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| Schedule | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #71 | -0.01 | SOS Played | +0.04 | #48 |
| #66 | +0.00 | SOS Remaining | +0.20 | #16 |
| Offense | ||||
| #16 | +0.20 | Adj. EPA / Play | +0.13 | #30 |
| #16 | +0.29 | EPA / Play | +0.20 | #39 |
| #42 | 6.3 | Yards / Play | 6.5 | #32 |
| #21 | 48.4% | Success Rate | 48.7% | #18 |
| Defense · allowed | ||||
| #35 | -0.10 | Adj. EPA / Play | +0.26 | #137 |
| #19 | -0.03 | EPA / Play | +0.38 | #134 |
| #65 | 5.7 | Yards / Play | 6.7 | #110 |
| #9 | 34.6% | Success Rate | 49.7% | #125 |
| Success rate: Bill Connelly. Adjusted EPA: a port of sportsdataverse-py. EPA and plays: CollegeFootballData.com. Methods | ||||
 NEB Offense | vs |  ILL Defense | ||
| #39 | +0.25 | EPA / Pass | +0.53 | #137 |
| #3 | +0.33 | EPA / Rush | +0.25 | #121 |
| #16 | 57.7% | Available Yards % | 59.8% | #132 |
| #43 | Own 31 | Starting Field Pos. | Own 31 | #96 |
| #24 | +0.21 | Early Downs EPA | +0.30 | #135 |
| #16 | 51.3% | 3rd/4th Down Success | 55.7% | T-#134 |
| #104 | 7.6 | Avg 3rd Down Distance | 5.8 | #133 |
| NEB Defense | vs | ILL Offense | ||
| #9 | -0.12 | EPA / Pass | +0.27 | #35 |
| #64 | +0.09 | EPA / Rush | +0.13 | #61 |
| #17 | 34.7% | Available Yards % | 61.6% | #7 |
| #52 | Own 28 | Starting Field Pos. | Own 28 | #87 |
| #30 | -0.01 | Early Downs EPA | +0.27 | #11 |
| #5 | 28.1% | 3rd/4th Down Success | 44.1% | #52 |
| #18 | 8.1 | Avg 3rd Down Distance | 5.6 | #7 |
| Negative Plays · committedper game | ||||
| T-#74 | 2.0 | Sacks Taken | 0.8 | T-#12 |
| T-#58 | 0.6 | INTs Thrown | 0.6 | T-#58 |
| T-#1 | 0.0 | Fumbles Lost | 0.0 | T-#1 |
| T-#15 | 0.6 | Turnovers | 0.6 | T-#15 |
| #131 | 9.2 | Penalties | 4.0 | #5 |
| #126 | 76.2 | Penalty Yards | 37.8 | #12 |
| Negative Plays · forcedper game | ||||
| T-#27 | 2.6 | Sacks | 0.8 | T-#125 |
| T-#16 | 1.2 | INTs | 0.2 | T-#122 |
| T-#70 | 0.4 | Fumbles Recovered | 0.2 | T-#112 |
| T-#23 | 1.6 | Takeaways | 0.4 | T-#132 |
| T-#88 | 6.0 | Penalties Drawn | 8.6 | T-#12 |
| T-#63 | 57.8 | Penalty Yds Drawn | 74.4 | T-#18 |
| Record | ||||
| T-#1 | 5-0 | Current Year ATS (2026) | 2-4 | T-#106 |
| Coaching | ||||
| Matt Rhule | Head Coach | Bret Bielema | ||
| T-#44 | 4 | Seasons at School | 6 | T-#21 |
| #81 | 66-62 | Career Record | 134-84 | #42 |
| Situation | ||||
| 7 days | Rest | 7 days | ||
| 448 mi | Travel | Home | ||
| Anthony Colandrea | QB | Katin Houser | ||
| #47 | +0.36 | EPA / Att | +0.35 | #50 |
| #45 | 48.9% | Success Rate | 54.1% | #16 |
| #77 | 1.49 | Explosiveness | 1.44 | #97 |
| #39 | 3.6% | Sack Rate | 3.1% | #31 |
| #9 | +0.63 | Rush EPA | +0.59 | #12 |
| Last 8 · EPA / Att | ||||
| Game Breakers | ||||
| #9RB | Jamal Rule+33.4 | Playmaker · PPA | Collin Dixon+59.4 | #3WR |
| 95.7thWR | Jacory Barney Jr.+29.3 | Playmaker · PPA | Hudson Clement+22.1 | 92.6thWR |
| 98.6thDB | Donovan Jones+11.7 | Defender · Havoc EPA | Ismael Kante+8.4 | 95.9thLB |
| 94.1thDB | Andrew Marshall+7.4 | Defender · Havoc EPA | Matthew Bailey+5.8 | 88.6thDB |
| Recruiting | ||||
| T-#23 | 1 | 5★ Players | 0 | T-#37 |
| #23 | 27 | 4★ Players | 9 | T-#60 |
| T-#60 | 59 | 3★ Players | 73 | T-#10 |
| Transfers | ||||
6 in · 8 out | OFF Transfers | 8 in · 11 out | ||
9 in · 8 out | DEF Transfers | 10 in · 15 out | ||
| 47% | OFF Returning | 21% | ||
| 53% | DEF Returning | 30% | ||