SEATTLE — Rutgers enters the midpoint of the 2025 season with a balanced record, but on the field, the bad has far outweighed the good through six games.

The Scarlet Knights stand at 3-3 overall and 0-3 in the Big Ten following Friday night’s loss to Washington , a third consecutive defeat that puts them in precarious position.

Here are 17 thoughts from the West Coast and at the midpoint of the season (stats from ProFootballFocus and CFBStats, unless otherwise noted):

1. Rutgers needed at least one win in its first three Big Ten games to realistically have a chance at reaching a third straight bowl game. Instead, it suffered three losses in agonizingly similar fashion that essentially remove all margin for error and put any postseason hopes on the brink.

After entering Big Te

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