Rutgers will be back in the postseason and has two games to improve where it ends up playing its bowl game. A midseason, four-game losing streak shifted expectations some, but the Scarlet Knights can successful cross off a preseason goal after clinching their sixth win and achieving bowl eligibility in the process Saturday when Rutgers defeated Maryland,

Both teams are scrambling to become bowl eligible. Rutgers is one victory away from win No. 6. Maryland needs two more, and its regular-season finale is against Penn State, so the two games before that take on added importance. Rutgers made a bowl last season. The Terrapins are trying to extend a streak of three seasons in a row.

The Terps were crippled by dropped passes, penalties and questionable decisions that contributed to a 31-17 loss to Rutgers.

The 6-foot-1, 186-pound senior already ranks third in career receptions with 162 and fifth in all-time touchdown catches with 15. He is on pace for 1,248 receiving yards, which would overtake Marcus Badgett’s school record of 1,240 yards set in 1992.

With its bowl-game season on the line, Maryland football hosts Iowa in its final home game of the season. The Terps are coming off a disappointing 31-17 loss to Rutgers, while Iowa is fresh off its second bye week of the season.