Nebraska Cornhuskers college football team

We've compiled computer rankings from the past 50 years. The rankings for Nebraska are shown below for each season the school competed at the highest level of college football. Create a single game matchup or build brackets made up entirely of Nebraska Cornhuskers teams.

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Team ratings and rankings

This table shows how the computer ranking systems measure (rating) every season of Nebraska football. The rankings are the end-of-season rank for the team compared to the other teams of that season. Each rating system has it's own value range.

Nebraska football rankings
			Massey		Howell		Sorenson		TFS		Hatch		Loudsound		Jellyjuke		Squaregear		Entropy		CPI		Moore		Bihl		Sagedrive		Congrove		M Cubed
Season	Overall Rating	Record	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating
2021	0.416	4 - 8	39	7.42	70	0.55	71	-418	70	137.60	78	0.39	94	30.45	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	36	82.24	92	-5.28	N/A	N/A	101	80.64	86	-1.31
2020	0.480	3 - 5	32	7.32	81	0.40	48	8440	N/A	N/A	81	0.42	N/A	N/A	80	-0.33	80	0.47	76	47.02	83	0.01	78	66.24	75	-0.72	N/A	N/A	50	71.64	82	-1.15
2019	0.468	5 - 7	53	1.62	80	0.49	65	22652	62	134.93	77	0.39	71	37.03	79	-0.24	84	0.48	53	50.00	88	0.01	46	67.74	70	-1.13	80	0.44	73	30.51	71	-0.97
2018	0.447	4 - 8	54	1.71	84	0.50	82	15095	73	135.73	83	0.37	96	30.97	95	-0.44	96	0.47	57	49.02	99	0.01	56	69.30	84	-2.94	96	0.39	96	24.45	91	-1.28
2017	0.442	4 - 8	69	1.54	76	0.51	69	17652	64	134.20	81	0.36	96	33.14	81	-0.25	84	0.49	78	42.94	99	0.01	89	58.96	69	-0.60	88	0.43	100	20.90	73	-0.91
2016	0.606	9 - 4	37	1.81	34	0.67	28	26192	32	145.45	25	0.62	12	53.90	22	0.82	27	0.58	23	83.50	33	0.05	62	66.04	27	8.55	27	0.72	39	48.36	23	0.68
2015	0.544	6 - 7	40	1.82	53	0.63	47	22913	47	141.10	48	0.52	75	37.27	56	0.22	59	0.53	41	74.75	69	0.02	36	72.65	55	1.71	62	0.54	65	52.24	77	-0.97
2014	0.610	9 - 4	34	1.89	28	0.69	29	25259	25	146.40	30	0.60	29	49.11	26	0.69	27	0.58	25	79.96	28	0.06	28	75.43	30	8.43	28	0.71	24	53.83	26	0.55
2013	0.582	9 - 4	33	1.92	41	0.64	34	21423	34	137.89	32	0.57	30	47.45	33	0.62	32	0.57	39	73.32	30	0.05	46	70.48	36	7.03	31	0.69	33	50.27	31	0.45
2012	0.617	10 - 4	22	1.97	18	0.74	15	29786	17	98.94	15	0.67	20	51.83	16	1.01	16	0.61	21	81.21	17	0.08	38	72.21	15	11.65	18	0.78	24	55.78	19	0.92
2011	0.595	9 - 4	30	1.88	26	0.70	21	29103	21	99.38	23	0.63	23	50.39	23	0.80	23	0.59	26	79.22	23	0.07	32	72.63	21	9.37	23	0.74	25	54.24	24	0.99
2010	0.606	10 - 4	28	2.02	20	0.73	18	27118	18	95.70	21	0.64	18	52.74	20	0.86	21	0.59	24	81.72	20	0.07	19	77.06	22	10.15	20	0.74	21	58.68	25	0.82
2009	0.620	10 - 4	17	2.10	13	0.80	16	27763	17	96.69	19	0.64	18	50.60	20	0.80	20	0.59	12	86.27	21	0.07	6	85.17	17	9.84	19	0.75	17	58.98	18	1.04
2008	0.597	9 - 4	19	2.08	25	0.68	22	31034	23	100.64	25	0.62	20	50.56	21	0.82	23	0.59	26	80.88	26	0.06	26	76.53	22	8.83	21	0.73	30	49.11	23	0.97
2007	0.471	5 - 7	61	1.59	61	0.55	58	22160	60	84.51	63	0.43	64	36.84	62	0.02	57	0.51	49	77.40	67	0.02	68	63.48	54	2.00	63	0.50	76	28.79	53	0.20
2006	0.571	9 - 5	35	1.84	27	0.70	31	26223	34	92.61	34	0.58	28	48.10	34	0.57	32	0.57	27	80.44	33	0.05	22	77.84	29	7.25	32	0.68	28	50.39	30	0.83
2005	0.581	8 - 4	25	1.97	26	0.68	24	30850	25	101.73	23	0.64	23	47.22	24	0.68	21	0.58	31	78.15	21	0.06	37	72.61	23	7.44	22	0.71	30	46.23	31	0.63
2004	0.466	5 - 6	64	1.47	70	0.51	58	24030	53	92.36	63	0.43	66	36.42	66	-0.11	64	0.50	57	70.70	63	0.02	52	67.44	63	-0.11	64	0.49	69	31.46	67	-0.23
2003	0.616	10 - 3	22	1.95	20	0.74	21	29395	16	101.37	21	0.64	19	51.86	20	0.97	17	0.60	20	83.36	19	0.07	25	72.08	21	10.59	19	0.78	18	62.51	18	1.12
2002	0.506	7 - 7	51	1.65	59	0.57	42	22993	48	117.94	60	0.44	60	38.95	61	0.01	59	0.51	41	77.74	58	0.02	43	65.93	55	1.62	61	0.52	59	39.32	62	-0.02
2001	0.725	11 - 2	8	2.23	5	0.84	6	35873	5	137.66	8	0.73	5	59.39	5	1.49	5	0.65	6	90.77	4	0.13	4	82.96	5	16.84	4	0.92	5	77.76	5	1.68
2000	0.725	10 - 2	5	2.39	7	0.84	7	35089	7	132.76	7	0.77	8	57.79	8	1.41	7	0.64	3	96.60	7	0.11	4	86.26	7	16.75	8	0.89	5	83.13	9	1.53
1999	0.768	12 - 1	2	2.42	2	0.89	2	36802	2	124.89	2	0.84	2	61.74	2	1.79	2	0.67	2	97.58	2	0.15	2	89.00	2	20.04	2	0.98	2	94.93	2	1.87
1998	0.632	9 - 4	20	2.07	13	0.78	10	12579	10	116.84	14	0.69	22	51.66	20	0.95	17	0.60	17	84.42	19	0.07	9	80.00	17	11.84	20	0.77	16	74.23	21	1.18
1997	0.814	13 - 0	1	2.75	1	0.93	1	18685	5	126.18	3	0.86	1	69.39	1	2.14	2	0.68	1	102.59	2	0.17	2	94.00	1	26.33	2	1.02	1	119.59	2	2.03
1996	0.737	11 - 2	5	2.47	5	0.87	5	17368	5	123.29	5	0.79	5	58.22	6	1.47	5	0.64	4	95.88	5	0.12	2	96.00	5	18.60	6	0.91	3	101.67	5	1.72
1995	0.850	12 - 0	1	3.17	1	0.94	1	20152	1	128.92	1	0.92	1	67.98	1	2.22	1	0.69	1	110.06	1	0.20	1	102.00	1	27.92	1	1.06	1	120.84	1	2.20
1994	0.765	13 - 0	2	2.46	1	0.93	2	16592	2	126.34	3	0.84	1	65.39	1	2.08	2	0.68	2	97.65	2	0.18	4	87.00	2	24.47	2	1.02	2	70.72	1	2.08
1993	0.732	11 - 1	3	2.50	3	0.87	2	17679	2	126.87	5	0.79	5	60.35	4	1.71	4	0.66	3	95.39	3	0.16	6	85.00	2	21.21	4	0.96	3	64.13	4	1.82
1992	0.636	9 - 3	13	2.04	12	0.76	9	12733	13	115.79	19	0.63	15	50.27	18	0.92	14	0.60	11	86.55	10	0.08	7	83.00	13	11.20	15	0.78	N/A	N/A	13	1.20
1991	0.666	9 - 2 - 1	10	2.24	12	0.78	10	13271	12	116.63	15	0.70	7	58.03	13	1.23	12	0.62	7	90.37	9	0.11	12	81.00	10	15.55	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	14	1.38
1990	0.610	9 - 3	18	1.99	12	0.75	19	8194	14	116.97	23	0.63	15	51.11	17	0.94	15	0.59	15	84.33	17	0.07	23	73.00	15	11.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	16	1.13
1989	0.639	10 - 2	15	2.08	14	0.78	15	9308	16	115.72	14	0.69	13	54.19	14	1.13	14	0.61	19	81.34	14	0.09	10	83.00	14	13.14	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	13	1.38
1988	0.679	11 - 2	10	2.24	10	0.82	8	12748	11	117.21	10	0.71	7	58.44	7	1.45	9	0.63	9	89.25	10	0.10	7	86.00	7	17.38	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	1.55
1987	0.709	10 - 2	4	2.42	6	0.85	7	14058	6	123.41	8	0.76	8	57.77	5	1.51	6	0.64	4	92.49	7	0.13	4	89.00	5	19.31	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5	1.66
1986	0.659	10 - 2	7	2.27	7	0.79	8	11481	15	116.67	13	0.70	7	54.96	7	1.21	8	0.62	5	91.61	10	0.09	5	85.00	8	13.63	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	11	1.20
1985	0.631	9 - 3	16	2.07	18	0.77	17	9335	19	117.02	16	0.69	15	54.97	19	1.02	22	0.59	11	85.84	23	0.07	7	82.00	19	11.50	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	16	1.26
1984	0.662	10 - 2	4	2.21	4	0.83	4	11120	4	120.19	6	0.73	6	54.54	4	1.26	6	0.61	5	88.75	8	0.09	2	84.00	5	13.31	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	1.28
1983	0.736	12 - 1	3	2.46	2	0.89	5	14353	5	126.91	5	0.79	5	59.86	2	1.76	4	0.66	1	98.32	5	0.14	1	89.00	3	20.13	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	1.79
1982	0.729	12 - 1	2	2.49	2	0.90	3	14883	4	125.12	4	0.78	3	60.79	3	1.73	3	0.66	3	91.59	3	0.15	2	85.00	3	20.20	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	3	1.75
1981	0.683	9 - 3	7	2.21	4	0.86	6	14327	6	126.45	6	0.80	8	56.34	9	1.24	8	0.62	7	88.43	8	0.09	1	86.00	8	15.73	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	1.44
1980	0.714	10 - 2	2	2.54	4	0.90	4	16200	3	128.94	10	0.77	9	56.49	7	1.46	7	0.64	5	92.43	8	0.11	1	89.00	6	18.32	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	1.59
1979	0.691	10 - 2	9	2.22	10	0.85	9	14323	9	125.68	10	0.76	N/A	N/A	11	1.37	11	0.62	8	89.42	13	0.10	5	81.00	10	16.71	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	11	1.47
1978	0.668	9 - 3	11	2.22	10	0.82	10	14350	10	124.96	10	0.76	9	54.22	10	1.22	8	0.62	4	89.13	14	0.08	4	84.00	8	16.01	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	1.47
1977	0.641	9 - 3	12	2.09	12	0.80	10	12564	11	124.32	11	0.76	8	55.14	15	1.08	13	0.60	13	86.62	18	0.08	14	77.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	14	1.23
1976	0.634	9 - 3 - 1	11	2.08	11	0.79	10	12587	12	121.63	13	0.73	16	52.11	17	1.03	22	0.59	7	87.51	20	0.07	9	81.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	22	1.07
1975	0.687	10 - 2	6	2.23	5	0.87	3	15517	4	128.40	5	0.79	5	58.88	7	1.45	8	0.63	6	91.68	8	0.10	6	83.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8	1.45
1974	0.641	9 - 3	8	2.22	9	0.81	8	12587	8	123.66	14	0.72	15	50.71	14	0.99	16	0.59	8	88.95	18	0.06	6	86.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	13	1.13
1973	0.718	9 - 2 - 1	7	2.49	8	0.87	7	16707	6	132.57	3	0.88	6	61.22	10	1.46	6	0.65	7	92.63	6	0.14	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	1.73
1972	0.695	9 - 2 - 1	3	2.53	4	0.90	7	15935	6	130.10	5	0.85	12	55.25	12	1.25	11	0.63	5	96.27	11	0.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	9	1.49
1971	0.841	13 - 0	1	3.22	1	0.98	1	23543	1	139.10	1	0.95	1	68.04	1	2.33	1	0.70	1	110.81	1	0.23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	1	2.28
1970	0.760	11 - 0 - 1	1	2.70	1	0.92	2	18892	1	134.84	1	0.92	2	64.09	1	1.84	1	0.67	2	96.62	1	0.16	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	2	1.82