4* Early Annihilator on Rutgers -5.5

Rutgers vs. Temple, 10/20/2012 12:00 EDT, Score: 35 - 10

Point Spread: -5½/-110 Rutgers

Sportsbook: BookMaker

Result: Win

4* Early Annihilator on Rutgers -5.5
Rutgers is off to a 6-0 start, and each of its victories have come by at least 8 points. I expect it to remain undefeated while covering the number in the process Saturday.

Temple is not the same team it was a season ago when it won 9 games. It has managed to beat struggling S. Florida and Connecticut teams the past two weeks, but it will meet its match here. Temple's anemic offense, which ranks 115th in the country with 309.2 yards per game, will struggle to move the football against a Rutgers stop unit that ranks 3rd in the nation in scoring defense with 11.5 points allowed per game and 19th in total defense with 317.0 yards allowed per contest.

Temple has been overly reliant on its running attack, which averages 176.8 yards per game, and that will haunt them here as Rutgers ranks 2nd in the country against the run, holding its foes to only 60.8 yards per game.

The Scarlet Knights are 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games overall, 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games following a SU win and 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games after allowing less than 100 yards rushing in their previous game.

The Scarlet Knights are also on an 8-2-1 ATS run versus teams with a winning record while the Owls are on a 2-5 ATS slide versus winning teams. Lay the points.