Wk 1 · 2026

Ohio Bobcats at Nebraska Cornhuskers — Sat, Sep 5

Sat, Sep 5 · Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE), Lincoln, NE · FS1

Weather at kickoff

91°F mostly clear

8% chance of precipitation · wind 6 mph

Forecast from Open-Meteo

Ohio Bobcats

MAC · no games yet

12:00pET

NEB -23.5 · total 47.5 DraftKings opened -24.5 · 1 toward OHIO

Ratings differential NEB by 4.6

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Big Ten · no games yet

What is at stake

A non-conference game. It moves both overall records but neither conference race.

What the ratings imply

The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers: The CFB King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus 2.4 points of home field. It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026 games are played it is last season’s measurement of two teams that have changed.

Efficiency · 2026 ratings

Ohio: +0.1#65

Efficiency margin

Nebraska: +2.3#51

Ohio: 24.6

Offense (pts/100)

Nebraska: 27.5

Ohio: 24.6

Defense (pts/100)

Nebraska: 25.2

Ohio: 65.5

Pace (plays/g)

Nebraska: 65.5

Ohio: no data

Yards / play

Nebraska: no data

Ohio: no data

Yards / play allowed

Nebraska: no data

Opponent-adjusted ratings from The College King's 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.

Team stats · 2026 per game

Ohio: no data

Points / game

Nebraska: no data

Ohio: no data

Points allowed

Nebraska: no data

Ohio: no data

Yards / game

Nebraska: no data

Ohio: no data

Yards allowed

Nebraska: no data

Ohio: no data

Pass yds allowed

Nebraska: no data

Ohio: no data

Rush yds allowed

Nebraska: no data

Ohio: no data

Turnovers / game

Nebraska: no data

From completed 2026 box scores; defensive yardage covers the regular season and conference championships.

Ohio form

No completed games on record.

Nebraska form

No completed games on record.

Ohio this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Nebraska this season

No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.

Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.

Common opponents · 0

These teams share no opponents on the 2026 schedule.

Open these two in the comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.

Series history · 2006–2026

These teams have not met in the 2006–2026 window.

Ohio leaders 2025 regular season

Passing	Parker Navarro QB #13	177/288, 2232 YDS, 14 TD, 10 INT
	Nick Poulos QB #8	4/8, 19 YDS
Rushing	Sieh Bangura RB #5	222 CAR, 1243 YDS, 14 TD
	Parker Navarro QB #13	148 CAR, 843 YDS, 8 TD
	Duncan Brune RB #6	112 CAR, 561 YDS, 8 TD
Receiving	Chase Hendricks WR #7	67 REC, 950 YDS, 7 TD
	Rodney Harris II WR #11	27 REC, 388 YDS, 2 TD
	Mason Williams TE #86	24 REC, 264 YDS, 3 TD
	Caleb Gossett WR #88	12 REC, 162 YDS

Defense

Tackles	Jalen Thomeson S #30	80
	Adonis Williams Jr. S #5	75
	Michael Molnar LB #25	62
Sacks	Jay Crable DB #12	6
	Anas Luqman DL #15	4
	Joseph Marsh DE #23	2
Interceptions	Michael Mack II CB #9	2
	Tank Pearson CB #7	2
	Cameron Hollobaugh LB #24	2

full roster and per-player history

Nebraska leaders 2025 regular season

Passing	Dylan Raiola QB #8	181/250, 2000 YDS, 18 TD, 6 INT
	TJ Lateef QB #14	59/95, 722 YDS, 4 TD
Rushing	Emmett Johnson RB #21	251 CAR, 1451 YDS, 12 TD
	Kwinten Ives RB #21	16 CAR, 119 YDS, 2 TD
	TJ Lateef QB #14	27 CAR, 98 YDS, 3 TD
Receiving	Nyziah Hunter WR #13	43 REC, 617 YDS, 5 TD
	Jacory Barney Jr. WR #2	43 REC, 463 YDS, 4 TD
	Dane Key WR #18	35 REC, 424 YDS, 5 TD
	Emmett Johnson RB #21	46 REC, 370 YDS, 3 TD

Defense

Tackles	Javin Wright LB #33	83
	DeShon Singleton S #8	70
	Rex Guthrie S #21	60
Sacks	Williams Nwaneri EDGE #96	2.5
	Dasan McCullough EDGE #22	2
	Kade Pietrzak EDGE #93	2
Interceptions	DeShon Singleton S #8	2
	Javin Wright LB #33	1
	Malcolm Hartzog S #15	1

full roster and per-player history

These are regular-season totals for the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year, taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's roster, so a leader who has since transferred or run out of eligibility still appears against the year he earned it; the roster pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is. A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game. The roster pages count bowl games too, so a player's two lines can differ by a game.