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Oct 18, 2025; Bloomington, Indiana, USA; Indiana Hoosiers wide receiver Elijah Sarratt (13) catches a pass for a touchdown against Michigan State Spartans defensive back Aydan West (2) during the second half at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Robert Goddin-Imagn Images / Robert Goddin-Imagn Images
It's officially rivalry week in the state of Michigan and for the fourth year in a row, experts in Las Vegas expect Michigan football to beat MSU.
Michigan not only looks like the better team on paper, but oddsmakers are siding with the Wolverines when it comes to the rivalry showdown with Michigan State. The Wolverines opened as 13-point betting favorites in Las Vegas for Saturday’s game in East Lansing (7:30 p.m., NBC), and the spread has only risen in the hours since.
Back in the rankings, Michigan hits the road against rival Michigan State as college football’s Week 9 action kicks off this Saturday, and now the experts and b
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It's rivalry week for the Spartans, and they'll have to prove the computers wrong if they're going to bring Paul Bunyan back home.
No. 16 Michigan State broke open a tight game with four second-half scores to earn a 5-1 victory over (RV) Illinois in its regular-season home finale on Sunday afternoon. The Spartans are now 9-3-5 and 6-1-3 in Big Ten play,
Michigan took down the Washington Huskies on Saturday, 24-7, to move to 5-2 on the season. It was a dominant effort by the Wolverines. Michigan's defense played as well as it has all season, but now that the game is over, Michigan is turning its attention to Michigan State.
Two Big Ten rivals meet in Bloomington this Saturday, as the 3-3 Michigan State Spartans take on the undefeated No. 3 Indiana Hoosiers. After 1,257 football polls released by the Associated Press, Indiana is ranked in the top three for the first time.
MSU improves to 3-1-0 following the sweep, handing BU its first two losses of the season as they fall to 2-2-1. Michigan State is now 5-1-1 against consensus No. 1-ranked teams under Nightingale. The Spartans return to the ice next weekend in the Upper Peninsula where they’ll take on Northern Michigan on October 24-25.