How Low Can It Go? Iowa-Northwestern Total Opens At 31.5 Points

Iowa and Northwestern are playing a game on Saturday. The winner will avoid the Big Ten cellar. Iowa is 3-4, 1-3, while Northwestern is 1.6, with 12 losses in 13 games. Circa Sports opened the game with 31.5 points. FanDuel posted a total of 33. 5 points, Caesars Sportsbook offered a flat 35, and others offered 35. Five-point touchdown total has since climbed to 37.0 points at most sportsbooks. Caeres reports 69% of its early betting tickets were on the under, 65% on over.

Iowa was thrashed 54-10 at No. 2 Ohio State last Saturday. Brian Ferentz is the son of head coach Kirk Ferez. Iowa ranks last among 131 FBS teams with 227.3 yards of total offense per game and fourth worst in scoring at 14 points per games. The Hawkeyes have already flirted with low over/under totals. The over did not hit until Drew Stevens hit a 51-yard field goal for the Hawkeye with 6:08 to play.

Brendan Sullivan will start for Northwestern at quarterback. The team is not much better than Iowa at scoring than at the turnover margin. Iowa-Northwestern total opens at 31.5 points. Only people in Illinois can bet on the game. Neither mobile nor in-game wagering is allowed on games involving in state schools.

The under has delivered in the last five meetings between the schools except in 2020. The lowest closing total over the past five years was 35.5 points in 2019. This will be the lowest total for a Northwestern game. The previous low was 44. 5 against Wisconsin on Oct. 8.