Massachusetts Minutemen

What to know for Week 3, including Lane Kiffin's return to Oxford, under-the-radar games and teams on upset watch.

As is the case every year, the first two weeks of the 2026 college football season have given us plenty of surprises. Every year, we get a stunning result, some of great magnitude, some less so. Wether it’s Rutgers looking hapless against a UMass team that was on a 16-game losing steak, or Oregon doing […]

Biggest plays from Week 2 of CFB

Sacred Heart Pioneers vs. UMass Minutemen: Full Highlights

A kicking journey that began in grade school on the soccer fields of Dayton continues at the University of Massachusetts for Derek Morris. “I was a center back,” Morris said, “and would always boot the ball and goal kicks all the way up to the front line. I had an assist off of a goal kick once, just because I hit it all the way up to the other end of the field. My dad saw that, and he was like, ...

Rutgers receives brutal ranking from the Athletic following season opening loss.

Week 1 was unkind to us here on Betting the Big Ten. Michigan game aside, we ended up on the wrong side of a handful of blowouts. However, we did correctly identify UMass to cover against Rutgers — we should have taken it one step further and projected the outright winner. In total we went […]

Last week ATS: 16-9 (4-3 National, 12-6 B1G) Last week was about as good of a start to the season as we could have asked for. About the only things that are sticking with me is trusting Rutgers as a 30-point favorite over UMass last Thursday, along with seeing Ohio State cover late. Had the […]

The problems at QB run deep for Michigan, plus what to expect in Texas-Ohio State and other Week 2 games.

UMass showed there's hope for us all with a shocking win over Rutgers.

Rutgers needed to make a change after they were embarrassed in their season opener by UMass. They were dismantled by a UMass squad that didn’t win a game last season.

It’s rare that Carmari Solomon comes out of a football game for Oviedo, but coach Greg Odierno does recognize that his star do-everything player needs a break once in a while. Friday night against Lake Brantley, Solomon was, as usual, doing it all for the Lions. He had a key third-down carry for 15 yards to extend Oviedo’s opening scoring drive. On Brantley’s first possession, as the Patriots ...

Multiple outlets are already drawing conclusions from the first weekend of the season.

Our revised picks after Rutgers sobering loss to UMass.

Arizona State transfer Sam Leavitt and Wisconsin transfer Dilin Jones each scored rushing touchdowns as LSU defeated Clemson 51-10 in Lane Kiffin's debut.

CFB Week 1 takeaways: Michigan gets a gift, LSU looks title ready and UMass wins!

CFB Week 1 takeaways: Michigan gets a gift, LSU looks title ready and UMass wins!

The Minutemen, winless over the past calendar year, dominated the Scarlet Knights in Thursday's season opener.

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The SportsLine Projection Model has revealed its best bets for Massachusetts Minutemen vs. Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Thursday in Week 1

Using SP+ projections, we ran 1 million simulations of the 2026 season, so we found something for everyone.

Rutgers' defense didn't perform well last season, but the UMass offense was even worse. ,Those units are in the spotlight when visiting UMass attempts

We bid summer adieu and embark on a new season of celebrating the best of the worst, on and off the field.

Ohio State claimed the top spot with 40 first-place votes, while Oregon landed at No. 2 in the first AP poll of the season.