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WK 8 · 2026KICK SAT, OCT 24 12:00 PM ETOPENER CAPTURED TUE 11:03 AM ET

Week 8 · 2026 season

Rutgers @ AP rank 24Northwestern

Published signal: UNDER 58.75 · EDGE.

The verdict

SAT, OCT 24 · 12:00 PM ET · RYAN FIELD
Rutgers2-413%
Northwestern5-187%
RUTGNATL RANKNU
76th
Model Overall
67th
28th
Model Offense
69th
122nd
Model Defense
57th
0.6
Pace
-3.4
44%
Returning PPA
89%

Color marks the better value in each row.

Open total58.8
Model total54.5
UNDER 58.75 · EDGE

Market cadence

Line movement

Latest: Rutgers +16.5 · No signal

+15+16+17Open11:03 AMTue11:03 AMWed11:04 AMThu11:03 AMFri11:03 AMSatNo data
  • Edge
  • Lean
  • No signal

Fri, Oct 23, 11:03:33 AM ET

Rutgers line
+16.5
Producer tier
No signal
  • Tue, Oct 20, 11:03:15 AM ET; Rutgers line +16.5; producer tier No signal
  • Tue, Oct 20, 11:03:15 AM ET; Rutgers line +16.0; producer tier No signal
  • Wed, Oct 21, 11:04:05 AM ET; Rutgers line +16.25; producer tier No signal
  • Thu, Oct 22, 11:03:59 AM ET; Rutgers line +16.5; producer tier No signal
  • Fri, Oct 23, 11:03:33 AM ET; Rutgers line +16.5; producer tier No signal
  • Sat: no capture.

RATINGS AS OF: RUTG wk 8 · NU wk 8

Model margin
Northwestern by 12.74
Opening line
Rutgers +16.5
Latest line
Rutgers +16.5
Close total
58.8
ATS
Rutgers +16.5
Total pick
UNDER 58.75 · EDGE
Where these numbers come from

One model scores every FBS game: a win probability, a projected margin, and a projected total, built from as-of team ratings (offense, defense, pace, returning production, recruiting). Ratings on this page are snapshots from the week shown, with zero future information baked in.

Leans and Edges use the exact lines published before kickoff. Every published pick is graded.

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