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Saturday, October 17, 2026
Arnav’s Analysis: Takeaways From Rutgers’ 37-30 Win Over Maryland

In a wild, back-and-forth affair, it was Rutgers that came out victorious in the battle at the bottom of the Big Ten standings over the Maryland Terrapins. But it did not come easy. The Scarlet...

Women’s Soccer Outshoots Penn State 14-5 After Halftime but Falls 1-0 on an Early Penalty

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Rutgers took 17 shots at Jeffrey Field on Saturday afternoon, 14 of them after halftime. Penn State needed one kick from the penalty spot. Morgan Hippeli was called for the...

Rutgers Earns First Big Ten Win of Season, 37-30 Against Maryland

Rutgers football earned its first Big Ten win of the season, 37-30, in a nail-biter against Maryland. Both teams entered the game winless in the Big Ten, and both teams were eyeing this game as a...

Rutgers vs Maryland Game Thread

Rutgers fans, it’s GameDay! The Scarlet Knights are down in College Park this weekend to take on Maryland. Both teams will be searching for their first Big Ten win in this game. The game will be...

OTB 2026 Staff Picks: Rutgers vs Maryland

After having a bye week last week, Rutgers football will resume its season this week down in College Park as it is set to take on Maryland. This is Rutgers first conference road game this season,...

Volleyball Drops Five Set Points & Falls to #20 Washington 33-31 in the Fourth

Rutgers has played two sets past 30 points in six days. Against UCLA last Saturday, they won the third 31-29 to avoid a sweep and lost in four anyway. Against Washington on Friday night, they held...

Friday, October 16, 2026
Pandemonium in Piscataway as Men’s Soccer Stuns Unbeaten #2 Indiana 1-0

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers has now played the two highest-ranked teams on their schedule. Both came in unbeaten. Both left with their first loss of the season. The Scarlet Knights beat No. 2...

Without Their Top Runners, Cross Country Finishes Last at Princeton as the Men Fail to Score

Twenty-one men’s teams started the 8,000 meters at the Joe Handelman ’52 Princeton Fall Classic on Friday, and 20 of them got five runners across the line. Rutgers entered exactly five. Two did...

KJ Duff Named Midseason All-American

KJ Duff has been one of the best receivers in the nation this season and was named to the AP Midseason All-American Team on Thursday. Duff earned a spot on the Second Team after totaling 628 yards...

Rutgers Opponent Q&A w/ Maryland’s Testudo Times

Rutgers matchup against Maryland is viewed on both sides of the aisle as one of the few realistic opportunities to get a Big Ten win by both teams. With both teams having coaches on the hot seat...

Thursday, October 15, 2026
College Football Playoff Likely to Be Expanded Again

Recently, reports have been coming out that the NCAA is nearing a deal to expand the College Football Playoff to 24 teams. While a deal like this would make it easier for Rutgers to get into the...

Rutgers Schedules Visit With 2028 5-Star With Eyes On Reclassifying

Five-star forward Benjamin Berrouet has scheduled a visit to Rutgers, The Dynamic Prep product will be on campus on Feb. 6, which will be his fourth official visit. Berrouet also has visits...

Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Rutgers Football vs Maryland 2026 Preview

After having a bye week last Saturday, Rutgers football will return to action this weekend as it is set to make the trip down to College Park to play Maryland. The Terrapins, on the other hand,...

Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Cricket Wins the NCCA Northeast Regional, Beating Penn State & UConn on the Final Day

When I wrote about the Rutgers Bowling Club finishing eight pins off the podium at EIBT #2, the point was simple. Rutgers is much more than its football team, and even more than the varsity sports...

Swimming & Diving open season hosting invitational

The Scarlet swim & diving team (S&D) hosted the an invitational at the Rutgers Aquatic Center on Friday and Saturday to open its 2026-27 season. The non-team scoring event saw Army, St....

Monday, October 12, 2026
Bowling Finishes Fourth at EIBT #2, Eight Pins Off the Podium in North Brunswick

Over the past month, I have come to realize that a lot of people tied to Rutgers share the same wrong assumption: that the football team is a stand-in for the entire athletic department. Students,...

Game Time Set for Rutgers Football at Northwestern

The game time for Rutgers’ matchup against Northwestern on Oct. 24 has been set, as the two teams are set to square off at noon that day at the new Ryan Field. Last month, the Wildcats finished...

This Week in Field Hockey: Nicholls Stops All Three in Columbus

Rutgers had played 120 minutes of Big Ten field hockey this season without a goal. At Ohio State on Friday, Anna Cogdell scored 44 seconds into the second quarter and Olivia Fraticelli scored 23...

Sunday, October 11, 2026
Rutgers Men’s Basketball falls short against Villanova, 77-75, in Preseason Matchup

Rutgers men’s basketball had one of its two scrimmages before the 2026-2027 season on Sunday, Oct. 11, against Villanova. Although showing significant improvement compared to where they were last...

Women’s Soccer Held Scoreless by Nebraska as Avery Gillahan Makes Two Saves in the Final 28 Seconds

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Nebraska had not conceded a goal in 270 minutes of soccer. Rutgers took 11 shots at Avery Gillahan on Sunday afternoon, but still extended the Cornhuskers’ streak to 360...

Saturday, October 10, 2026
Muted in Madison as Men’s Soccer Falls 1-0 to #20 Wisconsin

MADISON, Wis. — Rutgers took four shots in the first 16 minutes on Saturday night. They took their fifth at 72:21. In the 56 minutes between them, Aidan Martinez scored the only goal of the night...

Volleyball Saves Three Match Points & Survives a Review, but UCLA Wins in Four

A night after Minnesota out-blocked Rutgers 11-2, UCLA came into Jersey Mike’s Arena and out-blocked it 17-6. For two sets, that was the whole match. Then the third went 31-29, the official...

Friday, October 9, 2026
Volleyball Out-Kills Minnesota, but Gets Stuffed 11 Times in a Four-Set Loss

Rutgers has lost three four-set matches since the middle of September, and it has had more kills than the team across the net in all three. Penn won with 54 kills to Rutgers’ 55. Indiana won with...

Tariq Francis and JaMichael Davis Meet with BTN Hosts During Big Ten Media Days

In addition to interim head coach Brandin Knight, who met with members of the BTN media yesterday, Rutgers men’s basketball team captain JaMichael Davis and Tariq Francis also got the chance to be...

Cross Country Takes Eighth in Both Nuttycombe B Races, Three Weeks Before Big Tens on the Same Course

Both Rutgers teams ran the B races at the Nuttycombe Invitational on Friday, the undercard to the championship races on the Zimmer Championship Course in Madison, Wis., and both finished eighth....

Thursday, October 8, 2026
Women’s Soccer Scores Three in 33 Minutes & Holds Off Northwestern 3-2 on the Pinkout

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Northwestern came to Yurcak Field with six shutouts this season and a sophomore goalkeeper who had 15 of them in her career. Rutgers scored on her three times in 33 minutes....

Rutgers Basketball Interim Head Coach Brandin Knight Meets With BTN Hosts During Big Ten Media Days

Rutgers men’s basketball interim head coach Brandin Knight met with Big Ten Network hosts Dave Revsine and Bruce Weber during the Big Ten basketball media days to discuss the future of the team...

Rutgers Basketball Receives Poor Outlook In Big Ten Preseason Poll

Rutgers finds itself in a familiar position in the Big Ten preseason poll this year. The Scarlet Knights rebuilt the roster this offseason but have a lot to prove to the rest of the conference as...

B1G Attendance: Lots of people showing up, including at Rutgers

Homecoming is usually a good day at and for a school. Alums return to renew friendships and acquaintances, good fellowship abounds. Generally an all around good time. And, apparently, Rutgers...

Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Times and TV stations released for Rutgers 2026-2027 Men’s Basketball Schedule

The full Rutgers men’s basketball Big Ten schedule has been released, this time including the times and TV stations for each matchup. Rutgers will be looking to take a step forward from its 14-20...

Marching Scarlet Knights: adding to a great game day experience

It’s a bye week (thankfully) so we can talk about other things! Once upon a time, the football team at Alabama wasn’t very good. As the story goes – and the university has actually acknowledged...

Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Men’s Soccer Outshoots #7 Maryland but Falls 2-1 on Farouk Cisse’s Late Winner

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Maryland went 49 minutes and 34 seconds without putting a shot on goal. Then Farouk Cisse, a defender who had not scored all season, put one there, and it went in. No. 7...

The second half: where will the wins come from?

We’re at the bye week. It isn’t exactly the half way point, but it’s as good a place as any to look ahead. Five games down, a 1-4 record, and a few games that looked really ugly. A coach who may,...

Don’t Look Now, Rutgers Basketball Is Building Historic Recruiting Class

As basketball season creeps closer and closer, fans are beginning to take a look at this year’s edition of the Scarlet Knights. If you take another look into the future, you will see a 2027 class...

Monday, October 5, 2026
Rutgers Football vs Maryland Kickoff Time Set

The time slot for the next Rutgers football game has been announced as the Scarlet Knights are slated to play Maryland at 12:30 p.m. ET on October 17, following the teams by week this week. The...

Arnav’s Analysis: Takeaways From Rutgers’ 47-15 Loss To #7 Indiana

For two weeks, it appeared that the Scarlet Knights were on the right track, falling to USC 42-35 and blowing Howard out 58-7. Then came the Indiana Hoosiers, and Rutgers fans were reminded just...

Indiana Takes Over SHI Stadium In Rout: What Does It Mean For Rutgers?

The crowd at SHI Stadium was a sea of red on Saturday night for Rutgers Homecoming. The only problem was, the red was that of Indiana fans throwing a party 740 miles away from Bloomington. The...

Rutgers Head Coach Greg Schiano and Indiana Head Coach Curt Cignetti Host Post-Game Press Conferences

Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano hosted a press conference with members of the media after the Scarlet Knights’ 47- 15 loss to Indiana on homecoming. Without being prompted at the beginning of the...

Sunday, October 4, 2026
Women’s Soccer Hands Iowa Its First Big Ten Win in a 1-0 Loss

IOWA CITY, Iowa — Iowa had played five Big Ten matches this season and won none of them. The Hawkeyes needed 71 seconds after Rutgers’ third wave of substitutions to change that. Berit Parten...

Volleyball Takes the Second From #15 Indiana & Never Leads Again in a Four-Set Loss

Three days after sweeping Ohio State, Rutgers came home with the same question it left Columbus with. Imani Howell and Malia Romes hit a combined .629 against the Buckeyes, and a sweep built on...

Rutgers Routed by No.6 Indiana 47-15 on Homecoming

Rutgers football will be heading into its bye week sitting at 1-4 after the Scarlet Knights were drubbed by No.6 Indiana 47-15 during their annual homecoming game, which doubled as their annual...

Saturday, October 3, 2026
Rutgers vs Indiana 2026 Homecoming Game Thread

Rutgers fans, it’s game day! The Scarlet Knights are set to play Indiana today in Rutgers’ homecoming game, which will also double as the blackout game. The game will be broadcast live on the Big...

OTB 2026 Staff Picks: Rutgers vs No.6 Indiana

After closing out non-conference play with a dominating 58-7 win over Howard, Rutgers will resume conference play this Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Scarlet Knights’ blackout homecoming game against...

Big Ten Availability Report for Rutgers vs Indiana

The Big Ten released an availability report for Rutgers vs. Indiana on Friday, with three players being named out for this game. Defensive back’s Devoun Fuse and Steven Murray have been downgraded...

Friday, October 2, 2026
Rout on the Raritan as Men’s Soccer Blanks Northwestern 4-0

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Rutgers took their first shot of the night at 2:08. By 8:37, they had taken three. All three went in. The Scarlet Knights beat Northwestern 4-0 on Friday night at Yurcak Field...

Cross Country Runs Paul Short Before the Heat Ends It Prematurely

Lehigh called off the last six races of the 52nd Paul Short Run on Friday afternoon on medical advice, citing heat and temperatures that kept climbing. Rutgers had already run both of its races in...

Thursday, October 1, 2026
Volleyball Hits .350 & Sweeps Ohio State for Their First Big Ten Win

Six sets into Big Ten play, Rutgers had not won one. No. 1 Nebraska swept the Scarlet Knights on a Friday, Iowa swept them the next night, and the team that closed the non-conference slate at 9-3...

Rutgers Basketball’s High School Recruiting Surges in 2027 Class Despite Rough Few Seasons

Rutgers basketball has been on a tear in terms of high school recruiting for the 2027 class, landing three four-stars as its first three recruits of the class. The three four-stars are shooting...

Greg Schiano Talks Curt Cignetti — Who Turned Bottom-Feeder Indiana Into What He Couldn’t

The tough Big Ten slate will now kick into high hear as Rutgers welcomes Curt Cignetti and the reigning national champions to Piscataway on Saturday night. Rutgers head coach Greg Schiano has...

How many people showed up for the Howard game?

The numbers weren’t good, regardless of the opponent There was a state of emergency because of the impending nor’easter. It included Middlesex County, home of SHI Stadium. Rutgers was 0-3, and had...

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