Nebraska Cornhuskers visit Oregon Ducks in Big Ten Week 7 night game
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The gist
Nebraska (5-1) plays at Oregon (3-2) on Oct. 17 at 11 p.m. ET, aired on FOX.
Both teams lost close Week 6 games and are unranked.
Background
Nebraska and Oregon are Big Ten college football teams; Nebraska, the Cornhuskers, entered the Oct. 17 game at 5-1 (2-1 in conference), while Oregon, the Ducks, were 3-2 (1-1). Both lost close games in Week 6: Nebraska led No. 7 Indiana by two scores in the fourth quarter at home before losing 20-17, and Oregon fell 17-15 to UCLA at Autzen Stadium and dropped out of the AP Top 25 from No. 13. Neither team is ranked in the Week 7 AP poll, where Oregon received 86 votes and Nebraska 65, and this is the first meeting between the schools as Big Ten opponents.
How it unfolded
- Sep 5, 2026Nebraska beat Ohio 49-21.
- Sep 12, 2026Nebraska beat Bowling Green 56-7.
- Sep 19, 2026Nebraska beat North Dakota 34-7.
- Sep 26, 2026Nebraska beat Michigan State 31-13.
- Oct 3, 2026Nebraska beat Maryland 48-23 to stay unbeaten.
- Oct 10, 2026Indiana beat Nebraska 20-17 after Nebraska had led by two scores in the fourth quarter.
- Oct 17, 2026Nebraska plays at Oregon at 8 p.m. PT / 11 p.m. ET / 10 p.m. CT at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, televised on FOX.
- Oct 31, 2026Nebraska is scheduled to face Washington; kickoff time to be announced.
- Nov 6, 2026Nebraska is scheduled to play at Illinois; listings differ on the kickoff time.
- Nov 14, 2026Nebraska is scheduled to play at Rutgers; kickoff time to be announced.
- Nov 21, 2026Nebraska is scheduled to host Ohio State; kickoff time to be announced.
- Nov 27, 2026Nebraska is scheduled to play at Iowa at 11:00 AM, per one schedule listing.
Who’s saying what
- Official
- FOX says Nebraska vs. Oregon kicks off at 11:00 p.m. ET / 8:00 p.m. PT on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026, from Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon, airing on FOX and streaming on FOX One.
- Analysts
- The Eugene Register-Guard's Alec Dietz reports the game will air on FOX in Week 7 with Tim Brando and Devin Gardner in the booth at Autzen Stadium and Josh Sims on the sidelines.
Still unverified
Sources conflict on several schedule details: the Nebraska at Illinois kickoff is listed as 7:00 PM by one source and 8 p.m. ET by another; the Nebraska at Iowa game is listed as Friday, Nov. 20 at 12 PM by one source and Nov. 27 at 11:00 AM by another; the Nebraska vs. Ohio State date appears as Nov. 21 in one listing and Nov. 14 in another; and Yahoo Sports lists the Oregon game's broadcast location as Memorial Stadium while other sources say Autzen Stadium.