Sat, Oct 3 ยท 12:40 PM ET
Michigan State at Wisconsin
Wisconsin favored by 8.5 ยท total 43.5
Game has kicked off โ lines shown are the pre-kickoff close.

Michigan StateSpartans
Away ยท Big Ten
+8.5
+280
ML

WisconsinBadgers
Home ยท Big Ten
-8.5
-355
ML
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Returning production
| Michigan State | Wisconsin | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 21% | 31% |
| Passing | 16% | -500%* |
| Rushing | 19% | 32% |
| Receiving | 24% | 34% |
* Outside 0โ100% on purpose โ production is PPA-weighted, so a departing player who cost his team yards pushes the share above 100 and a returning group with negative combined output shows below zero.
The read
- The spread has moved from -10 to -8.5 since it opened, toward the away side.
- A total of 43.5 sits on the low side of real college football scores (the median FBS game lands on 54). That places the number; it does not predict the result โ overs land almost exactly 50% against closing totals.
- SP+ and the market differ by 4.8 points โ the market rates the home side higher. Worth knowing, but not a signal: we backtested betting that disagreement and it went 49.8% against the spread, versus the 52.4% needed to break even.
Team profile
With the ball
Without it
Last three seasons
Michigan State
11-10 ATS ยท 7-14 SU
11-10 O/U ยท 8-2 away
Wisconsin
8-13 ATS ยท 6-15 SU
6-15 O/U ยท 4-8 home
A record, not a signal โ we measured team-level situational splits at 50% against the spread. Useful for knowing a team, not for picking one.
How games at these numbers have gone
- Spread 8.5 โ the 7-10 point band. In 1,074 archived games at this number, the favorite covered 51.2% of the time โ a coin flip once the 95% range (48.2โ54.2%) is taken into account.
- Total 43.5 โ this game's spread sits in the 7-14 point band. In 1,954 archived games with a spread this size, the over hit 48.6% of the time โ a coin flip once the 95% range (46.4โ50.8%) is taken into account.
Measured on our archive of FBS games with a closing line and a final score. Context, not a pick โ see every band.
SP+ team strength ยท 2026
SP+ implies Wisconsin -3.7 versus the market's -8.5 โ a 4.8-point disagreement.
Context, not a pick โ tap the for what these numbers mean and what we measured.
Line movement
Spread (home)
-10 โ -8.5+1.5
Total
44.5 โ 43.5-1.0
"From" is the first price we recorded, not necessarily the market open โ DraftKings publishes no opening number, so we only claim what we saw.
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