Athlon Sports has released their annual predictions for the 2021 college football season and they have pegged Rutgers Football to slightly improve on last season's 3-6 season.
Athlon projects the Scarlet Knights to finish 4-8 in the regular season and 2-7 in Big Ten play, finishing sixth in the Big Ten East only above Michigan State.
Below you can see the publication's full projected conference standings:
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EAST DIVISION:
Ohio State 13-0, 9-0
Penn State 8-4, 6-3
Indiana 8-4, 6-3
Michigan 7-5, 5-4
Maryland 6-6, 4-5
Rutgers 4-8, 2-7
Michigan State 4-8, 2-7
WEST DIVISON:
Wisconsin 9-4, 7-2
Iowa 8-4, 6-3
Minnesota 7-5, 4-5
Northwestern 7-5, 4-5
Nebraska 6-6, 4-5
Purdue 5-7, 3-6
Illinois 3-9, 1-8
The magazine also ranked each positional unit on offense and defense from 1-14 in the Big Ten, so here's a look at how the Scarlet Knights stack up at each position.
Quarterback: 14
Running back: 10
Wide receivers and tight ends: 10
Offensive line: 14
Defensive line: 12
Linebackers: 8
Defensive backs: 12
Along with all that, there were only a few Rutgers players selected by the publication to make the All-Big Ten Conference teams as you can see below.
All-Big Ten First Team
LB Olakunle Fatukasi (DEFENSE)
KR Aron Cruickshank (SPECIAL TEAMS)
All-Big Ten Second Team
P Adam Korsak )SPECIAL TEAMS)
All-Big Ten Third Team
WR Bo Melton (OFFENSE)
DE Mike Tverdov (DEFENSE)
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