The Northwestern Wildcats will hit the road to face the Iowa Hawkeyes in an Big Ten conference NCAA college football game set for Saturday afternoon.

Kick off time from Iowa is scheduled for 12PM Eastern Time with national television coverage provided by Big Ten Network.

The betting odds have the home team Iowa Hawkeyes favored by -3 ½ points with a total lined at 53 points.

Northwestern has lost three straight to fall to 4-3 on the season after a 20-17 home defeat to the Minnesota Golden Gophers as a -12 ½ point betting favorite. The game total finished at under 52 points. It was a 7-7 tie at the half then the team gets outscored 13-10 in the second.

The Wildcats put up 328 yards with 94 rushing for 3 ½ yards a carry. Trevor Siemian connected on 25 of 46 passes for 234 yards with a touchdown and two picks. One pick was returned for a Golden Gophers touchdown. The team gave away the game with three turnovers and forced none away from Minnesota. On defense Northwestern allowed 299 yards to the Minnesota offense with 176 running for 3 ½ yards per attempt.

Iowa is now 4-3 on the 2013 campaign following a 34-24 road defeat last week to the Ohio St Buckeyes as a +18 ½ point betting odds underdog. The total finished at over 54 ½ points. Iowa blew a 17-10 first half lead by getting outscored 24-7 in the second.

The Hawkeyes offense gained 375 yards with 130 running for under 5 yards a carry. Jake Rudock completed 19 of 34 passes for 245 yards with three touchdowns and one pick. On defense Iowa allowed Ohio St 495 yards of offense with 273 rushing for 5 ½ yards per attempt.