Will Michigan Beat Notre Dame Again? Who Wins Ohio St. vs. Virginia Tech? What About Michigan St. vs. Oregon? Here are our Vegas Big Ten Predictions for Week 2
Vegas Big Ten Predictions
Ball State at Iowa
Line: Iowa by 17
Here comes another potential upset. The Iowa Hawkeyes are trying to prove that they are back and ready to contend with the best of the Big Ten West. But trouble putting away Northern Iowa didn’t help that cause. Sure, they won 31-23, but they gave up 401 yards on defense and pretty much abandoned the running game. Although Jake Ruddock was efficient at 31 of 41 for 250 yards, 2 touchdowns, and no interceptions, the running attack and defense will have to improve this week.
Ball State may still be looking to replace Keith Wenning and had an ugly 30-10 last week against Colgate, but Ozzie Mann wasn’t bad in his first start, and two 100-yard rushers shows that this team has weapons. Iowa can’t take them lightly because there is enough offense to torch a defense that looked flat-out awful.
Prediction
Ball State will give Iowa a tough game in the first quarter and a half, but that’ll be it. This is the perfect upset match-up, but the Hawkeyes are too talented and will pull away in the second half for a pretty comfortable win.
Iowa: 38 Ball State: 23