Big Ten Announces Home, Away Opponents for 2026 Volleyball Season

Key Points:

• The Big Ten Conference has announced the 2026 Nebraska volleyball schedule, reducing league matches from 20 to 17 to accommodate a new end-of-season Big Ten Tournament, with Nebraska hosting nine home games and traveling for eight.
• Nebraska will host five of the top seven teams from the 2025 season, including Wisconsin, Purdue, USC, Minnesota, and UCLA, while also hosting lower-ranked teams like Iowa, Ohio State, and Rutgers.
• Road matches include trips to top-five team Indiana, Penn State, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, and Maryland, with specific dates and TV coverage to be announced later.
• Nebraska's nonconference schedule features high-profile matches, including a season opener against Texas likely in Las Vegas, exhibitions at AT&T Stadium, and games at South Dakota State, DePaul, and Missouri, plus home matches against Baylor, New Mexico, and Creighton.
• The 2026 season will conclude with a 15-team Big Ten conference tournament in Fishers, Indiana, marking the first-ever end-of-season tournament for the league.