Nebraska at No. 19 Iowa: Week 13 preview

Nebraska (5-3) visits No. 19 Iowa (6-2) on Fri, Nov 27 · 12:00 PM ET.
SP+ power ratings: Nebraska 15.4 (15th), Iowa 12.4 (23rd). SP+ projects Nebraska by 0.5, including 2.5 points of home field.
The Nebraska offense ranks 41st in FBS in EPA per play (+0.17); the Iowa defense ranks 34th (+0.04 allowed). The Iowa defense holds the edge in standard-downs success rate, power success rate, sack rate.
The Iowa offense ranks 86th in FBS in EPA per play (+0.07); the Nebraska defense ranks 7th (−0.06 allowed). The Nebraska defense holds the edge in passing-downs success rate, passing explosiveness, EPA per play.
Schedule so far (average FBS opponent SP+): Nebraska +3.7 (51st toughest), Iowa +5.1 (40th toughest).