Nebraska will return home to take on a Big Ten foe as a big favorite.

The Huskers will open the week against Illinois as a 19-5-point favorite according to VegasInsider.com. The line didn't stay there for long, however, and in early betting the line had already moved down to 17.5 points in favor of the Huskers.

This will mark the fifth game this season where Nebraska opened as the favorite. Nebraska was favored over Colorado, Troy, Minnesota and Bethune-Cookman.

Saturday's matchup will be an interesting matchup with both teams will be coming into Saturday's game off solid performances, though they each had different results.

Nebraska lost a one-possession game at No. 8 Ohio State on Saturday, falling 36-31 to the Buckeyes. In that game, the Huskers felt they missed opportunities to pull off the upset, and are looking to finish their season strong, despite a 2-7 record.

"We had every chance in the world to win that game. I thought the defense did a great job in the first half," Frost said. "The offense did great on the first drive and came back in the second quarter and did well. We just needed to get a stop and go get a score in the third quarter and for whatever reason, we just didn't play well in the third quarter. A couple breaks here and there. A couple chances we didn't take advantage of. The great thing coming out of the locker room is that our guys are mad. They are upset that they didn't win the football game.”

Illinois will enter Saturday's game at Nebraska fresh off its second Big Ten win of the season. Illinois dismantled Minnesota 55-31. Illinois out-scored Minnesota 24-3 in the second half and forced three turnovers with head coach Lovie Smith calling the defense.

The Fighting Illini will be quarterbacked by a familiar face. One-time Nebraska quarterback AJ Bush regained his starting job last week, and took his frustrations out on the Gophers. Bush completed 18 of 25 passes for 216 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He also ran for 127 yards and two touchdowns in the win. Bush left Nebraska during his redshirt freshman year, and also had stops at Iowa Western and Virginia Tech before ending up at Illinois as a graduate transfer.

Nebraska topped Illinois 28-6 last season in Champaign, in what was arguably the Huskers' best game of the 4-8 campaign. The Huskers have won six of the last seven matchups with the Fighting Illini -- the lone win during that stretch for Illinois came in 2015 when Illinois shocked Nebraska 14-13 in Mike Riley's first year at Nebraska.

The Big Ten Conference announced Sunday that the Nebraska-Illinois football game on Saturday, Nov. 10 will kick off at 11 a.m. CT and will be televised by BTN.