Purdue at Illinois

Purdue has played a tough schedule and it has a 1-4 record to show for it, but the Boilermakers hope to keep it reasonably close this week against Illinois, which has lost the past four meetings, including by a 44-19 score last year. It's a look-ahead game for the Fighting Illini, who have Michigan on deck and Oregon the week after. Illinois is 2-17-1 ATS its past 20 home games against teams that are coming off a straight up and ATS loss. The Illini lost 21-7 to Penn State last week while yielding 239 rushing yards on 5.4 yards per carry. QB Luke Altmyer was 16 of 25 for 185 yards and a TD with an interception for Illinois and the game went UNDER by 20 points. The Illini have stayed UNDER four of five games this season. The UNDER is 4-0-1 in Illinois' past five games after allowing more than 200 yards rushing its previous game. Purdue has averaged 11 points its past four games. The Boilermakers have won their past six road games against Illinois, which is 2-9-1 ATS its past 12 home contests. Take the points with Purdue and the UNDER.