That said, the Cornhuskers were one of the most-feared teams in college football history for multiple decades, a status given credence with the program's 930 all-time wins since debuting in 1890. The Cornhuskers have five claimed national championships, including two in 1970 and 1971.

The Houston Cougars and UCF Knights play on Friday, Nov. 7, at FBC Mortgage Stadium in Orlando, Florida, in a game on the college football Week 11 schedule.

The glory of this season has been its wild unpredictability, specifically the emergence of historically mediocre programs having the years of their lives.