Utah vs. Northwestern

Northwestern heads out West for this bowl game in Las Vegas. Northwestern has a terrible offensive line with the ground game averaging just 3.0 yards per carry and their quarterbacks getting sacked 48 times. They faced just two Top 20 teams and lost both badly to Duke (38-14) and Penn State (41-13). Utah finished fourth in the Pac-12 and faced six Top 20 teams. They lost to No. 5 Washington in a close one, 35-28, while knocking off No. 22 UCLA (14-7) and No. 18 USC on the road (34-32). The Utes have a strong ground attack behind RBs Ja'Quinden Jackson (742 yards, 4.8 ypc) and Jaylon Glover (513 yards, 4.2 ypc), while the defense is 23rd in the nation in yards allowed, 10th on third down (29.50%), and 22nd in points given up (20.9 per game). Back Utah on the moneyline.