Week 1 first look: Indiana Hoosiers at Iowa Hawkeyes odds and lines, Iowa slight favorite in Top 25 Big Ten tilt

Previewing the college football Week 1 matchup between the Indiana Hoosiers and Iowa Hawkeyes, with odds, trends and head-to-head records.

The Indiana Hoosiers and Iowa Hawkeyes meet Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa. Below, we look at the Indiana vs. Iowa odds and lines; check back for our college football picks and predictions.

Seventeenth-ranked (USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll) Indiana is a program on the rise, and fifth-year head coach Tom Allen is looking to keep the upstart Hoosiers on the same trajectory that saw the program go from 5-7 to 8-5 to 6-2 over the last three years. IU was a combined 7-0 against the spread as a road dog over those three seasons. The Hoosiers are 0-3 ATS in their last three games against these Hawkeyes.

No. 18 Iowa matched Indiana’s 6-2 mark a year ago. The Hawkeyes’ two losses came in their first two games. They went undefeated the rest of the way, winning five games by a multiple scores. Iowa’s two losses? They came by a combined five points. The Hawkeyes are 9-5 ATS over their last 14 games as home favorites.

Indiana at Iowa odds, spread and lines

Odds provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated Tuesday at 8:55 a.m. ET.

  • Money line: Indiana +145 (bet $100 to win $145) | Iowa -180 (bet $180 to win $100)
  • Against the spread/ATS: Indiana +3.5, -117 (bet $117 to win $100) | Iowa -3.5, -103 (bet $103 to win $100)
  • Total (Over/Under): 44.5, O: -117 (bet $117 to win $100) | U: -103 (bet $103 to win $100)

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2020 betting stats:

  • ML: Indiana 6-2 | Iowa 6-2
  • ATS: Indiana 7-1 | Iowa 5-2-1
  • O/U: Indiana 4-4 | Iowa 3-5

Indiana at Iowa head-to-head

Indiana is 7-2 ATS in its last nine road games. The Hoosiers are 28-45-4 all time against the Hawkeyes. The favorite has won four straight in the series. That includes the last game at Iowa when the Hawkeyes won 45-29 as 3.5-point favorites in 2014.

The Over has hit in six straight series meetings in Iowa City.

Iowa is 5-1-1 ATS in its last seven Big Ten games.

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