PISCATAWAY — Rutgers coach Kyle Flood passed on a question Monday afternoon asking his opinion on how his team compares to the upper echelon of the Big Ten.
"I don't know if I want to make those kind of comments right now," Flood said. "We're so entrenched right now in the Wisconsin season, it's hard for me to comment on anything but that."
Oddsmakers leave no ambiguity about their assessment, however. Rutgers opened as 19-point underdogs for Saturday's game at Wisconsin (12 p.m., BTN), according to vegasinsider.com. Wisconsin beat Rutgers 37-0 last season.