Season Record: 4-5 (3-3 B1G)
Head Coach: Mike Riley (19-16, 3rd year at Nebraska)
2017 S&P+ Overall Ranking: 78th
2016 S&P+ Overall Ranking: 46th
It’s been 20 years since Tom Osborne retired as head coach at Nebraska after a perfect 13-0 season, claiming the top ranking in the coaches’ poll. Since then, the Cornhuskers have had four different coaches at the helm, migrated from the Big 12 to the Big Ten, and notched one lonely conference championship. I can’t even remember the last time Nebraska was in the conversation for the national championship.