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Nebraska Softball Reveals 2026 Schedule

The Huskers have released their 2026 schedule, which includes four tournaments and a home a series with UCLA.

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Nebraska softball players gather before a game against Northern Iowa at Bowlin Stadium on March 9, 2025.
Nebraska softball players gather before a game against Northern Iowa at Bowlin Stadium on March 9, 2025. / Nebraska Athletics
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The 2026 Nebraska softball schedule is here.

Just days after the 2025 Women's College World Series concluded festivities in Oklahoma City, Nebraska has announced the slate for next season.

Highlighting the schedule is a Big Ten Conference home series with UCLA. In league, play, the Huskers will also host Michigan, Rutgers, and Iowa.

Road trips in the Big Ten include series at Michigan State, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Penn State.

Nebraska will open the season Feb. 6-8 at the UTSA Invitational in San Antonio, Texas. The Huskers then travel to Clearwater, Fla., for the ESPN Clearwater Invitational on Feb. 12-15. That tournament also features Texas Tech, Tennessee and UCLA, all of whom made the 2025 Women’s College World Series.

NU will go cross-country to California for the Mary Nutter Classic from Feb. 19-22. The Huskers have an undetermined tournament or series Feb. 27 through March 1.

The home opener with a tournament at Bowlin Stadium will be March 6-8.

Nebraska is coming off a 43-15 season that saw the Big Red make the super regional round for the first time since 2014.

Nebraska Softball 2026 Schedule

  • Feb. 6-8 - at UTSA Invitational
  • Feb. 12-15 - at ESPN Clearwater Invitational
  • Feb. 19-22 - at Mary Nutter Collegiate Classic
  • Feb. 27-March 1 - TBD
  • March 6-8 - Home Tournament
  • March 13-15 - Michigan
  • March 20-22 - at Michigan State
  • March 27-29 - UCLA
  • April 3-5 - Rutgers
  • April 10-12 - at Wisconsin
  • April 17-19 - at Minnesota
  • April 24-26 - Iowa
  • May 1-3 - at Penn State

Home games are bolded.

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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