Michigan hosts Michigan State on Saturday, November 7, at 7:30 p.m. ET in a classic Big Ten rivalry. The Wolverines enter as 14-point favorites with an over/under of 39.5 points. Michigan (5-3) has won two of its last three games, including a 28-21 victory at Rutgers where freshman quarterback Tommy Carr threw for 266 yards and ran for two touchdowns. The Wolverines' defense allows just 16.4 points and 250 total yards per game.
Michigan State (2-6) has lost six straight since a 2-0 start. The Spartans managed only 156 total yards in a 28-10 loss at UCLA and have scored just 31 points in their past two games. Freshman Kayd Coffman started at quarterback, with Leo Hannan seeing relief duty. Michigan State's defense yields 153.8 rushing yards per game, while the Wolverines' offense averages 316.4 yards but produced 427 at Rutgers.
SportsLine projects a 31-15 Michigan win, a 16-point margin that would cover the -14 spread. The betting line sits at Michigan -600 on the money line, Michigan State +440, with the over -118 and under -102.
