MSU at MICH — DeskEdges

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Betting

Spread

MSU favoured

Market MICH −16.5Ours MICH −19.7

MICH favoured

gap 3.2 toward MICH

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
MSU away	+16.5	17.0	+625	13.2%	—
MICH home	-16.5	33.5	-950	86.8%	—
Total	50.5

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

Our model — cards

Team	Spread	Points	Win%	vs book
MSU away	+19.5	15.4	10.3%	+3.0
MICH home	-19.5	35.1	89.7%	-3.0
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	MSU	MICH
Offence (cards)	-2.282nd	+4.432nd
Defence (cards)	+0.847th	+3.57th
Card team rating	-1.370th	+7.919th
SP+ (CFBD's rating, theirs)	+0.367th	+14.322nd
FEI (bcftoys.com, theirs)	+0.157th	+0.719th
F+ (FEI + SP+, theirs)	+0.160th	+1.118th
Card line	MICH -19.7 (the gap ×1.87, fitted on 215 games, plus 2.5 home field)
Returning production	21%	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

Alessio Milivojevic MSU74 ▼1 overall · Sophomore

Points added per play0.103

Completion67.0%

TD–INT3-3

Pass attempts, median game23

Pass yards, median game189

Rush yards, median game-13

Games this season4

Team throws per game26.5

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
MSU away	2-1-1	67%	+2.5	1-3	-6.3
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
MSU	away	covered 6 straight — next game covered 47.5% of the time (1464 cases)
MSU	away	lost 10 straight — next game covered 49.5% of the time (2595 cases)
MSU	away division	covered 5 straight — next game covered 48.8% of the time (3066 cases)
MSU	away division	lost 8 straight — next game covered 51.1% of the time (4270 cases)
MSU	underdog	lost 12 straight — next game covered 49.5% of the time (2595 cases)
MSU	underdog	gone under 5 straight — next game went over 50.8% of the time (3311 cases)
MSU	away underdog	covered 6 straight — next game covered 47.5% of the time (1464 cases)
MSU	away underdog	lost 10 straight — next game covered 49.5% of the time (2595 cases)
MICH	favourite of 7+	won 43 straight — next game covered 49.1% of the time (3632 cases)
MICH	home division	gone under 5 straight — next game went over 50.8% of the time (3311 cases)

Streak picker (spread): bets MICH — MSU has covered 6 straight as away.

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
MSU	C. Edwards RB	questionable Knee	Sat, Sep 26	Edwards exited the game with a knee injury, and it remains to be seen if he will be available against the Wisconsin on Saturday, October 3rd.
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.