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Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule is never shy about sharing his opinions on a range of topics, whether it’s about his own team or about anything else that has to do with college football.
On Thursday in Chicago, Rhule took his turn at the podium at Big Ten Media Days, and in addition to speaking about the 2026 edition of the Cornhuskers, he also spoke about the general state of the sport as the season approaches.
With college football facing a number of issues, whether it’s about eligibility rules, the transfer portal or the proposed 24-team College Football Playoff, Rhule was there to say that the sport is doing just fine, thank you.
“I think there’s this narrative out there that college football is broken. College football is as great as it’s ever been,” said Rhule, who believes the “broken narrative” is perpetuated by coaches.
Rhule also believes the sport can get better, and he thinks that task falls on the people within college football.
“Maybe there’s things that some of us don’t like, but viewership was near an all-time high or an all-time high,” he told reporters on Thursday. “Teams that have never been in the mix for national championships now in this new model are in the mix. There’s more access than ever. Football is as great as it’s ever been. We have to make it better. I would be happy to play anybody, just as long as the other teams that are competing for the same trophy are doing the same thing.”
Rhule will be trying to push Nebraska into the Big Ten title discussion this fall. Here is what the Kalshi market is currently saying about which teams have the best shot to capture Big Ten conference supremacy in 2026:
