Saturday college football and we will see the Wisconsin Badgers take on the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at High Point Solutions Stadium in New Brunswick, New Jersey. The game has a start time of 12:00 pm (Eastern) and will be televised on ESPN. Current Vegas odds have the Badgers listed as 13.5 point favorites, while the total is set at 52.
Analysis: The Wisconsin Badgers come in tied in the Big 10 west with the Iowa Hawkeyes at 2-1, while posting a 5-2 record overall. The Badgers have won 5 of their last 6 games, but that loss was their lone road game over that stretch, which was vs Northwestern. The Badgers are 20-8-1 ATS in their last 29 games following a ATS win, but 2-8 ATS in their last 10 games overall and 0-4 ATS in their last 4 games on the road. The Badgers are a solid offensive team that comes in ranked 22nd overall, 120th in passing, 3rd in rushing and 21st in scoring (37.1 ppg). Defensively they have been outstanding, ranking 4th in yards allowed, 5th vs the pass, 15th vs the run and 7th in points allowed (16.1 ppg).
Rutgers has had a decent year as they come in at 5-3 overall, but they have struggled in their first year in the Big 10 going 1-3 so far. Rutgers is 3-1 at home this year, with that lone loss being a 3 point decision to Penn State. Rutgers is 1-5-1 ATS at home vs .600 or better opponents and 0-6 ATS in their last 6 games in November, but they are also 7-1-1 ATS in their last 9 games after allowing more than 200 yards rushing in their previous game. Rutgers is a below average offensive team that comes in ranked 72nd in total yards, 48th in passing, 74th in rushing and 84th in scoring (27.2 ppg). Defensively they are not all that great, ranking 84th in yards allowed, 89th vs the pass, 83rd vs the run and 82nd in points allowed (28.5 ppg).
Pick: I will go with the Badgers, who are rolling right now and come off a big 52-7 win over Maryland. Rutgers is just 1-3 in the Big 10 so far and were crushed by Ohio State and Wisconsin in back to back weeks. Wisconsin is just as good as both those teams and should have no problem winning this one by at least 14 points.
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