Huskers Announce 2025 Volleyball Schedule

The Nebraska volleyball program and the Big Ten Conference announced the 2025 schedule on Wednesday. The Huskers will play 30 matches – 20 against Big Ten opponents and 10 against non-conference foes.

 

The schedule features eight matches against teams that finished in the top 10 of the 2024 AVCA Coaches Poll.

 

Before the season officially gets underway, Nebraska will have its annual Red-White Scrimmage on Saturday, Aug. 9 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The Huskers will also hold an Alumni Match at the Devaney Center on Saturday, Aug. 16. 

 

Nebraska's season begins with the AVCA First Serve Showcase at Pinnacle Bank Arena, where the Huskers will play Pittsburgh on Aug. 22 and Stanford on Aug. 24. NU will head to Nashville the following week for a road match at Lipscomb on Aug. 29 and a neutral-site match against Kentucky on Aug. 31 at Bridgestone Arena as part of the Broadway Block Party. 

 

NU returns home for the Ameritas Players Challenge against Wright State (Sept. 5) and California (Sept. 7), and the Big Red will host the Husker Invitational the following weekend, facing Utah (Sept. 12) and Grand Canyon (Sept. 13). 

 

In the final week of non-conference action, the Huskers will travel to Omaha to play Creighton at the CHI Health Center on Sept. 16 and will host Arizona on Sept. 20. 

 

The Huskers open conference play at home with matches against Michigan (Sept. 24) and Maryland (Sept. 27). NU begins a stretch of six of nine matches on the road in October at Penn State (Oct. 3) and Rutgers (Oct. 4). After an Oct. 10 home match against Washington, Nebraska will travel to Purdue (Oct. 12), Michigan State (Oct. 17) and Michigan (Oct. 19). 

 

The Big Red faces Northwestern (Oct. 24) and Michigan State (Oct. 25) at the Devaney Center before a road match at Wisconsin on Oct. 31. NU begins November at home against Oregon (Nov. 2) and Illinois (Nov. 6), then heads into a stretch of three straight road matches at Minnesota (Nov. 8), UCLA (Nov. 14) and USC (Nov. 15). 

 

A home tilt against Iowa on Nov. 20 precedes a road match at Indiana on Nov. 22. And Nebraska will end the regular season at home with a Black Friday showdown against Penn State (Nov. 28) and the regular-season finale against Ohio State (Nov. 29). 

 

Start times and TV information will be added to the Huskers.com schedule page as they become known.