IU at MICH — DeskEdges

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Betting

Spread

IU favoured

Market IU −6Ours IU −6.7

MICH favoured

gap 0.7 toward IU

Grey dot: the market · gold: our card line · small dot: FEI (bcftoys.com). A gap is a reason to look, not to bet.

Vegas

Team	Spread	Points	Moneyline	Win%	Kalshi
IU away	-6.0	29.3	-258	69.1%	—
MICH home	+6.0	23.3	+210	30.9%	—
Total	52.5

The closing line: this game was played before live prices were being collected.

Our model — cards

Team	Spread	Points	Win%	vs book
IU away	-6.5	29.6	66.2%	-0.5
MICH home	+6.5	22.9	33.8%	+0.5
Total	no total model

FEI — bcftoys.com

Nothing to show for this game.

"Points" is the implied score for each side: a spread and a total are the margin and the sum, so solving them back out says what each team is expected to score. A favourite is shown negative, the way a book quotes it. "vs book" is that model's line for the team minus the book's, so a plus means the model makes them the weaker side. Our cards are EA College Football 27 launch ratings rolled up; the gap between two teams is multiplied by a scale fitted on this season's results (real margins have run about 1.8 times the raw gap), plus 2.5 points of home field; the win chance comes from how far 7,877 FBS results landed from a line. FEI is Brian Fremeau's projection, shown as a reference only: measured on his own results pages it went 49.9% against the spread over 3,101 games (2022–25), and the pickers never see it. Neither model has shown it beats a closing line.

Team ratings

Points vs an average FBS team	IU	MICH
Offence (cards)	+9.38th	+4.432nd
Defence (cards)	+3.64th	+3.57th
Card team rating	+12.86th	+7.919th
SP+ (CFBD's rating, theirs)	+26.94th	+14.322nd
FEI (bcftoys.com, theirs)	+1.26th	+0.719th
F+ (FEI + SP+, theirs)	+1.94th	+1.118th
Card line	MICH +6.7 (the gap ×1.87, fitted on 215 games, plus 2.5 home field)
Returning production	17%	69%

Cards are EA College Football 27's Week 3 Ratings (EA re-rates weekly; we take the newest) with CFBD's measured stats shown beside them; the team rating rolls EA's starters up with the NFL position weights, unmeasured for college. SP+ is opponent-adjusted; ours is not yet.

Quarterbacks

Josh Hoover IU88 overall · Senior

Points added per play0.756

Completion70.0%

TD–INT11-0

Pass attempts, median game20

Pass yards, median game216

Rush yards, median game2

Games this season4

Team throws per game21.5

Bryce Underwood MICH83 overall · Sophomore

Points added per play0.274

Completion62.0%

TD–INT5-2

Pass attempts, median game24

Pass yards, median game197

Rush yards, median game42

Games this season4

Team throws per game23.5

The starter comes from the maintained depth chart (cfbdepth.com). The rating is EA College Football 27's Week 3 Ratings (EA re-rates weekly; we take the newest); everything under it is what CFBD has measured this season, as a median game rather than a total so a man who missed time is not shrunk.

Against the number

Team	ATS	Cover%	vs spread	O/U	vs total
IU away	0-4	0%	-6.8	2-2	-5.3
MICH home	2-2	50%	-4.8	1-3	-5.5

Against DraftKings' closing number, this season. A record of what happened and nothing more — cover rates do not predict, which is why the pickers never see them.

Streak trends

Team	Split	Streak (4+), and what happened next in 8,097 games
IU	all	won 16 straight — next game covered 49.1% of the time (3632 cases)
IU	favourite	won 23 straight — next game covered 49.1% of the time (3632 cases)
IU	day	won 15 straight — next game covered 49.1% of the time (3632 cases)
IU	away	won 6 straight — next game covered 49.8% of the time (9369 cases)
IU	away favourite	won 13 straight — next game covered 49.1% of the time (3632 cases)
IU	division	won 12 straight — next game covered 49.1% of the time (3632 cases)
IU	away division	won 6 straight — next game covered 49.8% of the time (9369 cases)
MICH	underdog	gone under 6 straight — next game went over 52.6% of the time (1586 cases)
MICH	home division	gone under 5 straight — next game went over 50.8% of the time (3311 cases)

Streak picker (total): bets the over — MICH has gone under 6 straight as underdog.

Cover, win/loss and over/under streaks in every split (home, away, favourite, underdog, division, primetime, big favourite), counted against the closing line. Measured over every FBS season on file: cover and over/under streaks revert (fade 6+); college win/loss streaks tell you nothing against the spread (50%), so they are shown here but the picker ignores them. These never reach the pickers' bundle; the "streak" row on the picks board bets on its own.

Venue, weather, rest and travel

Built when the game's bundle is (Michigan Stadium).

Who is out (reported)

No news read for this game yet.

Covers.com injury tags

Team	Player	Status	Since	Note
IU	L. Beebe Jr. RB	questionable Undisclosed	Thu, Oct 1	Beebe Jr. is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it is unclear if he will return
IU	T. Richard RB	probable Ankle	Wed, Sep 30	Richard is dealing with an ankle injury, but he is expected to play on Saturday against the Rutgers.
IU	L. Bond WR	out Undisclosed	Sat, Sep 26	Bond is nursing an undisclosed injury, and he is not projected to play against W. Kentucky on Saturday, September 19th.
MICH	A. Marsh WR	questionable Undisclosed	Wed, Sep 30	Marsh is dealing with a undisclosed injury, and it has yet to be established if he will be active against Minnesota on Saturday.
MICH	J. Daley DL	questionable Lower Body	Mon, Sep 28	Daley is dealing with a lower body injury, and it is unclear if he will suit up against the Minnesota on Tuesday.
MICH	A. Sprague OG	out Undisclosed	Sat, Sep 26	Sprague is sidelined due to an undisclosed injury, and is not expected to play against the Hawkeyes on Saturday.
MICH	L. Forbes WR	questionable Undisclosed	Sun, Sep 20	Forbes is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it is unclear if he will face Iowa on Saturday.
MICH	H. Hansen TE	questionable Undisclosed	Sat, Sep 12	Hansen is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it is unclear if he will face UTEP on Saturday, September 19th.