Iowa vs Missouri Music City Bowl Betting Pick For 12/30/2024

The Iowa Hawkeyes and Missouri Tigers will clash in the Music City Bowl on December 30, 2024 at 2:30 pm EST. DraftKings Sportsbook has set the Missouri Tigers as three-point favorites, with the total for the game set at 40 points. Both teams will look to secure a victory in this highly anticipated matchup, making it an exciting game to watch for fans and bettors alike.

Before Iowa vs Missouri from Nashville, TN, continue reading to get our preview of this bowl matchup. Here, we have provided our best bet for this game, derived from our predictive analytics and our knowledge of the college football betting marketplace. We have also summarized the keys to this game for both teams, as both teams look to close out their season with a win in the only college football game on the schedule on December 30.

Can Iowa Defense Produce Bowl Victory?

The Iowa Hawkeyes went 8-4 during the college football regular season. They ended their regular season with two straight wins, beating Nebraska and Maryland, with the Hawkeyes winning four of their final five games. Here, the Hawkeyes are underdogs as they look to get a win in their portion of the college football bowl schedule as they take on an SEC opponent in the Music City Bowl.

Iowa's defense has been phenomenal in the second half of the season and they will hope that continues here in their bowl game. The Hawkeyes have allowed 20 or fewer points in five straight games, with four of those games seeing the Hawkeyes giving up 14 or fewer points. Their defense will need to be great in this game, with Cade McNamara opting out of this game and the quarterback position being a huge question mark on the offensive side of the ball for Iowa.

Missouri Looks For 10th Victory

Missouri went 9-3 in college football this season, going into the Music City Bowl ranked 19th in the country. The Tigers went 2-3 on the road this season, with their road wins coming against lowly UMass and a Mississippi State team that was arguably the worst team in the SEC this season. Here, the Tigers will look to get a win in a neutral site game over Iowa to end their season with 10 wins and a top-25 ranking.

In order to get that 10th win of the season, the Tigers will need to overcome some significant losses at the wide receiver position. Most notably, Luther Burden has opted out of this game to prepare for the NFL Draft. Without him, Missouri's offense could struggle against one of the best defenses in all of college football.

Iowa vs Missouri Pick & Prediction

We are going to take the points with Iowa in this Iowa vs Missouri matchup from Nashville. Missouri's losses at the wide receiver position make a matchup with such a good defensive team a bad matchup for the Tigers. Expect Iowa to deny Missouri their 10th win of this season and for the Hawkeyes to end their year with nine wins and three consecutive victories.