Power 4
Group of 5
Other FBS
12/27 2:30 pm ABC
Georgia Tech
22 GT
9-3
BYU
12 BYU
11-2
12/27 4:45 pm ESPN
North Texas
25 UNT
11-2
San Diego State
SDSU
9-3
12/27 6:30 pm ABC
Virginia
19 UVA
10-3
Missouri
MIZ
8-4
12/27 8:15 pm ESPN
LSU
LSU
7-5
Houston
21 HOU
9-3
12/30 8:00 pm ESPN
USC
16 USC
9-3
TCU
TCU
8-4
12/31 11:00 am ESPN
Iowa
23 IOWA
8-4
Vanderbilt
14 VAN
10-2
12/31 2:00 pm ABC
Michigan
18 MICH
9-3
Texas
13 TEX
9-3
12/31 2:30 pm ESPN
Nebraska
NEB
7-5
Utah
15 UTAH
10-2
12/31 6:30 pm ESPN
Miami
10 MIA
11-2
Ohio State
2 OSU
12-1
1/1 11:00 am ESPN
Oregon
5 ORE
12-1
Texas Tech
4 TTU
12-1
1/1 3:00 pm ESPN
Alabama
9 ALA
11-3
Indiana
1 IU
13-0
1/1 7:00 pm ESPN
Ole Miss
6 MISS
12-1
Georgia
3 UGA
12-1
1/2 7:00 pm FOX
Arizona
17 ARIZ
9-3
SMU
SMU
8-4
Final
Alabama
9 ALA
34
Oklahoma
8 OU
24
Final
Miami
10 MIA
10
Texas A&M
7 TA&M
3
Final
Tulane
20 TULN
10
Ole Miss
6 MISS
41
Final
James Madison
24 JMU
34
Oregon
5 ORE
51
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Riley Van Poppel
Defensive Line
Nebraska
Nebraska
  • Eligibility
    Sophomore
  • HT/WT
    6'5 / 295
  • Birthplace
    Argyle, TX
Defensive
Team
Season
TOT
SOLO
TFL
SACKS
QB HUR
PD
2025
Nebraska
14 6 2 1 2 0
2024
Nebraska
3 2 1 0 1 0
2023
Nebraska
5 1 1 0 1 0

Game Log

2025 SEASON DEFENSIVE
DATE OPP RESULT TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD INT
Fri 8/29
@ Cincinnati CIN
W 20-17 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sat 9/6
vs Akron AKR
W 68-0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sat 9/13
vs Houston Christian HCU
W 59-7 1 1 1 1 0 0
Sat 9/20
vs Michigan MICH
L 27-30 2 1 0 0 0 0
Sat 10/11
@ Maryland MD
W 34-31 1 1 0 0 0 0
Sat 10/25
vs Northwestern NU
W 28-21 3 3 0 0 0 0
Sat 11/1
vs USC USC
L 17-21 1 0 0 0 0 0
Sun 11/9
@ UCLA UCLA
W 28-21 2 0 0 0 0 0
Sun 11/23
@ Penn State PSU
L 10-37 1 0 0 0 0 0
Fri 11/28
vs Iowa IOWA
L 16-40 1 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 14 6 1 1 0 0
Recruit Rankings
Recruiting Class: 2023
Source
Rating
Stars
National Rank
Position Rank
State Rank
Consensus 89.88
343 43 60
On3 91.00
259 30 47
247 89.00
56 73
Rivals 5.70
33 81
Espn 80.00
24 76