Iowa State Cyclones vs Rutgers Scarlet Knights Point Spread Picks

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights will face the Big-12's Iowa State Cyclones in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. The Rutgers Scarlet Knights finished an unexpected 8-4 and challenged for the Big East Championship. That has a nice ring to it, but the Big East was loaded with mediocre teams that seemingly all had a chance for the title, because on any given week they were all capable of beating each other and often times did. It was a similar story last year with UConn, surprisingly winning it only to get hammered vs. another Big-12 team Oklahoma. Iowa State looked hopelessly lost after a four-game losing streak, but pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the season handing Oklahoma State their first loss for their sixth win. They came close to pulling another upset on the road in their finale against Kansas State. This team may be 6-6, but they have played a much rougher schedule and became much more competitive late in the season. They held Oklahoma State to 31 points and their season low was 30, and Oklahoma to 26 which was their second lowest at the time they played them. The Cyclones are now 5-0 ATS against teams with a winning record the last five times they have faced them. Go with Iowa State in this one.