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2026 college football / Week 6 matchup

IndianaatNebraska

Indiana · 5–0 · No. 7Nebraska · 5–0

Saturday, October 10 · 11:00 AM CT · FOX
Memorial Stadium · Lincoln, NE

Projected score (away / home)
30.2/22.1
Model line
Indiana −8.1
Market line
Indiana −7.0
Model pick
Indiana −7.0

01 / Team identity

Offense + defense

Indiana and Nebraska: overall matchup fingerprintsScores run from 0 at the center to 100 at the outside. Indiana is a solid green line with round markers; Nebraska is a dashed rust line with square markers. Exact values are listed beside the chart. Missing data is left unplotted. Pace indicates speed, not strength.EfficiencySuccessratePassingRushingExplosivenessHavocFinishingdrivesPace255075100

Larger = stronger. On pace, larger = faster.
Select a category to explore its underlying numbers.

Category / 0–100IUNEB

Passing

Predicted points added on passing plays. Measures production through the air on offense and passing production allowed on defense.

Indiana
Offense
0.730 PPA/play
Defense
0.100 PPA/play
Nebraska
Offense
0.379 PPA/play
Defense
-0.220 PPA/play

02 / Matchup advantages

3areas favor
Indiana

1closely matched
5-point threshold

3areas favor
Nebraska

EfficiencyEven3.6 pts

Predicted points added (PPA) per play. A measure of how much value a team creates or allows on each snap.

Indiana offense

Offensive percentile
99.3
Opponent defensive percentile
94.2
Matchup attack score
52.6

Offense: 0.491 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.103 PPA/play

Nebraska offense

Offensive percentile
96.4
Opponent defensive percentile
83.9
Matchup attack score
56.2

Offense: 0.375 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.046 PPA/play

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

Success rateIndiana8.4 pts

How consistently a team produces successful plays on offense and prevents them on defense.

Indiana offense

Offensive percentile
96.4
Opponent defensive percentile
89.1
Matchup attack score
53.6

Offense: 52.6%
Opponent defense: 34.1%

Nebraska offense

Offensive percentile
83.9
Opponent defensive percentile
93.4
Matchup attack score
45.3

Offense: 49.4%
Opponent defense: 33.0%

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

PassingNebraska5.8 pts

Predicted points added on passing plays. Measures production through the air on offense and passing production allowed on defense.

Indiana offense

Offensive percentile
100.0
Opponent defensive percentile
99.3
Matchup attack score
50.4

Offense: 0.730 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.220 PPA/play

Nebraska offense

Offensive percentile
75.2
Opponent defensive percentile
62.8
Matchup attack score
56.2

Offense: 0.379 PPA/play
Opponent defense: 0.100 PPA/play

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

RushingIndiana7.3 pts

Predicted points added on rushing plays. Measures ground-game production on offense and rushing production allowed on defense.

Indiana offense

Offensive percentile
94.9
Opponent defensive percentile
73.7
Matchup attack score
60.6

Offense: 0.300 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.032 PPA/play

Nebraska offense

Offensive percentile
97.8
Opponent defensive percentile
91.2
Matchup attack score
53.3

Offense: 0.370 PPA/play
Opponent defense: -0.157 PPA/play

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

ExplosivenessNebraska10.6 pts

Predicted points added per successful play. Captures the impact of productive plays, beyond how often they happen.

Indiana offense

Offensive percentile
92.0
Opponent defensive percentile
32.8
Matchup attack score
79.6

Offense: 1.414 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.306 PPA/successful play

Nebraska offense

Offensive percentile
89.1
Opponent defensive percentile
8.8
Matchup attack score
90.1

Offense: 1.403 PPA/successful play
Opponent defense: 1.429 PPA/successful play

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

HavocIndiana6.9 pts

Disruption created on defense and avoided on offense. Lower offensive havoc allowed and higher defensive havoc created are better.

Indiana offense

Offensive percentile
91.2
Opponent defensive percentile
80.7
Matchup attack score
55.3

Offense: 10.1%
Opponent defense: 18.7%

Nebraska offense

Offensive percentile
80.3
Opponent defensive percentile
83.6
Matchup attack score
48.4

Offense: 11.7%
Opponent defense: 19.4%

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

Finishing drivesNebraska15.7 pts

Points scored or allowed per scoring opportunity. Measures how effectively teams turn opportunities into points or limit the damage.

Indiana offense

Offensive percentile
97.1
Opponent defensive percentile
94.9
Matchup attack score
51.1

Offense: 5.26 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 2.24 pts/opportunity

Nebraska offense

Offensive percentile
96.4
Opponent defensive percentile
62.8
Matchup attack score
66.8

Offense: 5.21 pts/opportunity
Opponent defense: 3.13 pts/opportunity

Attack score = (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. The difference between the two scores determines the edge.

Bars point toward the team with the edge. Select a row to see why. These are statistical comparisons, not scoring margins or win probabilities.

How to read these charts

Statistics cover Weeks 1–5 of 2026, against all opponents. Percentiles compare 138 FBS teams; ties share ranks. Early-season profiles reflect a small sample.

Fingerprints: overall scores average offensive and defensive percentiles. Higher is better on both sides of the ball, including havoc avoidance on offense. Pace uses the offensive percentile only: higher means faster, not better. Missing values are shown as a dash and left unplotted.

Matchup edges: compare the two attack scores, each calculated as (offensive percentile + 100 − opponent defensive percentile) ÷ 2. Differences within 5 percentile points are labeled even. Pace does not contribute to the advantage map. These comparisons describe statistical strengths, not causal effects or win probabilities.

Source: CollegeFootballData advanced season statistics and team metadata; pace comes from local box scores. PPA stands for predicted points added. Advanced statistics exclude garbage time where supported. Pace includes all box-score plays.