Nebraska will hit the road for the second straight week as an underdog.

The Huskers head to the Windy City on Saturday to take on Northwestern on Saturday, and the game opened with the Huskers as 8.5-point underdogs in the matchup according to VegasInsder.

The matchups between the Huskers and Wildcats have been interesting ones since Nebraska joined the Big Ten. The games have often been tightly contested, with the visiting team seeming to have the upper-hand. Nebraska has never lost when visiting Northwestern, and the Huskers have often had close to a home field advantage because of the legions of Husker fans who make the trip. In past matchups, the Wildcats have had to switch to a silent cadence in their own stadium.

Northwestern captured last year's matchup in Lincoln by a 31-24 margin, which followed Nebraska's 24-13 win at Northwestern in 2016 that could have been even larger had it not been for Husker fumbles.

Nebraska enters the matchup with the Wildcats winless, and riding an 0-5 start to the season for the first time since 1945. Nebraska has lost 11 of its last 12 games dating to last season and dropped a 41-24 decision to a ranked Wisconsin team on Saturday night. Northwestern enters the game 2-3 and 1-2 in Big Ten play. The Wildcats lost early matchups in the season with Purdue, Duke and Akron, but Northwestern knocked off No. 20 Michigan State on the road 29-19. In that game, quarterback Clayton Thorson threw three touchdowns and rushed for one more in leading Northwestern to its second-straight win. Despite rushing for just eight yards, Northwestern pulled the upset.

Husker head coach Scott Frost said after Saturday's loss that he felt that Nebraska was starting to turn a corner despite the

"I told the team, sometimes when you're sick you have to puke it out," Frost said after the game. "I think last week was a turning point for us, believe it or not. I saw a team come together I saw a team practice the best it has all year. I saw a team start loving each other, holding each other accountable and they came out and fought. We weren't good enough to win the game, but I felt like that was a turning point for us. That's what I told them in the locker room."

Saturday's game will be televised nationally on ABC and will kickoff at 11 a.m.

Frost said he's confident that things are headed in the right direction with the Big Red despite the struggles to start the season.

"I hate losing more than anybody in the world," Frost said. "I challenge you to find anybody who hates it more than me, but I think we're on the road to getting this to a better place."