The Scarlet Knights face the Fighting Illini in a tough march through the late-season heart of Big Ten conference play.

It is their first meeting since last November’s thriller in which the Fighting Illini scored the game-winning touchdown in the final minute after an ill-timed timeout from Rutgers coach Greg Schiano. Can Rutgers avenge the loss against an Illinois team that is falling well short of preseason expectations?

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Rutgers Football is all set for another Big Ten Conference matchup, as the Scarlet Knights head back to the road this weekend to take on the Illinois Fighting Illini inside of Memorial Stadium for a Saturday afternoon showdown.

Rutgers football will travel to West Lafayette, Indiana to play the Purdue Boilermakers at Ross-Ade Stadium looking to snap a four-game skid.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/illinois as First Look at Illinois Football's Week 10 Opponent: Rutgers Scarlet Knights.

Oregon running back Jayden Limar is listed as OUT on Oregon football's availability report vs. Rutgers and will miss his first game of the season. Ducks defensive back Daylen Austin is also listed as QUESTIONABLE heading into the game, while the rest of the availability report remains mostly unchanged.

Jai Patel's field goal with two seconds left sent Rutgers football to a 27-24 win over Purdue at Ross-Ade Stadium.

With all that in mind, FPI giving the Illini an approximately four-out-of-five chance Saturday seems fair. Illinois should win this matchup – and handily. That said, Rutgers descending on Gies Memorial Stadium and snatching up the best win of its season suddenly doesn’t feel like the pipe dream it seemed just a few weeks ago.