Saturday, 6 p.m. EST (FS1) BetMGM College Football Odds: Maryland by 5 1/2. Series History: Maryland leads 12-7. What’s at stake? Both teams are scrambling to become bowl eligible. Rutgers is one victory away from win No.

Meanwhile, the circumstances are a little more dire for Maryland (4-5, 1-5), which must win two of its last three games to earn an invite to what would be its fourth straight bowl. The program has not gone to four bowls in a row since a stretch between 1982 and 1985.

Rutgers won there in 2020, when there were no fans in the stands, and in 2014 with an epic 25-point comeback. Both wins came by 3 points. In their three losses, the Scarlet Knights have been outscored by an average of 27 points. Can Rutgers reverse the curse against the Terrapins and build on the momentum of a monumental win over Minnesota?

There wasn’t much time for Joe Harasymiak to rest during Rutgers football’s bye week. The Scarlet Knights’ defensive coordinator went to work breaking down the unit and rebuilding it, looking for ways to improve a defense that had struggled to find any consistency for four consecutive games amid a mountain of injuries.