Our side
MoneylineNEB to win
ours 51%
Projected score
23–26
WASH – NEB
2026-10-31 · kickoff TBD
Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE) · Lincoln, NE
B1G game
Early season
The books
No book has priced this game. Nothing to compare, and no ticket to build.
Series
Nebraska lead
5–4–1
· 10 meetings since 1925
2025 unit ranks —
last completed season, from games actually played
Run game
edge Washington Huskies
213 ranks
Washington Huskies #18 rush offense
Nebraska Cornhuskers #231 run defense
Pass game
edge Washington Huskies
57 ranks
Washington Huskies #29 pass offense
Nebraska Cornhuskers #86 pass defense
Run game
edge Washington Huskies
61 ranks
Nebraska Cornhuskers #93 rush offense
Washington Huskies #32 run defense
Pass game
edge Washington Huskies
86 ranks
Nebraska Cornhuskers #146 pass offense
Washington Huskies #60 pass defense
Washington Huskies
Balanced · 53% run
Ball-control
Dual-threat QB · 50 rush ypg
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Balanced · 52% run
Ball-control
Jedd Fisch · 32-33
Matt Rhule · 58-46
Ranked by team-unit strength
(rush & pass offense vs. run & pass defense) across all 265
D1 teams, not by individual players. Identity, tempo and unit strength are measured from the
2025 season.
The evidence 2025 production and power ratings · supporting the number above
Who carried each team in 2025
Washington Huskies
DB
Alex McLaughlin
15 tkl · 2 PD · 2 INT
#2 DB
QB
Demond Williams Jr.
517 pass yds · 1 TD · 0 INT
#25 QB
DL
Derek Colman-Brusa
7 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL
#175 DL
TE
Baron Naone
8 rec · 70 yds
#60 TE
Nebraska Cornhuskers
RB
Jamal Rule
210 rush yds · 3 TD · 2 rec
#13 RB
WR
Jacory Barney Jr.
13 rec · 175 yds · 2 TD
#35 WR
WR
Kwazi Gilmer
11 rec · 97 yds · 3 TD
#60 WR
RB
Mekhi Nelson
112 rush yds · 1 TD · 4 rec
#49 RB
Top-rated players from last season, ranked within their
position across D1. A grade measures what a player produced, and no
2026 game has been played yet — so this is who produced for
these programs in 2025, not a claim about who is on the field this year.
Power breakdown
Def is higher = better. The projection assumes a 2.4-pt home edge (0 at neutral sites).
Where the number comes from
Washington offense vs Nebraska defense+1.6 pts
Nebraska offense vs Washington defense+0.1 pts
Travel · context onlyAway team travels 1,345 mi
Altitude · context only345 m higher than the visitor's home elevation
An efficiency adjustment from season-to-date EPA and success rate applies once teams have
played enough games; before then it is 0 and the number is the power rating alone.
Situational spots are shown for context, not baked in: travel, altitude and rest
were tested against 6,000+ games and the power and efficiency ratings already account for them.
Adding them again would double-count.