NEB VB: at DePaul/vs. Missouri Preview & Notes
No. 1 Nebraska at DePaul – Friday, Sept. 4 (5 PM)
TV/Stream: FS1/FoxSports
Radio: Huskers Radio Network, Official Huskers App, Huskers.com
No. 1 Nebraska vs. Missouri – Sunday, Sept. 6 (8 PM)
TV/Stream: FOX/FoxSports
Radio: Huskers Radio Network, Official Huskers App, Huskers.com
Follow the Match
• Friday night’s match at DePaul can be seen on FS1, with Sloane Martin and Emily Ehman on the call.
•Sunday’s matchup against Missouri in the Allstate Big Ten/SEC Volleyball Challenge at Wrigley Field will be broadcast live on FOX, with Connor Onion and Emily Ehman calling the action.
• Huskers Radio Network with John Baylor and Lauren (Cook) West will broadcast all the action on their volleyball affiliate stations, on Huskers.com and on the Huskers App.
Nebraska vs. DePaul
• Friday’s meeting between the Huskers and Blue Demons is the fifth all-time meeting between the two programs, as the Big Red lead the series with a 3-0-1 advantage.
• In their last meeting, Nebraska swept DePaul in the 1979 campaign.
Nebraska vs. Missouri
• Through 78 all-time meetings, Nebraska holds a dominant 74-3-1 lead in the series against Missouri.
• In their last meeting, the Huskers swept the Tigers in the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2023.
Huskers At No. 1 in Latest AVCA Poll
• The Nebraska volleyball team was ranked No. 1 in the latest AVCA Coaches Poll released on Aug. 31.
• The Huskers collected 1,569 points in the poll and came in ahead of No. 2 Pitt (1,510), No. 3 Kentucky (1,461), No. 4 Stanford (1,411) and No. 5 Wisconsin (1,211). Nebraska got 57 first-place votes, followed by Pitt with the remaining six.
• It marks Nebraska’s 125th week all-time at No. 1 in the AVCA Coaches Poll, the most of any program in the nation. The Huskers have been ranked No. 1 to start a season in three of the last five years, including 2025 and 2022.
Huskers No Stranger to Professional Venues
• Since Volleyball Day in Nebraska in 2023, the Huskers have played in four different professional venues across the last four seasons.
• Nebraska’s matches this weekend in Wintrust Arena against DePaul and at Wrigley Field against Missouri mark the fifth and sixth professional venue for the Huskers to play in since 2023.
NU’s Two-Way Dominance
• After leading the country in hitting percentage and opposing hitting percentage last season, Nebraska became the first team to finish first nationally in both categories since at least 2014, the NCAA’s first season tracking opposing hitting percentages.
• The Husker offense hit at a school-record pace of .351 and hit over .400 in nine matches last season, which is a school record in the rally-scoring era.
• The NU defense has led the nation in opponent hitting percentage three times in the last four seasons (2022, 2023 and 2025) after limiting opponents to a pace of .129 in 2025.
• Through three matches in 2026, Nebraska has held opponents to an .068 hitting percentage, which ranks fourth nationally and leads the Big Ten.
NU’s Race to the Red Zone
• Nebraska is 105-0 in sets under head coach Dani Busboom Kelly when reaching the red zone (20 points) first.
• The Huskers are 9-0 when reaching the red zone first in 2026 after posting a 96-0 mark last season.
Big Red on the Run
• Nebraska has recorded 11 runs of five-plus unanswered points through two matches this season, highlighted by a season-long streak of 10 in the first set against No. 2 Texas on Aug. 30.
• The Huskers have scored five consecutive points on six occasions and have scored six straight points four times.