It's official: Rutgers wasn't favored to win a Big Ten game in 2017.
The Scarlet Knights already have bucked the odds by winning three conference games -- upsetting slight favorites Illinois and Maryland and nine-point favorite Purdue -- but will face an even bigger challenge in the season finale.
No. 21 Michigan State opened as a 12-point favorite for Saturday's 4 p.m. national television game at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, according to VegasInsider.com. The line quickly jumped up to 13 points Sunday night.
It's a bit surprising to see a ranked opponent as less than a two-touchdown favorite considering Rutgers (4-7, 3-5) is coming off a 41-0 loss to Indiana in a battle of four-win teams.