Welcome to the 2026 HuskerMax Season Record Contest!
Please read carefully to ensure your entry is valid.
Entries are due before kickoff of the first 2026 FBS game, 11:00AM CDT Saturday August 29.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Predict Nebraska's wins and losses during the regular season.
2. Predict how many points Nebraska will score during the regular season.
3. Submit your entry as a reply to this thread.
4. Do not edit your post after it is submitted or it will be disqualified. If you change your mind, submit a new post.
HOW TO FORMAT YOUR ENTRY:
1. Enter either a W or L for each game of the regular season, one letter per line. (Upper or lower case is OK, W or w, L or l.)
2. Enter the season points prediction on the next line under your W's and L's.
Example of a properly-formatted entry:
ENTRY SCORING AND WINNER SELECTION:
This year, based on a discussion and a vote about this contest following last year, entries will be scored under two distinct methods, resulting in two separate leaderboards.
Please note the entry process is unchanged from previous years. Don't let all this mathy stuff scare you, just put in your picks using the format we have always used and the magic will happen, there's nothing new you have to do to participate from any other year.
1. CLASSIC RULE SET (Record First)
This method prioritizes hitting the overall regular season record, using individual game accuracy as a tiebreaker.
This method blends overall record accuracy with per-game accuracy, ensuring that an entry getting only 1 game wrong isn't ranked below entries with multiple wrong picks that end up canceling each other out. It incorporates the math mechanisms from the Classic Rule Set above.
NEBRASKA 2026 REGULAR SCHEDULE:
Ohio
Bowling Green
North Dakota
@ Michigan State
Maryland
Indiana
@ Oregon
Washington
@ Illinois
@ Rutgers
Ohio State
@ Iowa
PRIZE AND FINAL RESULTS:
Results of this contest will be posted on the BBS as soon as possible and practical following the conclusion of the 2026 season.
The top finishers of both scoring systems will receive a Husker Max ball cap, and autographed copies of "10 Minutes of Insanity" and "50 Years of Husker Memories".
Please read carefully to ensure your entry is valid.
Entries are due before kickoff of the first 2026 FBS game, 11:00AM CDT Saturday August 29.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Predict Nebraska's wins and losses during the regular season.
2. Predict how many points Nebraska will score during the regular season.
3. Submit your entry as a reply to this thread.
4. Do not edit your post after it is submitted or it will be disqualified. If you change your mind, submit a new post.
HOW TO FORMAT YOUR ENTRY:
1. Enter either a W or L for each game of the regular season, one letter per line. (Upper or lower case is OK, W or w, L or l.)
2. Enter the season points prediction on the next line under your W's and L's.
Example of a properly-formatted entry:
ENTRY SCORING AND WINNER SELECTION:
This year, based on a discussion and a vote about this contest following last year, entries will be scored under two distinct methods, resulting in two separate leaderboards.
Please note the entry process is unchanged from previous years. Don't let all this mathy stuff scare you, just put in your picks using the format we have always used and the magic will happen, there's nothing new you have to do to participate from any other year.
1. CLASSIC RULE SET (Record First)
This method prioritizes hitting the overall regular season record, using individual game accuracy as a tiebreaker.
- Step 1 — Overall Record Penalty (OA):
1 point for each win or loss your predicted record is off from the actual record. - Step 2 — Per-Game Penalty (PG) [Tiebreaker 1]:
1 point for each individual game predicted incorrectly. - Step 3 — Points Difference (PTD) [Tiebreaker 2]:
Absolute difference between predicted total points and actual total points scored by NU. - Step 4 — Earliest Submission [Tiebreaker 3]:
Ties remaining after Step 3 are broken by timestamp. - Standings Format: Displayed as OA - PG - PTD. Lowest score wins; a perfect score is 0-0-0.
This method blends overall record accuracy with per-game accuracy, ensuring that an entry getting only 1 game wrong isn't ranked below entries with multiple wrong picks that end up canceling each other out. It incorporates the math mechanisms from the Classic Rule Set above.
- Step 1 — Composite Penalty: (CP)
Overall Record Penalty (OA) + Half of Per-Game Penalty (PG) (rounded down) - Step 2 — Raw Per-Game Penalty (PG) [Tiebreaker 1]:
1 point for each individual game predicted incorrectly. - Step 3 — Points Difference (PTD) [Tiebreaker 2]:
Absolute difference between predicted total points and actual total points scored by NU. - Step 4 — Earliest Submission [Tiebreaker 3]:
Ties remaining after Step 3 are broken by timestamp. - Standings Format: Displayed as CP - PG - PTD. Lowest score wins; a perfect score is 0-0-0.
NEBRASKA 2026 REGULAR SCHEDULE:
Ohio
Bowling Green
North Dakota
@ Michigan State
Maryland
Indiana
@ Oregon
Washington
@ Illinois
@ Rutgers
Ohio State
@ Iowa
PRIZE AND FINAL RESULTS:
Results of this contest will be posted on the BBS as soon as possible and practical following the conclusion of the 2026 season.
The top finishers of both scoring systems will receive a Husker Max ball cap, and autographed copies of "10 Minutes of Insanity" and "50 Years of Husker Memories".
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