Northwestern vs Iowa Picks and Prediction – 10/26/2024

The Northwestern Wildcats are set to face the Iowa Hawkeyes at 3:30 PM EST on Saturday. The game is taking place at Kinnick Stadium and is being aired on Big Ten Network. Make sure you are ready for all the football action with our college football picks.

The Wildcats are heading to this game here sitting on a 3-4 mark on the season. The last 5 games for the Northwestern team have been a struggle with a 2-3 mark. The last game was a really bad showing for Northwestern with a loss to Wisconsin by a score of 23-3.

In the losing effort the Wildcats had a horrible day passing from Jack Lausch who went 9/24 for only 82 yards. The rushing attack ended up getting just over a hundred yards in the game with 31 carries for 127 yards. Defensively the Wildcats allowed 160 yards and a touchdown in the air, but did manage to get a pick. The rushing defense allowed a total of 199 yards with 2 touchdowns given up, but faced only 43 carries. 

Iowa is heading to the game here sitting on a 4-3 mark on the year. The last 5 games for the Hawkeyes has seen Iowa post a 3-2 mark. The last game for the Hawkeyes was a loss against Michigan State by a score of 32-20.

In the loss the Hawkeyes ended up seeing Cade McNamara go 11/23 for 150 yards with a touchdown, but did get a pick as well. The rushing offense managed to get 133 yards and 2 touchdowns while getting 23 carries. The Iowa defense allowed 256 yards and a touchdown in the air, but did get a pick. The rushing defense gave up a total of 212 yards and a touchdown while facing a total of 40 carries.

In this game here Iowa should be able to play good on the day. The Wildcats struggled offensively in their last game and we do not see any reason why the Wildcats offense should bounce back in this game here. That allows the Iowa Hawkeyes to bring home the win as the defense is able to play decent, but also the offense is able to balance out again in this season. Final Score Prediction, Iowa Hawkeyes win but fail to cover 21-10.