Star runner Kyle Monangai and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-1) face the Wisconsin Badgers (3-2) on Saturday at 12 p.m. ET at SHI Stadium.
The Scarlet Knights are small favorites (-2) in their matchup versus the Badgers, with the over/under at 44 points. (In terms of the moneyline, the Scarlet Knights are -126 and the Badgers are +105.)
Keep reading to check out our betting preview for this season, and discover all of our predictions here, too!
Rutgers -2 vs. Wisconsin
Rutgers vs. Wisconsin Betting Odds
- Spread favorite: Scarlet Knights (-2)
- Moneyline: Scarlet Knights (-126), Badgers (+105)
- Total: 44 points
- TV Channel: Big Ten Network
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
Rutgers vs. Wisconsin Betting Stats and Info
The Scarlet Knights have won one game against the spread (in two opportunities). In one game as the moneyline favorite, Rutgers won. Wisconsin, through five games with a set spread this season, has gone 1-4-0 against the spread. The Badgers are winless in two games against the spread when underdogs by 2 points or more. Wisconsin has been the underdog on the moneyline twice so far this season, and it lost both games.
Rutgers vs. Wisconsin Recent Stats and Trends
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Wisconsin Badgers
- Wisconsin has covered the spread once, and is 1-1 overall, over its last three games.
- Wisconsin and its opponents have combined to score an average of 47.7 combined points over its last three games, 3.7 more than the 44 over/under in this matchup.
Rutgers vs. Wisconsin Key Players
Rutgers Scarlet Knights
- Athan Kaliakmanis has 947 yards through the air (189.4 per game) and a 55.6% completion percentage (74-for-133), tossing eight touchdown passes and three interceptions. He also has 55 rushing yards on 29 attempts .
- Monangai has rushed for a team-high 667 yards (133.4 per game) and six touchdowns.
- So far this season Samuel Brown V has rushed for 184 yards (36.8 per game), with three touchdowns.
- Dymere Miller has been targeted 31 times and has 17 catches, leading his team with 262 yards (52.4 ypg) while also scoring one touchdown.
- Ian Strong’s stat line this year reveals 13 catches for 196 yards and one touchdown. He puts up 39.2 receiving yards per game and has been targeted 22 times.
- Kenny Fletcher has caught 19 passes on 25 targets for 130 yards and two touchdowns.
- Aaron Lewis has notched a team-leading 1.0 sack, while adding 1.0 TFL and eight tackles.
- Dariel Djabome has totaled 21 tackles, 1.0 TFL, and one sack, and he’s tops on his team in tackles.
- Shaquan Loyal has intercepted one pass to lead the team while adding 10 tackles, 1.0 TFL, and one pass defended.
Wisconsin Badgers
- This year Braedyn Locke has put up 664 passing yards (132.8 per game) while going 46-for-83 (55.4%) and throwing for five touchdowns with three interceptions.
- Tawee Walker has run for a team-leading 241 yards on 57 carries (48.2 yards per game) while scoring six touchdowns.
- Chez Mellusi has run for 232 yards on 56 carries (58.0 yards per game), with three touchdowns on the ground.
- Vinny Anthony has been targeted 15 times and has nine catches, leading his team with 206 yards (41.2 per game) while scoring two touchdowns.
- Will Pauling has tacked on 202 yards on 21 catches and one touchdown. He has been targeted 34 times and averages 40.4 receiving yards.
- Trech Kekahuna has totaled 176 yards on 10 receptions with two touchdowns, averaging 35.2 yards per game.
- This season Elijah Hills leads the team with 2.0 sacks and has added 3.0 TFL and six tackles.
- Hunter Wohler’s 24 tackles mean he’s the team’s top tackler.
- Preston Zachman has a team-high one interception and has tacked on 13 tackles, 1.0 TFL, and one pass defended in four games this season.