Overview

• Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. ET at SHI Stadium in Piscataway, with national TV coverage on FOX.
• Sportsbooks list Iowa as a 2.5-point favorite with a total around 45.5, while ESPN’s model gives Rutgers roughly a 57% win probability.
• Rutgers enters 3-0 behind senior QB Athan Kaliakmanis, who has 820 passing yards with seven touchdowns and no interceptions through three games.
• Iowa is 2-1 with a defense that has allowed just 27 points and about 178 yards per game, and it faces a Rutgers defense that has yielded roughly 149 rushing yards per game to date.
• Special teams loom large after Rutgers logged three blocked punts this season, including two returned for touchdowns last week, with Iowa down RB Xavier Williams and Rutgers listing multiple offensive contributors as questionable.