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LINCOLN — Akron is out. An FCS team is in.

Nebraska announced Thursday it will play Bethune-Cookman on Oct. 27 for the 12th game on its schedule, replacing Akron, whose Sept. 1 contest with NU was canceled by thunderstorms.

A member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, BCU is 1-2 with losses to Florida Atlantic and Tennessee State. It has in recent years played games at Miami, FAU, Florida International and North Texas.

But never Nebraska, which will pay Bethune-Cookman $800,000 to come to Lincoln. That’s big money for BCU’s athletic department, NU Athletic Director Bill Moos said, and it’s more than double the $300,000 Iowa State will pay to play Incarnate Word on Dec. 1 after the Cyclones' Sept. 1 game was also canceled by thunderstorms.

"It wasn't a piece of cake, and a lot of time went into it, and we had to hold our breath a little bit, but we got our 12th game and fans get their seven,” Moos said Thursday afternoon.

Nebraska would be able to count a win over Bethune-Cookman toward its bowl eligibility because the NCAA allows FBS schools to count one win over an FCS school.