The Badgers are favored by six-points in the latest Northwestern vs. Wisconsin odds from William Hill Sportsbook, and the over-under is set at 132. UCLA - 125 Years of Notre Dame. Notre Dame at Northwestern Gambling Odds and Best Pick By Kurt Boyer on October 29, 2018 The week of the Notre Dame vs Navy contest in San Diego, a Fighting Irish blogger posted an “original, unique” article (copy/pasted from about 200,000 other blogs) dishing the opinion that Navy is a “worthless” opponent for Notre Dame to keep on the. The Notre Dame Fighting Irish visit the Northwestern Wildcats at Ryan Field in NCAA Football play. Notre Dame is an eight-point betting favorite. Here’s a preview with trends and odds.

Auburn (6-4) will face off against Northwestern (6-2) in the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day. As of right now Northwestern is favored by 3.5 points, but ESPN’s Football Power Index gives Auburn a 60% chance to win. Here’s what the experts are predicting.

College Football News

Pete Fiutak: Northwestern 23 Auburn 20

What he says:

“Auburn will seem like it’s always on the verge of dominating this. It’ll go up early, Bo Nix will throw a touchdown pass, there will be a field goal, and it’ll seem like the SEC talent will be too much for the Wildcats. And then it’ll be the third quarter and Auburn won’t have the game put away.

There will be a mistake of some sort, Northwestern will score, and then all of a sudden, Auburn will realize that for all the drives and all of the chances, there aren’t enough points.

Northwestern will go up on one late scoring drive, Auburn will have a shot in the final minutes to pull it off, and everything will stall just past midfield.”

247Sports

John Del Bianco: Northwestern 28 Auburn 20

What he says:

“Auburn’s without its head coach with an offense that has been erratic all year. Northwestern has a defense you don’t want to mess with. Give me the Big Ten team in this matchup.”

Hale McGranahan: Auburn 17 Northwestern 10

What he says:

“If you turn this game on the main TV, be prepared to fall asleep on the couch. In fact, get in a recliner if you can, and enjoy the defensive slugfest from that view.”

John Whittle: Northwestern 17 Auburn 15

What he says:

“No team allows fewer points in Big Ten play than Northwestern, which gave up only 15.5 points on average over their eight games played. Auburn can’t score much, but maybe Kevin Steele will throw caution to the wind and just let Bo Nix run around and have a good ole time.”

Chris Hummer: Auburn 28 Northwestern 27

What he says:

“This game is nearly impossible to predict. The Tigers have experienced coaching upheaval over the last few weeks, working through the wildest coaching searches in recent memory in which their interim coach, Kevin Steele, was a major part of the process. Still, I have a difficult time placing much faith in a Northwestern team that struggles to move the football. I’m cautiously leaning toward Auburn.”

Brad Crawford: Northwestern 27 Auburn 24

What he says:

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“I’m the on the opposite side here. Northwestern and Pat Fitzgerald have own three straight times during bowl season and I think the Wildcats will be the more motivated team given Auburn’s distractions this month with a coaching search and hire of Bryan Harsin following Gus Malzahn’s firing. I will take the points, though.”

CBS Sports

Tom Fornelli: Northwestern 21 Auburn 17

What he says:

“When it comes to handicapping a bowl game, you have to consider a team’s motivation for playing in the game. I have absolutely no doubt in my mind that Northwestern will show up ready to play in this game; that’s the way Pat Fitzgerald runs his program and how his teams treat bowl preparation. There’s also the added motivation of it being Hankwitz’s final game as defensive coordinator. I can’t say I’m confident Auburn will be all that motivated. As mentioned above, it’s a team coming off a disappointing season playing under an interim coach who wanted the full-time job and didn’t get it. Northwestern’s offense isn’t good enough to make me believe the Wildcats can run away with this game, and letting Auburn hang around could be all the motivation it needs. I do think the Wildcats cover in the end, however.”

Dennis Dodd: Northwestern

Chip Patterson: Northwestern

Barrett Sallee: Northwestern

Ben Kercheval: Northwestern

Jerry Palm: Northwestern

David Cobb: Northwestern

Ouch, not a single pick for Auburn from the CBS experts over here. Moving on.

Sporting News

Bill Bender: Auburn 27 Northwestern 23

What he says:

“Northwestern lost the Big Ten championship game, but they can still close the season with a bowl victory against Auburn, which is looking for a new coach. The Tigers take advantage of a few Wildcats’ turnovers to win a bowl game this time.”

Athlon Sports

Steven Lassan: Northwestern

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Mark Ross: Northwestern

Ben Weinrib: Auburn

Thank you Mr. Weinrib for giving Auburn the benefit of the doubt here.

Sports Illustrated

Pat Forde: Northwestern 24 Auburn 19

What he says:

“We know the Tigers will have an interim coach; we’ll see whether the NFL will be in hot pursuit of the Wildcats’ Pat Fitzgerald. Given Northwestern’s ability to fluster Justin Fields in the Big Ten championship game, Bo Nix could be in for a long afternoon of his own. But the Wildcats will have to do better tackling Tank Bigsby than they did Trey Sermon.”

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It’s worth noting here that the majority of experts cited in their predictions that this game will be a defensive matchup. Both teams have struggled to gain momentum on offense this season and while Northwestern’s defense has shined Auburn’s has sputtered, especially on third down. After several weeks of upheaval, will the Tigers be ready to put 2020 behind them and begin 2021 with a victory? Fingers crossed.