Rutgers at Boston College
Fan take
Rutgers fans
Boston College fans
How they got here
Last three games · 2025 season
Rutgers · 5-7
Picked #51 in the preseason · now #78 — worse than expected.
1-2 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
L 36–40 vs Penn StateTop 25 #12 of 668
lost by 4 as a 14-point underdog
L 9–42 @ Ohio StateTop 25 #1 of 668
lost by 33 as a 28.5-point underdog
W 35–20 vs Maryland #97 of 668
won by 15 as a 1.5-point favorite
L 13–35 @ IllinoisTop 25 #41 of 668
lost by 22 as a 13-point underdog
W 27–24 @ Purdue #123 of 668
won by 3 as a 2.5-point underdog
L 10–56 vs OregonTop 25 #2 of 668
lost by 46 as a 18.5-point underdog
L 19–38 @ WashingtonTop 25 #25 of 668
lost by 19 as a 9.5-point underdog
L 28–31 @ Minnesota #35 of 668
lost by 3 as a 4-point underdog
L 28–38 vs IowaTop 25 #29 of 668
lost by 10 as a 2-point underdog
W 60–10 vs Norfolk State #244 of 668
won by 50 as a 45.5-point favorite
W 45–17 vs Miami (OH) #37 of 668
won by 28 as a 15.5-point favorite
W 34–31 vs Ohio #57 of 668
won by 3 as a 15.5-point favorite
Last three games · 2025 season
Boston College · 2-10
Picked #97 in the preseason · now #101 — about right.
1-2 in its last three — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
W 34–12 @ Syracuse #185 of 668
won by 22 as a 3-point favorite
L 34–36 vs Georgia TechTop 25 #43 of 668
lost by 2 as a 16.5-point underdog
L 13–45 vs SMUTop 25 #11 of 668
lost by 32 as a 10.5-point underdog
L 10–25 vs Notre DameTop 25 #3 of 668
lost by 15 as a 31-point underdog
L 24–38 @ LouisvilleTop 25 #31 of 668
lost by 14 as a 25.5-point underdog
L 23–38 vs UConn #62 of 668
lost by 15 as a 2.5-point underdog
L 10–41 vs ClemsonTop 25 #11 of 668
lost by 31 as a 13.5-point underdog
L 7–48 @ PittsburghTop 25 #43 of 668
lost by 41 as a 6.5-point underdog
L 24–28 vs California #61 of 668
lost by 4 as a 6.5-point favorite
L 20–30 @ Stanford #79 of 668
lost by 10 as a 13.5-point favorite
L 40–42 @ Michigan State #81 of 668
lost by 2 as a 3.5-point underdog
W 66–10 vs Fordham #183 of 668
won by 56 as a 34.5-point favorite
What’s at stake
Rutgers
- Greg Schiano is behind Nunzio Campanile’s year-7 pace (0-2 vs. 2-0) — a win tonight widens the gap, a loss narrows it.
Boston College
- Bill O'Brien is ahead of Jeff Hafley’s year-3 pace (1-1 vs. 0-2) — a win tonight widens the gap, a loss narrows it.
The series
Boston College leads the series 21-7-1
29 meetings since 1919 · Boston College won the last meeting
- 2026Boston College 28–21
- 2022Rutgers 22–21
- 2019Boston College 30–16
- 2004Boston College 21–10
- 2003Boston College 35–25
Best players
Rutgers
- KJ Duff (WR) · 333 receiving yards
- Chris Joines (DB) · 12 tackles
- Antwan Raymond (RB) · 176 rushing yards
Boston College
- Anthony Palano (LB) · 22 tackles
- KP Price (DB) · 14 tackles
- Marcus Upton (DB) · 13 tackles
The line, and the room
Boston College fans are feeling better about their season (61st percentile) than Rutgers fans are (22nd) — even with Rutgers favored here.
- Model · 48%
- Market · 60%
- Boston College fans · 61st
- Rutgers fans · 22nd
Home −3 · O/U 53.5
Conditions
72°F · 6 mph wind · Fair
Boston College is worth +1.6 points (±3.6) more at home than on the road since 2018 — bottom third of FBS, 10th percentile.
46% at home, 36% on the road against FBS opponents (21–25 home, 16–28 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +0.9 at home vs. away over 73 games — inside the ±7.2 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
Night kickoff — historically worth about half a point more to the home side against the number, and not much more than that. The visitors travel about 212 miles to get here.
Rutgers 21 – Boston College 28
Missed — picked Rutgers, Boston College won.
The thread's loudest minute was 23:37 — 26 comments, 6.5× its usual pace.
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- Q3The turn
23 points to Rutgers — 15% to 37%.
#10 A.Surace pass complete short left to #8 K.Duff caught at BC 02, for 4 yards to the BC 00 TOUCHDOWN - BoxThe line
Anthony Palano (Boston College): 2 INT
Top 1% interceptions game since 2021.
Win-probability model: CollegeFootballData.
Recent games
Boston College
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Rutgers
- Wk 1Lvs Massachusetts21-37
Trajectory
Boston College beat Rutgers 28-21 — the pregame pick had Rutgers instead.