No. 7 Indiana rallies from 11 down to beat Nebraska 20–17 behind Nick Marsh

• Final: Indiana Hoosiers 20, Nebraska Cornhuskers 17
• Where: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE
• When: Saturday, October 10, 2026
• League: CFB

No. 7 Indiana looked dead in Lincoln. Nebraska led 17–6 early in the fourth quarter. The Hoosiers still left with a 20–17 win.

The comeback started fast. Josh Hoover hit Nick Marsh for a 75-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 17–13. Then, on fourth-and-1 with Nebraska stacked to stop the run, Hoover flipped it to a wide-open Marsh for a 44-yard touchdown with 7:13 left. It was Indiana's first lead of the day, and the defense made it stand.

Marsh finished with 6 catches for 187 yards and two touchdowns. The rest of the Indiana offense struggled: the Hoosiers went 1 for 10 on third down and needed two explosive plays to rescue the afternoon.

Our take: the fourth-down call was gutsy and it won the game. But a top-10 team trailing by 11 in the fourth quarter at Nebraska is a warning sign, not a style point. Is Indiana a real top-10 team, or did it get lucky in Lincoln?

The AI house lean was Indiana -7.5. The Hoosiers won by 3, so the pick goes down as a loss, and it was the only miss on a 5–1 Saturday. We grade every pick in the open, good and bad. The house record is 51–55–2.

The AI house pick: Indiana -7.5, which did not cover. The all-time house record is 51–55–2. See the Indiana Hoosiers vs. Nebraska Cornhuskers pick card for the pre-game reasoning. Every pick is graded in the open on the picks page and the archive, good and bad.

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