Northwestern vs. Illinois Pick Prediction 11/27/2021 by Tony T.
Northwestern at Illinois—Neither team will make a bowl game as Northwestern is 3-8 and Illinois 4-7. Wildcats rebuilding have been beaten up in conference play losing seven of eight. They are 0-4 straight up and against the spread on the road this season. It has been ugly in their Big Ten road games with losses by 28 at Wisconsin, 26 at Michigan and 49 at Nebraska. They even lost at a down Duke team by seven on the road. Wildcats defense on the highway is surrendering 546 yards with 303 rushing for 6 yards per rush. Illinois senior quarterback Brandon Peters 8.9 yards per attempt on Minnesota and 10 per attempt on Rutgers. Play Illinois -6.5.