The Wisconsin Badgers from the Big Ten conference will meet the Stanford Cardinal from the PAC 12 conference in Rose Bowl in an NCAA college football game on Tuesday January 1st. Kick off time from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena is scheduled for 5PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by ESPN.
The point spread in the Rose Bowl opened up in this college football game with the Stanford Cardinals favored by -6 ½ points with an over under line of 47 ½ points. Early money has landed on the side of the Cardinal as Stanford is now favored by -7 points. The total has moved down a ½ point to a current line of 47 points.
The Cardinal and Badgers meet from college football for the first time since the 2000 Rose Bowl where Wisconsin posted the 17-9 win as a -14 point betting favorite. The game landed under 59 points. CFB Trend: Wisconsin Badgers are 8-2 to the over in their past ten games.
Wisconsin plays in the Rose Bowl with a record of 8-5. The team is 2-3 away from home. They finished in third place in the Leaders Division in the Big Ten conference and got into the title game as Penn St and Ohio St who finished ahead of the Badgers were ineligible. The Badgers pound Nebraska in the Big Ten championship game 70-31 as a +3 point underdog. The win breaks a two game losing streak as Wisconsin drops a seven point overtime home defeat to Ohio St and lose by three in overtime at Penn St. The other losses by Wisconsin came by three points at Oregon St, three points at Nebraska and by three points in overtime at Michigan St. They lost every step up this season except the Big Ten title game. Wisconsin puts up 30 points and allows 19 points. The team allowed just 321 yards a game good for 13th in college football in total defense. On offense the team is a run heavy offense with 237 yards rushing a game good for 12th in the nation. Quarterback Joel Stave a freshman hit on 59% of his passes with 6 touchdowns and 3 picks. Wisconsin had the 115th ranked passing game this year with 162 yards passing a game.
The Stanford Cardinal will face Wisconsin with a record of 11-2 on the year. The team went 4-2 away from home. They qualify for the Rose Bowl following a 27-24 home win against the UCLA Bruins in the PAC 12 title game as a -9 ½ point favorite on November 30th. It was the Cardinal seventh straight win. The losses for Stanford came on the road to Notre Dame by seven points in overtime and on a Thursday night by four points at Washington. Notable wins came on the road at Oregon by three points in overtime as well as home wins against USC and Oregon St. Stanford was just the 85th ranked offense in college football with 376 yards gained per game. They run for 173 yards ranking 53rd in college football and threw for 203 yards good for 94th in the nation.