Betting
Our model — cards
| Team | Spread | Points | Win% | vs book |
|---|
| UCLA away | +4.0 | — | 39.5% | — |
| MICH home | -4.0 | — | 60.5% | — |
| 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 | UCLA | MICH |
|---|
| Offence (cards) | +5.723rd | +4.432nd |
| Defence (cards) | +1.531st | +3.57th |
| Card team rating | +7.224th | +7.919th |
| SP+ (CFBD's rating, theirs) | +13.824th | +14.322nd |
| FEI (bcftoys.com, theirs) | +0.529th | +0.719th |
| F+ (FEI + SP+, theirs) | +0.925th | +1.118th |
| Card line | MICH -3.8 (the gap ×1.87, fitted on 215 games, plus 2.5 home field) |
| Returning production | 57% | 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
Nico Iamaleava UCLA87 overall · Junior
Points added per play0.146
Completion62.6%
TD–INT4-2
Pass attempts, median game23
Pass yards, median game197
Rush yards, median game42
Games this season4
Team throws per game25.0
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 |
|---|
| UCLA away | 4-0 | 100% | +18.0 | 3-1 | +9.5 |
| 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
No 4+ streak in any split for either side.
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 |
|---|
| UCLA | M. Matthews WR | out Undisclosed | Mon, Sep 21 | Matthews is dealing with a lower-leg injury, and he has been shut down for the remainder of the season. |
| UCLA | T. Johnson CB | questionable Undisclosed | Sun, Sep 20 | Johnson is bothered by an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will suit up against Terrapins on Friday, September 25th. |
| UCLA | J. Johnson CB | questionable Undisclosed | Sun, Sep 20 | Johnson is sidelined with an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will suit up against Terrapins on Saturday, September 25th. |
| UCLA | S. Yoon OG | questionable Undisclosed | Sun, Sep 20 | Yoon is sidelined with an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will suit up against Terrapins on Friday, September 25th. |
| UCLA | A. Mizell WR | questionable Undisclosed | Sun, Sep 20 | Mizell is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will suit up against Terrapins on Friday, September 25th. |
| UCLA | T. Dieffenbach QB | questionable Undisclosed | Sun, Sep 20 | Dieffenbach is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will suit up against Terrapins on Friday, September 25th. |
| UCLA | J. Phifer TE | questionable Undisclosed | Sun, Sep 20 | Phifer is dealing with an undisclosed injury, and it remains to be seen if he will suit up against Terrapins on Friday, September 25th. |
| 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. |