5. Iowa State at Iowa
POINT TOTAL 41.5
ATS PICK Under
If you’re new to the program, welcome to this bit.
If the pick doesn’t work, it’s not your fault.
Did you see Iowa last week?
Two safeties and a field goal? That’s the improved Iowa offense after last year’s problems? That’s all it could get in a 7-3 win over South Dakota State?
Meanwhile Iowa State beat SE Missouri State 42-10.
Last year’s Iowa 27-17 win over Iowa State went over this year’s 41.5, but it took two Hawkeye defensive touchdowns to get there.
They didn’t play in 2020, but in 2019 the Hawkeyes won 18-17. In 2018 it was a 13-3 Iowa win. 2016 was a 44-41 shootout, but the 2022 teams don’t have the makeup to do that.
The Iowa D will help here, the O won’t go off, and while 41.5 is WAY low to fall in love with the under …
If the pick doesn’t work, it’s not your fault.