Indiana Hoosiers (5-0) vs. Northwestern Wildcats (2-2)
October 5, 2024 3:30 pm EDT
The Line: Northwestern Wildcats +13.5 / Indiana Hoosiers -13.5; Over/Under: +44.5
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The Indiana Hoosiers and the Northwestern Wildcats meet in week 6 college football action from Martin Stadium on Saturday afternoon. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Northwestern vs Indiana Prediction.
Indiana Recap
The Indiana Hoosiers will try to stay unbeaten after improving to 5-0 on the year with a 42-28 win over Maryland last time out. After this game, Indiana will have a bye week before having a key home matchup against Nebraska.
Hoosiers Rolling On Both Sides Of The Ball
Kurtis Rourke has thrown for 1,372 yards, 11 touchdowns and 2 interceptions on 73.2% passing while Justice Ellison has a team-high 341 rushing yards and 5 touchdowns on the ground. Ty’Son Lawton has 277 rushing yards with 6 TDs and Elijah Green has 157 rushing yards with 4 TDs as well. Elijah Sarratt leads the Hoosiers in receiving with 22 receptions for 378 yards with 2 TDs while Omar Cooper Jr. has 328 receiving yards with 3 TDs and Myles Price has 246 receiving yards as well on the year. On defense, Aiden Fisher has a team-high 50 total tackles including 17 solo tackles while Mikail Kamara has a team-high 4 sacks and Amare Ferrell has a pair of interceptions. As a unit, Indiana has combined for 17 sacks and 4 interceptions.
Why the Indiana Hoosiers will win
- Indiana has won each of its last five games.
- Indiana has covered the spread in each of its last four games.
Northwestern Recap
The Northwestern Wildcats come into this one looking to rebound following a 24-5 loss to the Washington Huskies, dropping to 2-2 on the year before their bye week last week. After this game, Northwestern will head on the road to square off against Maryland.
Northwestern Working To Step Up In Conference Play
Mike Wright has thrown for 354 yards and an INT on 57.6% passing while Jack Lausch has 280 passing yards with 2 touchdowns and 2 INTs on 48.3% passing while Cam Porter has 234 rushing yards and 3 touchdowns. A.J. Henning has a team-high 25 grabs for 229 yards while Bryce Kirtz also has 140 receiving yards this season. On defense, Xander Mueller has a team-high 28 total tackles while Anto Saka has a team-high 2.5 sacks. As a unit, Northwestern’s defense has combined for 12 sacks and 4 interceptions so far this season.
Why the Northwestern Wildcats will win
- Indiana has lost each of its last 11 games in October.
- Northwestern has won three of its last four games as an underdog.
- Northwestern has covered the spread in six of its last seven games as an underdog.
- Indiana has failed to cover the spread in 10 of its last 13 October road games against non-AP-ranked teams.
Northwestern vs Indiana Prediction
I’m on Indiana here. I like the winning mentality that Curt Cignetti has brought to Bloomington and I’ll keep saying that until the cows come home. Northwestern is still just not cutting it offensively and while the defense has been rock solid, there’s only so much you can do before you have to start scoring to compete and I just don’t believe that Northwestern can do that here. I’ve seen no signs of Indiana letting up anywhere and I don’t think they do here either. Give me Indiana.
