These two teams don't have any offense to speak of nor are their quaterbacks any good. Northwestern has seen a lot of turnover and transfers out this season while also losing their coach to controversy. QB Ryan Hilinski only completed 55.8% of his passes last season and the Wildcats offense often fizzled out on drives. Rutgers is no better on offense, and head to head these two teams play to the under. The last game they played against each other, the score was 21 to 7 for NW. In fact the last two games played since 2018 have gone under the total. This game will see little scoring as both defenses will counter out each others offenses and there will be a lot of failed drives and punts, making this a constant ugly fight for the rock.

The total has gone Under in 5 of Rutgers' last 7 games against an opponent in the West Division division. The total has gone Under in 4 of Northwestern's last 5 games against an opponent in the East Division division.

Best bet: take the Under the Total.