{"id":30974,"date":"2013-10-29T06:33:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T11:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=30974"},"modified":"2013-10-29T06:33:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T11:33:03","slug":"college-football-week-10-predictions-wisconsin-badgers-vs-iowa-hawkeyes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-week-10-predictions-wisconsin-badgers-vs-iowa-hawkeyes-30974\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Week 10 Predictions: Wisconsin Badgers vs. Iowa Hawkeyes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin Badgers vs. Iowa Hawkeyes
\nSaturday, 11\/2\/13, 12:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -7
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -9.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Wisconsin Badgers are 2-5 ATS as favorites of 3.5 to 10 points since 2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Wisconsin heads to Iowa City after enjoying its second bye week of the 2013 campaign, as these two programs face off for the first time since 2010, with the series deadlocked at 42-42-2.\u00a0 The Badgers have won back-to-back games, including a 56-32 victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini as 14.5-point road favorites on Oct. 19, while going OVER the betting total for the first time in three contests.\u00a0 The program has won its last six games following a regular-season bye week, outscoring its opponents by a combined 278-50 margin in those affairs.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 3-4 SU and 2-5 ATS as favorites of 3.5 to 10 points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 5-2 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Badgers will become bowl eligible for a 12th consecutive season with a victory in this spot, which is important to consider when making your college football predictions in Week 10.\u00a0 Wisconsin is 10-4 in November road games since 2006, as it will rely heavily on its sixth ranked scoring and total defense.\u00a0 Offensively, sophomore running back Melvin Gordon leads the Big Ten Conference in averaging 144.6 rushing yards per game.<\/p>\n

Iowa ended a two-game losing streak by picking up a 17-10 overtime victory over the Northwestern Wildcats as 3.5-point home favorites last Saturday, but lost the statistical battle for the third straight contest.\u00a0 The Hawkeyes\u2019 three losses are to teams with a combined record of 23-1, which is important to consider when looking over the college football odds page.\u00a0 Since the 2002 campaign, the team has amassed 54 league victories, which ranks fourth in the Big Ten over that span.\u00a0 Iowa is 3-9 SU and 5-7 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 8-4 in those 12 opportunities.<\/p>\n

The Hawkeyes are allowing 18.1 points per contest, which has been made possible by allowing just two rushing touchdowns\u2014the lowest total in the country.\u00a0 Iowa is 5-0 when winning the turnover battle, as it enters this week with a plus-two margin in that statistical category.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely back the Badgers due to the road team being 5-1 ATS in the last six meetings.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wisconsin Badgers vs. Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday, 11\/2\/13, 12:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Wisconsin -7 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Wisconsin -9.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Wisconsin heads to Iowa City after enjoying its second bye week of the 2013 campaign, as these two programs face off for the first time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":29324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3442,7705,1281,7677,437],"class_list":["post-30974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-big-ten-conference","tag-iowa-city","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-melvin-gordon","tag-wisconsin-badgers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30975,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30974\/revisions\/30975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}