NCAA Football 2021: Illinois vs Nebraska Sat-Aug-28

It feels like an eternity but College Football is BACK and what a matchup we have to kick off the 2021 season.

The 2021 NCAA Football starts on Saturday when the Illinois Fighting Illini taking on Nebraska Cornhuskers. Illinois will be hosting Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Urbana-Champaign.

Both teams will be looking tyo get off to better starts than each had while under a shirtened and restricted civid-19 schedule last season.

To refresh everyone’s mind,Nebraska ended the season on 3 wins and 5 defeats while Illinois had only 2 wins and lost 6 games.

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Current Odds: Nebraska (-7.0), Total (55)
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Head-to-head

Illinois Fighting Illini and Nebraska Cornhuskers have met each other in 18 games. Nebraska Cornhuskers hold the edge over the Illinois Fighting Illini. Of 18 head-to-head games, Nebraska have won 13 games while Illinois have defeated Nebraska 4 times. One game between the two teams ended in a tie.

Trends

Nebraska are 4-2 ATS in their last 6 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Nebraska’s last 8 games.
Nebraska are 4-10 SU in their last 14 games.
Nebraska are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games against Illinois.
Nebraska are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games against Illinois.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Nebraska’s last 7 games on the road.
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Nebraska’s last 8 games against an opponent in the Big Ten conference.
Nebraska are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games against an opponent in the West Division division.
Nebraska are 10-0 SU in their last 10 games played in August.
Nebraska are 3-6 ATS in their last 9 games played in week 1.
Illinois are 3-7 ATS in their last 10 games.
Illinois are 2-9 SU in their last 11 games.
Illinois are 1-7 SU in their last 8 games at home.
Illinois are 2-8 SU in their last 10 games against an opponent in the Big Ten conference.
Illinois are 2-4 ATS in their last 6 games against an opponent in the West Division division.
Illinois are 1-5 ATS in their last 6 games played in August.
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Illinois’ last 6 games played in week 1

Final: Nebraska 31, Illinois 17