Nebraska football coach Matt Rhule is about to enter his third season in Lincoln. He is setting some lofty goals for this 2025 campaign, including taking the Cornhuskers to the College Football Playoff for the very first time.

Rhule announced that goal while appearing on the first episode of his new podcast .

“I want to get to the College Football Playoff,” Rhule said on the first episode of House Rhules , and reported by On3 . “I mean, that’s why we’re doing all this, right? Like, you’re doing all of this to have a chance to get to the College Football Playoff.”

Rhule is pointing to Ohio State's success last year as a reason why he thinks Nebraska football can get into the field this season.

“And so I think what’s really unique, what’s interesting is, like, you look at Ohio

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