.
 
Way to early predictions

Low: 5-7

Mid - 6-6, 7-5

High - 8+ wins

Losses - OSU, Indiana, Illinois, Oregan

Wins - Ohio, BG, ND, Maryland, Rutgers,

Toss Up: Michigan State, Washington, Iowa

Opponent
Ohio University -- H
Bowling Green --- H
North Dakota --- H
Indiana ---------- H
Maryland --------- H
Ohio State ---------- H
Washington ------ H
Illinois ---------- A
Iowa ---------- A
MSU ---------- A
Oregon --------- A
Rutgers --------- A
 
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Way to early predictions

Low: 5-7

Mid - 6-6, 7-5

High - 8+ wins

Losses - OSU, Indiana, Illinois, Oregan

Wins - Ohio, BG, ND, Maryland, Rutgers,

Toss Up: Michigan State, Washington, Iowa

Opponent
Ohio University -- H
Bowling Green --- H
North Dakota --- H
Indiana ---------- H
Maryland --------- H
Ohio State ---------- H
Washington ------ H
Illinois ---------- A
Iowa ---------- A
MSU ---------- A
Oregon --------- A
Rutgers --------- A
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I'm going 4-8, 6-6 at best. This based on no coaching changes and team as is.
Wins-Ohio, Bowling Green, North Dakota, Maryland
Toss up-Mich St, Washington, Rutgers
Loss-Ohio St, Illinois, Oregon, Indiana, Iowa

Hope to steal two from Mich St or Washington, Rutgers..

EDIT-Just saw Penn St vs Rutgers....40-36. I moved Rutgers to the toss up. New W-L reflects this. Pitiful.

Year 4....Stop me if you think you've heard this one before...
 
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