Nebraska·Big Ten

2025 — The 2025 Season

Nebraska's 2025 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Las Vegas Bowl
AP final #25 post-bowls
SP+ +0.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Cincin 20-17 W vs Akron 68-0 W vs Hous Chr 59-7 L vs Michigan 27-30 W vs Mich St 38-27 W @ Maryland 34-31 L @ Minnes 6-24 W vs Northw 28-21 L vs USC 17-21 W @ UCLA 28-21 L @ Penn St 10-37 L vs Iowa 16-40 L @ Utah 22-44 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2025.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2025 season's largest margin: Nebraska 68, Akron 0. A 68-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Nebraska 10, Penn State 37. A 27-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Nebraska fell to Utah 22-44 in the postseason.

"Go Big Red"
— Nebraska fanbase voice · 2025· synthesized
What it meant

2025 is a middle chapter for Nebraska — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.