Rutgers at No. 3 Ohio State Odds, Prediction for Week 5

Odds, best bets and analysis for this college football matchup

By Matthew Horner – Sep 29, 2022, 2:59am

There's not much here that I can give you in terms of making an argument that Rutgers has a chance to win this game on the road at Ohio State. Their defense is ranked #2 in the nation against the run, so they do have that going for them. They're terrific at slowing things down to a dead stop, and they're not giving up a ton of big plays. They might have lost to Iowa 27-10, but they never let it get out of hand, and that is what they will have to do here.

QB Evan Simon was able to throw for 300 yards against Iowa, so that is a positive. He's definitely not afraid to throw it, and they probably can do enough against a suspect secondary of Ohio State to at least not get shut out.

However, if you are asking me to make a case for them, I can't in terms of actually winning the game.
  
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