Nebraska Cornhuskers

Nebraska football won seven of its 12 regular-season games in 2025 and beat the spread in only four, so the odds on a Cornhuskers game deserve a second look. Our prediction for each one is listed above.

Winning, not covering

Nebraska finished the 2025 regular season 7-5, and beat the spread only 4 times in 12, 33.3%. Only nine of the 136 FBS teams covered less often.

The gap opened in the games they won. Nebraska was favored seven times and won six. It covered twice: by 68-0 over Akron and 59-7 over Houston Christian, both as favorites of more than 30 points. In the other four wins the margin fell short of the line: 20-17 over Cincinnati as 5.5-point favorites, 38-27 over Michigan State at -12.5, 34-31 at Maryland at -6.5, 28-21 over Northwestern at -7.5.

As underdogs

Five games, one win, two covers. The win came at UCLA, 28-21 at +105. The cover in a loss came against USC, 21-17 as 4.5-point underdogs. The last two regular-season games went 37-10 to Penn State and 40-16 to Iowa, both well past the number.

The total

Nine of the 12 went over. No FBS team’s games went over more often; five others matched it. Nebraska scored 29.25 points a game and allowed 23.0.

The moneyline

Nine of the 12 games had a posted moneyline; the two blowouts and the Iowa game did not. One unit on Nebraska to win in those nine finished 1.48 units down. The heaviest loss came at Minnesota, 24-6, with Nebraska at -240.

The season ended in the Las Vegas Bowl, a 44-22 loss to Utah.

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