The Nebraska Cornhuskers and Illinois Fighting Illini are playing live on the Big Ten Network college football schedule and the game starts up at 9 pm ET on the BTN and streaming from the BTN2Go website from Memorial Stadium in Lincoln as the two teams open the conference schedule.
Nebraska comes into the game after a big win against Miami and they have started the season 4-0 and they are ranked in the top 10 in the nation. The team has won games over easy opponents like Florida Atlantic and McNeese State before winning over Fresno State, while the Hurricanes game got the team their fourth win. The team has been one of the best rushing teams in the nation and they are ranked in the top 10 in scoring on offense as well.
The team has Illinois at home and then two road games against Michigan State and Northwestern and that comes ahead of matchups with Rutgers and Purdue. Nebraska then plays Wisconsin on the road and that will be a huge test, as those two are shaping up to be two of the best teams in the conference. The team ends the season with two of three games on the road and that includes Wisconsin and Minnesota before ending away at Iowa.
Wisconsin has shown how good they can be on the ground and Nebraska is right there with the team in the conference. Wisconsin has a fairly easy schedule and they likely need to win out after starting the season with a loss to LSU. Nebraska has the chance to get a huge win against Michigan State and that would put the team in position to get into the championship game. Michigan State has already lost to Oregon and while the Ducks are great, it's still a loss for the team.
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