SportsLine's model revealed its college football picks for Rutgers Scarlet Knights vs. Kansas State Wildcats in the Rate Bowl 2024 on Thursday

Sitting cross legged underneath a tent blocking the bright Arizona sun and in front of a banner that reads “RUTGERS TEAM COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT,” quarterback Athan Kaliakmanis smiles as he points to the page he is reading to a local grade school girl.

Rutgers faces Kansas State in the Rate Bowl. It won’t have star running back Kyle Monangai, who has opted out of the game.

Rutgers football on Tuesday took some time to give back to the local community here in the leadup to the Rate Bowl.

A win in the Rate Bowl would give the Wildcats at least nine wins in each of the last three seasons and join Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Oregon in that regard. The Wildcats are looking to bounce back from a 1-3 mark in November after beginning the year at 7-1 and ranking as high as No.

Many of Rutgers football's NFL-bound players are playing in the Rate Bowl against Kansas State, a chance to get critical game film for scouts to see.

Rutgers is experiencing that for Thursday’s Rate Bowl against Kansas State with Greg Schiano confirming Tuesday that star running back Kyle Monangai will not play, a decision he understands. At this point anyway, there’s not much else Monangai ...

Rutgers is off and running in the Valley of the Sun. The Scarlet Knights held their first practice on local land at Indian School Park on Monday ahead of their Rate Bowl matchup against Kansas State in Phoenix on Thursday.

Erik Moses has been leading the Rate Bowl and Fiesta Bowl since 2022. This week he welcomes Rutgers football, his hometown program, to Phoenix.