Rutgers joined the B1G conference in 2014 after the dissolution of the old Big East conference the prior year. The Scarlet Knights had enjoyed some success toward the end of the Big East’s run, even having a puncher’s chance at the conferences BCS bowl bid in 2012 (which they squandered with a heartbreaking loss to Louisville in the season’s final game), but have seen relatively little success in the B1G. Greg Schiano’s return has the Scarlet Knights on the upswing in year 3, but still on the outside looking in as contenders in the East.
Iowa and Rutgers have played 3 times, with Iowa winning all three games including last year’s 27-10 win in Piscataway (imagine that, Iowa scoring 27 points in a B1G football game, what a concept).