Historic low: Bettors backing Rutgers-Iowa under

• David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterNov 9, 2023, 12:17 PM ET

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Oddsmakers are going to brand-new lows attempting to get a gauge on defensive-minded Iowa.The over/under total on the Hawkeyes’home game Saturday versus Rutgers dipped to a historical low today at sportsbooks.As of late Thursday morning, the total sat at a consensus 28, the lowest of any college football game considering that at least 2000, according to ESPN Stats & Info research. Barring late line motion, Rutgers-Iowa will be the very first game with an over/under overall of less than 30 in ESPN’s odds database.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated “I browsed my database and couldn’t discover a number in the 20s,”Craig Mucklow

, a longtime Las Vegas oddsmaker with

Caesars Sportsbook, stated on a business podcast. “I did find 1,500 games over the last five years with higher first-half totals [than 28]” The Rutgers-Iowa overall opened as high as 30 but has been dropping, but wagerers have actually flocked to take the under regardless of the traditionally low number. Sportsbooks BetRivers, DraftKings and PointsBet(Enthusiasts )were reporting up of 80% of the money that had actually been bet on the total today was on the under.Six games considering that 2000 have had an overall less than 34, and Iowa has been involved in 5 of them, including the Hawkeyes ‘past 2 games– a 12-10 loss to Minnesota and a 10-7

triumph over Northwestern.Iowa has the 122nd-ranked scoring offense, averaging 18.7 points per game, consisting of 11.7 in its previous three, and the fourth-ranked defense, giving up just 13.4 points per game.

Seven of Iowa’s 9 games have actually gone under the overall this season.” Iowa is the exact same each week: not truly good offense, truly great defense, “stated Joey Feazel, who manages college football chances for Caesars.”That’s a great estimation for unders.

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