IOWA CITY, Iowa – As I am penning this piece on Friday morning, the whole for Saturday evening’s Iowa-Rutgers recreation sits at 33.5, in accordance with the Vegas Insider consensus. That is wild. 

How low will it go after opening at 35.5? If bettors look carefully at how good these defenses are performing and the struggles of the offenses, maybe it is not carried out falling.

A Rutgers program not identified for providing a lot of a house atmosphere is pushing exhausting for a sellout. With the sport being below the lights, that would present some juice for the Scarlet Knights, who final received a Large Ten contest at SHI Stadium in 2017, a streak of 19 losses in a row. 

The convention opener for each faculties represents the primary street journey of the season for the Hawkeyes (2-1). They personal wins in opposition to South Dakota State and Nevada. Rutgers (3-0) has away victories Boston Faculty and Rutgers, and one at residence versus Wagner. 

Iowa is 1-2 in opposition to the purpose unfold this season, incomes its first cowl final week in opposition to Nevada. The Scarlet Knights are 2-1, falling in need of a canopy at Temple every week in the past. 

Let’s check out the matchup from a playing perspective in our weekly Odds & Traits piece:

Level Spreads: Iowa opened up as a 7.5-point favourite at Vegas Insider. It remained there Friday morning. It stood there for all the books within the VI consensus aside from Fubo Sportsbook, which had the Hawkeyes -8. 

Cash Traces: The VI consensus opened with Iowa at -110 and it dropped to -108 as of Friday morning. It opened with Rutgers at -105, a quantity that rose -114 on Friday.

Over/Below: Additionally known as “the whole”, this quantity represents the quantity of mixed factors scored by the 2 groups.

As we wrote on the prime of this text, VI consensus places it at 33.5 Friday morning, down from a 35.5 open. Fubo and Factors Guess have been the consensus members holding at 34.0 Friday morning. 

Public Percentages Wagered: Books monitor the odds of bets positioned on every staff in a given recreation.

As of Friday morning, 59 p.c of the bets positioned on the competition went on Rutgers, in accordance with the Motion Community.

These percentages usually shift as the sport attracts nearer. The “sharps” (skilled gamblers) incessantly are available late with their bets.

Rutgers Traits

-Rutgers is 6-1 Towards The Unfold (ATS) in its final 7 video games in September.

-Scarlet Knights are 4-9 ATS of their final 13 video games following a straight up win.

-Rutgers is 2-6 ATS in its final 8 convention video games.

-Scarlet Knights are 7-1 ATS of their final 8 video games after accumulating lower than 275 whole yards of their earlier recreation.

-Rutgers is 0-5 ATS vs. a staff with a successful document.

-Below is 6-1 in Scarlet Knights’ final 7 video games following a ATS loss.

-Below is 9-3 in Rutgers’ final 12 convention video games.

Iowa Traits

-Iowa is 6-2-1 Towards The Unfold (ATS) in its final 9 street video games.

-Hawkeyes are 2-5 ATS of their final 7 convention video games.

-Iowa is 1-3-1 ATS in its final 5 video games total.

-Hawkeyes are 1-4 ATS of their final 5 video games following a ATS win.

-Iowa is 1-4-1 ATS vs. a staff with a successful document.

-Below is 4-0 in Hawkeyes’ final 4 video games total.

-Over is 4-0 in Iowa’s final 4 convention video games.

Matchup Traits

-Within the two earlier conferences between the packages, every one as coated the unfold as soon as. 

Howe’s Greatest Guess: Rutgers -7.5

Iowa wins the sport however asking it to cowl greater than a landing is a bridge too far for me.