:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/71924368/usa_today_19858803.0.jpg "Pick on the total for Northwestern-Iowa on January 31")
The Northwestern Wildcats enter Tuesday's road game with the Iowa Hawkeyes in some possession of second place in the Big Ten Conference standings behind the strength of one of the nation's top defenses.
Northwestern vs. Iowa Hawkeyes (-7 149.5)
Northwestern ranks eighth in the country in points allowed on a per possession basis and in their eight games away from home have allowed 63 points or fewer in six of them.