Hoosiers Open As 10-Point Favorites For Next Week's Game at Western Kentucky

Indiana has a rare road trip to Western Kentucky as the Hoosiers try to get back to. their winning ways next Saturday. The Hoosiers are a 10-point favorite, according to the SISportsbook.com website.

Tom Brew | Sep 19, 2021

Hoosiers Open As 10-Point Favorites For Next Week's Game at Western Kentucky /

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana will look to get back to its winning ways next Saturday with a rare road game at Western Kentucky. The Hoosiers have opened as a 10-point favorite in the game, according to the SISportsbook.com website.

The over/under is 62.5.

Indiana is 1-2 so far this season, but both losses are to teams ranked in the top-8 in the country right now. Iowa, a 34-6 winner over Indiana in the season opener, is ranked No. 5 and Cincinnati is ranked No. 8. The Bearcats beat Indiana 38-24 in Bloomington on Saturday.

Western Kentucky is 1-1 so far this season, and had last week off. The Hilltoppers beat Tennessee-Martin 59-21 in their season opener in Bowling Green, Ky., and lost last week at Army, falling 38-35.

Western has back-to-back games against Big Ten teams, with a game against Michigan State the following week.

Indiana and Western Kentucky were scheduled to play in Bloomington last year, but all of the Hoosiers' nonconference games were cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Western was 5-7 a year ago.

There is some early flexibility on the betting line for this game. For instance, on the Fanduel.com site, the Hoosiers are only 8.5-point favorites. On the Draftkings.com site, Indiana is a 9-point favorite.

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Published Sep 19, 2021

TOM BREW

Tom Brew is an award-winning journalist who has worked at some of America's finest newspapers as a reporter and editor, including the Tampa Bay (Fla.) Times, the Indianapolis Star and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered college sports in the digital platform for the past six years, including the last five years as publisher of HoosiersNow on the FanNation/Sports Illustrated network.