Rutgers won its third consecutive Big Ten game on Sunday for just the third time since joining the conference in the 2014-2015 season. They also won its third conference road win of the season, which ties the program high since joining the Big Ten and is just the third time Rutgers has accomplished that feat over the past sixteens seasons.
At 10-6 overall and 6-6 in Big Ten play, the Scarlet Knights sit alone in seventh place of the league standings. Rutgers is a game and a half ahead of eight place Indiana (9-7; 4-5), who they own the tiebreak against, and are a game and a half behind a fifth place tie between Wisconsin (13-5; 7-4), who they lost to, and Purdue (12-6; 7-4), whom they beat.