Saturday night in Happy Valley was supposed to be a measuring stick game for Nebraska. Instead, it became a harsh reminder of just how far the Cornhuskers still need to travel before they can compete with the Big Ten’s elite programs.

Nebraska is off for Week 12 of the 2025 season, giving the Huskers two weeks to prepare for their Nov. 22 game at Penn State. The bye is the second of two that Rhule's team will have this season. It comes after Nebraska played a game in six consecutive weeks, a stretch in which it went 4-2, with its losses coming to Minnesota and No. 18 USC.

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Penn State kept alive its push for the postseason with a dominant performance on senior night Saturday against Nebraska. The Nittany Lions beat the Huskers 37-10 at Beaver Stadium, showing the mix of physicality and big-play ability too often missing from their arsenal this year.

The Hoosiers host the unbeaten Cornhuskers, who clinched the Big Ten championship, with an opportunity to improve its NCAA tournament seed.

Herald's Jon Walker is handing out his Husker Report Card, assessing Nebraska's performance in several areas. Nebraska's TJ Lateef (14) runs with the ball after evading Penn State's Dani Dennis-Sutton (33) during the second half of a college football game at Beaver Stadium in University Park,

Nebraska’s 2026 recruiting class just secured a major win. Cornerback commit Danny Odem has officially been elevated to five-star status in 247Sports’ latest ra

Nebraska's Matt Rhule returns to alma mater focused amid coaching rumors originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Matt Rhule is back at his alma mater with the Nebraska Cornhuskers this weekend. He went from football walk-on at Penn State to a jump in the coaching ranks.