Rutgers football could be heading to a glitzy bowl game against a program that has ended seven of their last nine seasons ranked.
On Saturday, Rutgers improved to 6-2 (3-2 Big Ten) with a 31-14 win at Indiana. The win made Rutgers bowl-eligible with four games left in their season.
And if it hasn’t been written and said ad nauseam the past three days, this is the first time since 2014 that Rutgers is outright bowl-eligible. In that season, Rutgers finished an 8-5 season with a win in the Quick Lane Bowl.
ESPN writer Kyle Bonagura has Rutgers playing in the SRS Distributors Las Vegas Bowl against No. 13 Utah (6-1). The game is on Dec. 23.
Last season, Utah finished eighth in the nation. Rutgers has never played in the Las Vegas Bowl.
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The other projection, from Mark Schlabach, has Rutgers in the Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl where they would face Boston College. The game, scheduled for Dec. 28, is held annually at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York.
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Geographically, it is the closest bowl game to Rutgers. If this projection, it would be the third time that Rutgers will have appeared in the Pinstripe Bowl.