Overview

• Kickoff is Friday at 8 p.m. ET at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, televised on Fox.
• Sportsbooks price Iowa at -2.5 with a 46.5 total, while ESPN’s Matchup Predictor gives Rutgers a 57% win probability.
• National picks are split, with outlets like Fox Sports backing Rutgers and College Football News and Bleacher Report siding with Iowa.
• Rutgers enters 3-0 behind QB Athan Kaliakmanis, who has completed about 73% for 820 yards with seven touchdowns and no interceptions.
• Iowa has allowed just 27 points through three games, and special teams and injuries loom large with Rutgers’ multiple blocked-punt touchdowns and several Scarlet Knights listed as questionable.