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Nebraska stands alone this season when it comes to hosting official visitors.

The Huskers have brought 25 recruits to campus on official visits through the first five weeks. That’s almost three times as many as the next Big Ten school, and nearly as many as the rest of the conference combined.

The 13 other Big Ten schools have hosted a combined 30 official visitors this season. Michigan accounts for nine of those, with eight on campus last weekend for the Wolverines’ win over Wisconsin. Iowa and Minnesota have each hosted four; Penn State, Maryland and Indiana three. Ohio State, Rutgers, Wisconsin and Purdue haven’t hosted any yet.

This is also on pace to be one of Nebraska’s most active recruiting seasons. Last year, Mike Riley’s first in Lincoln, the Huskers hosted 28 official visitors during the season. NU might surpass that by the next home game and certainly will by the end of November.

Riley seems to be placing more of an emphasis on bringing recruits to Lincoln on official visits for games than his predecessors. Bo Pelini averaged 29.6 official visitors during each season he was in charge. Bill Callahan averaged 29.5, though that’s dragged down by the 12 he hosted during his last season. In the three previous years, he averaged 35.3.