Minnesota vs. Rutgers - College Football - Predictions, Betting Lines, Odds and Trends

The Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-2) and the 14th-ranked rushing offense in the country will take the field against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights (4-3) and the sixth-ranked rushing D, on Saturday, October 29, 2022. The Golden Gophers are heavily favored, by 14.5 points. An over/under of 41 points has been set for the contest.

Minnesota vs. Rutgers Predictions

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Minnesota vs. Rutgers: Last 3 Games

Minnesota is winless against the spread and 0-3 overall over its past three games.
In its past three games, Minnesota has gone over the total once.
The Golden Gophers and their opponents have combined to score an average of 45.2 points in their last three games, 4.2 more than the 41 over/under in this matchup.
Rutgers has covered the spread twice, and is 0-3 overall, over its past three games.
Rutgers has hit the over once in its past three contests.
The Scarlet Knights total over the last three games is 11.3 points greater than the 41 over/under listed for this matchup.

Minnesota vs. Rutgers Betting Trends

Minnesota has covered the spread four times over seven games with a set spread.
The Golden Gophers have an ATS record of 3-0 when playing as at least 14.5-point favorites.
This season, three of Minnesota’s games have gone over the point total out of seven chances.
Minnesota is 3-2 in games they were favored on the moneyline (winning 60% of those games).
Minnesota has played as a moneyline favorite of -723 or shorter in only two games this season, and it won both.
Rutgers is 4-2-1 against the spread this year.
Rutgers has yet to cover a spread when it is at least 14.5-point underdogs (0-0-1).
Games involving Rutgers have hit the over on three occasions this year.
This season, Rutgers has won one out of the three games in which it has been the underdog.
Rutgers has entered two games this season as the underdog by +500 or more and is 0-1 in those contests.

Minnesota vs. Rutgers: Over/Under Trends

This season, Minnesota games have hit the over on this game’s 41-point total times.
There have been Rutgers games that have ended with a combined score higher than 41 points this season.
The Golden Gophers average 34.5 points per game against the Scarlet Knights’ 23, amounting to 16.5 points over the contest’s total of 41.
The 33 points per game these two teams allow to opponents on average this season are eight fewer than the 41 total in this contest.
On average, the Golden Gophers have seen a 48.9 over/under in their games this season, 7.9 more points than the over/under in this contest.
The over/under for this contest is 7.1 points fewer than the average over/under in Scarlet Knights’ games this season (48.1 points).

Minnesota Players to Watch

Tanner Morgan leads Minnesota with 1,164 passing yards (166.3 ypg) on 83-of-124 passing with seven touchdowns compared to five interceptions this season. He also adds 74 rushing yards (10.6 ypg) on 24 carries while scoring four touchdowns on the ground.
The team’s top rusher, Mohamed Ibrahim, has carried the ball 134 times for 796 yards (113.7 per game), with 10 touchdowns this year.
This season Treyson Potts has rushed for 311 yards (44.4 per game) on 67 carries with three touchdowns.
Brevyn Spann-Ford’s team-high 320 receiving yards (45.7 yards per game) have come on 23 receptions with two touchdowns.
Mike Brown-Stephens has put together a 288-yard season so far (41.1 receiving yards per game), hauling in 17 passes.
Chris Autman-Bell’s 11 catches have yielded 214 yards (30.6 ypg) and one touchdown.

Rutgers Players to Watch

Evan Simon leads Rutgers with 745 passing yards (106.4 ypg) on 71-of-123 passing with four touchdowns compared to six interceptions this season.
The team’s top rusher, Samuel Brown V, has carried the ball 85 times for 373 yards (53.3 per game), with three touchdowns this year.
This season Kyle Monangai has collected 197 yards (28.1 per game) on 55 attempts with two touchdowns.
Aron Cruickshank’s 255 receiving yards (36.4 yards per game) lead the team. He has 27 receptions with two touchdowns.
Sean Ryan has recorded 223 receiving yards (31.9 yards per game) and two touchdowns, reeling in 12 passes this year.
Shameen Jones’ 11 receptions have turned into 184 yards (26.3 ypg).