HuskerMax Predictions: Nebraska Football vs. UTEP

Nebraska football's season opener is officially here as kickoff with UTEP is upcoming. The HuskerMax and Nebraska Cornhuskers on SI team has made its final predictions for the game.

Kaleb Henry | Aug 31, 2024

Offensive and defensive lines during Nebraska football practice / Nebraska Athletics

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Nebraska Cornhuskers football opens the season at UTEP at 2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday. The preseason has officially come to a close and the only thing left is to make the final predictions and get to the game.

Below are the Nebraska vs. UTEP predictions from the HuskerMax and Nebraska Cornhuskers on SI contributors. The average prediction is Nebraska 36-14.

Prediction	Predictor
Nebraska 41-17	Kaleb Henry
Nebraska 38-20	Austin Jacobsen
Nebraska 38-20	Eric Hess
Nebraska 35-10	Geoff Exstrom
Nebraska 40-20	Josh Petersen
Nebraska 34-10	Joe Hudson
Nebraska 38-10	ThotDoc
Nebraska 35-3	Enrique Alvarez-Cleary
Nebraska 28-14	Matt McMaster
Nebraska 38-14	Maren Angus-Coombs
Nebraska 34-17	Cole Stukenholtz

Find more media predictions at HuskerMax.com.

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Published Aug 31, 2024

KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.