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Pleasanton vs Cambridge preview: Week 8 2026 Nebraska football
Pleasanton visits Cambridge on Fri, Oct 16. Records, wildcard standing, district picture and results from NSAA data. Kickoff time TBA.
Pleasanton (6-1) travels to Cambridge (6-1) on Friday, Oct. 16, in a Class D3 game. NSAA has not posted a kickoff time, so it is listed here as Time TBA (NSAA schedule export, retrieved Oct. 13, 2026).
In the NSAA wildcard point standings, Pleasanton is 5th of 41 teams in Class D3 by average (43.1429), tied (projected) with Brady, and Cambridge is 7th of 41 (42.4286), tied (projected) with Burwell and Twin Loup (NSAA wildcard points, Class D3, last updated 13 Oct 2026 5:09:01 am CDT). For each team, the path to the playoffs is a district title or an at-large spot (projection, not official). Seeds and the field are set by the NSAA after Week 9.
Neither team is in the top 10 of the Hurrdat Sports Class D3 coaches poll released Oct. 11, 2026 (Hurrdat Sports coaches poll, Oct. 11, 2026).
Pleasanton is 3-0 in District D3-5 play and Cambridge is 3-0 in District D3-5 (NSAA district standings, updated Oct. 12, 2026, 10:42 p.m. CDT). The two are tied for the District D3-5 lead, so each is a co-leader, tied (projected) and this game decides who leads the district going into Week 9. The district winner gets an automatic playoff spot.
Pleasanton results so far: Aug 28: vs. Deshler W 48-26; Sep 4: at Amherst L 26-47; Sep 11: at Sandhills Valley W 62-6; Sep 17: vs. Shelton W 66-18; Sep 25: at Blue Hill W 34-26; Oct 2: vs. Southern Valley W 45-16; Oct 9: at Axtell W 57-20 (NSAA schedule export, retrieved Oct. 13, 2026).
Cambridge results so far: Aug 27: vs. Maxwell W 39-15; Sep 4: at Sutherland W 57-12; Sep 11: vs. Dundy County Stratton L 34-54; Sep 18: at Wauneta-Palisade W 46-0; Sep 24: vs. Overton W 1-0; Oct 2: vs. Blue Hill W 44-22; Oct 9: at Southern Valley W 46-36 (NSAA schedule export, retrieved Oct. 13, 2026).
Common opponents: Blue Hill: Pleasanton W 34-26, Cambridge W 44-22; Southern Valley: Pleasanton W 45-16, Cambridge W 46-36 (NSAA schedule export, retrieved Oct. 13, 2026).
Points for and against in NSAA-recorded games: Pleasanton 338-159, Cambridge 267-139 (NSAA schedule export, retrieved Oct. 13, 2026). Forfeit results are listed by NSAA as 1-0 and are counted that way here.
What to watch: with two regular-season weeks left, a win adds to the winner's average, which matters for an at-large spot, and a district result can change the district title race (projection, not official). Check the Class D3 projected bracket and the Pleasanton and Cambridge team pages for updates.
Sources
- NSAA schedule/results export, Class D3 (2026-10-13)
- NSAA wildcard point standings, Class D3 (2026-10-13)
- NSAA district standings (2026-10-12)
- Hurrdat Sports coaches poll (2026-10-11)
DRAFT for review (week8-20261013). Not yet fact-checked by Research.
