It's not a surprise that the Nebraska football team wasn't ranked in the AP Top 25. It also doesn't feel like the Huskers will be especially angry, at least not publicly, that the hype that's surrounded them all season wasn't reflected in this first official poll of the 2025 season. Matt Rhule is plenty confident in his squad. That doesn't mean he wants a target on its back.
While six Big Ten teams made the Associated Press Top 25, the Huskers play just one of them. Just another reminder that if Nebraska is going to make a surge in Year 3 of the Rhule era, they've got the kind of schedule that should allow them to do so.