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Nebraska Cornhuskers at Oregon Ducks

·Oct 17, 2026·12:00 PM CT·Eugene, OR

By JR·3 min read

Nebraska(5-1)

13Oregon(3-2)

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TLDR: Dylan Raiola left Lincoln for Eugene, and 2 weeks into running Oregon's offense he gets Nebraska. Both teams lost close games last weekend, so neither one shows up at Autzen with much margin for another.

SAT 10/17, SAT OCT 17, 12:00 PM CT · Week 7

Nebraska

(5-1)

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13Oregon

(3-2)

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Unranked Nebraska (5-1) visits No. 13 Oregon (3-2) after both teams lost close games, Nebraska 20-17 to Indiana after leading 17-6 in the fourth quarter and Oregon 17-15 at home to UCLA. The main storyline is at quarterback: Dylan Raiola, who transferred from Nebraska, started for Oregon while Dante Moore recovered from a concussion, and whether Moore is cleared will shape the game. Oregon is a heavy home favorite despite a thin receiver room, and Nebraska's case rests on Anthony Colandrea and a defense that held Indiana to 20.

Nebraska Cornhuskers

Colandrea threw for 263 and ran for 47 against No. 7 Indiana
Led the defending champs 17-6 deep into the fourth
Defense allowed 13 or fewer in 3 of 5 games
Didn't score again after going up 17-6 on Indiana
TE C. Nelson questionable with a leg injury
Has to make the trip to Autzen

Oregon Ducks

Moore back at practice, could return for this one
Scored 41 at USC with Moore playing
Raiola knows Nebraska's personnel from the inside
Only 15 points in Raiola's first start, a loss to UCLA
McClellan out, Lott and Gresham questionable at WR
Defense gave up 39 at Oklahoma State

The quarterback matchup is the reason to watch. Raiola, who transferred to Oregon from Nebraska, made his first start for the Ducks against UCLA after Dante Moore was ruled out. Moore took a late hit from a USC linebacker while sliding in the Sept. 26 win, left the field in an ambulance and was diagnosed with a concussion. His scans came back clean, and he was back at practice the week of the UCLA game. That's what makes Saturday, October 17 hard to read this early: nobody knows yet whether Oregon's starter is the guy it recruited to win now or the guy who used to wear Husker red.

Raiola's first start ended in a 17-15 home loss to No. 21 UCLA. That's 15 points from an Oregon offense that put up 84 on Portland State and 41 at USC. Some of that falls on the receivers. J. McClellan is out with a foot injury and no timetable, and J. Lott (hand) and D. Gresham (neck) have spent weeks listed questionable. A quarterback making his first start needs targets he trusts, and Oregon hasn't been able to give him many. Even so, Eugene is pricing the Ducks like it's a typical Autzen home game.

Nebraska's quarterback is Anthony Colandrea, and he gave No. 7 Indiana, the defending national champion, everything it could handle. He threw for 263 yards on 25-of-43 passing and ran 17 times for 47 yards. His 39-yard touchdown run made it 17-6 with about 12 minutes left. Then the Huskers didn't score again. Indiana got 2 fourth-quarter touchdowns, including a 44-yard Josh Hoover strike to Nick Marsh on fourth-and-1, and won 20-17 in Lincoln.

Until that collapse, Nebraska had handled everything on its schedule. The Huskers beat Michigan State 31-13 in East Lansing and dropped 48 on Maryland, and the defense allowed 7 points in each of its first 2 games. Oregon has been streakier. It got a 7-point scare from Boise State, gave up 39 in a loss at Oklahoma State, then beat USC on the road before UCLA came into Autzen and won. A 3-2 Oregon team ranked No. 13 is hosting a 5-1 Nebraska team that isn't ranked at all, and the season resumes so far don't fully explain that gap.

Nebraska's injury report is short. TE C. Nelson is questionable with a leg injury, which is the only listing. Oregon's is the one that will decide what this game looks like. Watch for Moore's status during the week. If he's cleared, Raiola goes back to the bench and Oregon gets back the offense that scored 41 in the Coliseum. If not, Raiola plays his old team with a banged-up receiver room, and a lot of people in Lincoln will be watching closely.

The forecast won't be a factor: 59 degrees, cloudy, a 5% chance of rain and basically no wind. Each team just lost a game it could have won, Nebraska by blowing a fourth-quarter lead and Oregon by failing to score enough at home. Dan Lanning's Ducks can't take a third loss before Halloween and still think about the Playoff. Nebraska has a chance to show that the Indiana game was a sign of how good it is, not where it tops out.

Nebraska Cornhuskers at Oregon Ducks

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