"Talking Season" being fully underway, it goes without saying that predictions come with the territory.

I don't claim to know everything, or have all the answers. But these are MY PERSONAL preseason rankings from what I've read and discovered about the various teams. Some teams I know less about - like how TCU is currently doing after last year's near-debacle, falling from national title game of 2022.

But overall, I think they're not too bad. Post your own or comment on mine. Or don't read them at all.


SEC
Georgia
Texas
Alabama
Ole Miss
Oklahoma
LSU
Auburn
Missouri
Tennessee
Kentucky
Florida
Texas A&M
South Carolina
Miss State
Vanderbilt


BIG 10
Ohio State
Oregon
Penn State
Michigan
USC
Nebraska
Washington
Wisconsin
Maryland
Rutgers
Minnesota
Michigan State
Iowa
UCLA
Illinois
Indiana
Northwestern


Big 12
Utah
Oklahoma State
Kansas
Kansas State
BYU
UCF
Baylor
Arizona
Cincinnati
Texas Tech
Iowa State
West Virginia
TCU
Houston
Colorado
Arizona State


ACC
Clemson
Florida State
NC State
Miami
SMU
Louisville
North Carolina
Syracuse
Pitt
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest
Duke
Georgia Tech
Cal
Virginia
Boston College
Stanford

Before this weekend I thought Purdue might be our toughest road game ahead of OSU but I think I may have whiffed on that one. Indiana is killing it so far and should be undefeated and ranked fairly high when we play them. Their stadium won’t be intimidating and our younger players will be well seasoned by then so I believe we’ll prevail but it will be a fight. I don’t particularly care for their coach’s demeanor but he’s a very good coach nonetheless. And their QB transfer from Ohio U. looks like one of the five best grabs from the portal.

NU plays #2 Stanford (who just swept Texas) on Wednesday, followed by #4 Louisville Sunday (who beat Wisconsin).

NU is currently #5. if they survive this week, that'll be because Cook finds his lineup/substitutions and they players step up to make big plays (which we've seen glimpses of in the last 3 matches). personally i think that means finding an offensive role for Taylor Landfair, and setting Andi Jackson as much as humanly possible.

but it's still early in the season, and Coach isn't satisfied with their chemistry yet. and this is why the top volleyball teams play a monster preseason schedule: let the steel sharpen steel.

Someone on twitter just mentioned that the scoreboard fireworks are in the shape of N

They went after the Big 10 commercial.

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Will meet with Neurologists this week to discuss his future. Sounds like he is getting pressure from his family.

Time for another edition of the Conversations with Clouse live chat from 7-8pm.

Fire away with your questions!

what a pick.

Nebraska vs. Illinois: The Top 25 SHOWDOWN that all of you predicted, that all of you expected and that all of you now need in your life.

Instant analysis as Huskers move to 3-0, complete a perfect nonconference slate and open up Big Ten play against fellow 3-0 opponent Illinois this coming Friday night:

all things considered ...

Sean Payton is taking the Scott Frost "adapt or die publicly humiliated" approach to coaching it seems ... fellow offensive genius that he is.

Any update?

KU lost to UNLV last night. And it appears they are sorely missing their OC who left for Penn State. Maybe Illini’s win over a ranked team isn’t too impressive.

And hey, CU beat CSU soundly.

Transitive property and all

Am I being too hard on the defense considering they let up just three points? Maybe, maybe I'm even too hard on the offense, you tell me

Not sure how to link a video of it but Cam Taylor Britt just had a sick one handed interception against Mahomes....

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Some extra takeaways from last night's win over UNI with observations from @TimVerghese and I, plus an early look at Illinois. It is indeed a Top 25 matchup between No. 22 Nebraska (3-0) and No. 24 Illinois (3-0) on Friday night in Lincoln.

What a world, huh?!

It'll be No. 22 Nebraska vs. No. 24 Illinois this Friday night inside Memorial Stadium.

"I think they'll probably end up being ranked. Hopefully we stay ranked," Rhule said after Saturday night's win over Northern Iowa. "...I'm a big fan of coach Bielema. It'll be a cool night this coming Friday night."

Here's the latest AP Poll rankings:

Missed the DNT/F yesterday. This was going to be a little fun fact type of deal to kill some milliseconds before kickoff yesterday. Alas...y'all get to enjoy it today instead!

“Nebraska is paying Northern Iowa a $600,000 guarantee for playing tonight’s game. That deal was struck more than two years ago and first reported by FBSchedules dot com.

“The Huskers reportedly paid UTEP $1.65 million to play them in the season opener and will reportedly pay UTEP $1.775 million to play them in Lincoln in 2028.

“Nebraska will also pay Louisiana-Monroe $1.65 million (2025); $1.6 million to Ohio (2026); and $650,000 to South Dakota State (2030).”

They didn't call anything on Princewill?
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Just perusing through stats through 3 games and found some fun trivia:

1. Three QBs have thrown a pass - Raiola, Haarberg, Gramstad. Who has the highest completion percentage?

2. What's Nebraskas current QB completion percentage?

3. The O-Line has given up how many sacks?

4. Who leads the Huskers in rush yards? How about yards per carry?

5. Who leads in receptions? Yards per catch?

6. 3 players currently have more than 15 yards per catch. Name them.

7. How many players have recorded a sack? Who has the most?

8. How many takeaways does the defense have?