The Pac-12 owns the recent Rose Bowl rivalry with the Big Ten, winning seven of the last nine matchups outright and going 6-2-1 against the spread. The Stanford Cardinal lost this game two years ago to Michigan State, but they get a chance at redemption when they take on the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day in Pasadena, California.
Rose Bowl point spread: Cardinal opened as 6.5-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. (Line updates and matchup report)
College football pick, via Odds Shark computer: 33.