
The Gophers are gaining respect, from Vegas at least.
After a 6-0 start to the season and a No. 20 ranking, the Gophers are 28.5-point favorites to Rutgers for this Saturday's road game. That's staggering, considering the Gophers were only 17-point favorites to Georgia Southern, a Group of Five team on its backup quarterback, earlier this season.
The Gophers are 3-0 in the Big Ten with their first national ranking in the Associated Press top-25 poll since 2014. Rutgers, meanwhile, is 1-5 and winless in the conference after firing coach Chris Ash after Week 4.
The last time the Gophers were this heavy of favorites was 2010 against South Dakota, according to a spokesman for BetOnline.ag. He shared some insight on games from the past 20 years with a big Gophers advantage:

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