Northwestern Wildcats at Michigan Wolverines Point Spread Pick and Betting Odds. Saturday 10th October will see the 5-0 Northwestern Wildcats face off against the 4-1 Michigan Wolverines in their sixth week NCAAF match. The Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor will play host to the game, which is set to kick off at 15:30 ET. 5Dimes is currently favouring the Wolverines, with a -8 point spread line and total lines currently offered at 35.
Betting Odds
Point Spread: Wildcats +8/Wolverines -8
Total Line: 35
The Wildcats have been flowing through their 2015 season, claiming victories in all five of their matches played so far. Last week saw them record a 27-0 win against Minnesota’s Golden Gophers. The match further proved that Northwestern’s defensive line up is a perfect unit, having played a key role in propelling the team to their successive victories. Clayton Thorson scored two touchdowns in the game and Justin Jackson ran for 120 yards. The defence line limited Minnesota to just 173 yards in the game, and of course, didn’t allow them to score any points.
Thorson has completed 64 of his 113 attempted passes this season so far, managing four touchdowns in the process. The aforementioned Jackson has carried 138 altogether, impressively gathering 636 yards and 62 long rushes. Dan Vitale has been on the receiving end of 15 passes and scored two touchdowns, while Christian Jones has received 14 for 157 yards. Meanwhile, Jack Mitchell has made 12 extra points, wwith 10 field goals made out of 13 attempted.
The Wolverines may have had a bad opening match, losing to Utah, but have since made up for that, managing to stop their opponents scoring any points over the past two weeks. Last week saw Michigan beat out Maryland in a 28-0 finish. Linebacker, Desmond Morgan has settled very nicely into the middle of the Wolverines’ defence line, achieving nine tackles and an interception during the game against Maryland. Their opponents were limited to just 105 yards altogether.
Michigan’s De’Veon Smith has carried 69 for 331 this season, recording four touchdowns as well. Meanwhile, Jehu Chesson has claimed two touchdowns so far, as has quarterback Jake Ruddon while rushing. A further five touchdowns have been claimed by Ruddon in passing, whilst 89 of his attempted 148 passes have been received. A total of 23 of these have been caught by Amara Darboh, who has also claimed two touchdowns, while Jake Butt has claimed 19 for 234 yards.
Northwestern at Michigan Betting Trends
Northwestern is 5-0 straight up in their last 5 games overall.
The Wildcats are 1-9 straight up in their last 10 games against Michigan.
The game total has gone under in 6 of Northwestern’s last 8 games against Michigan.
Michigan is 2-5 against the spread in their last 7 games against Northwestern.
The Wolverines are 5-1 straight up in their last 6 home games.
Injury Report
Northwestern
WR Garrett Dickerson Lower Body “?” Saturday vs. Michigan
OL Geoff Mogus Head “?” Saturday vs. Michigan
OL Matt Frazier Staph Infection “?” Saturday vs. Michigan
DB Kyle Queiro Arm out indefinitely
OL Adam DePietro Leg out indefinitely
RB Jayme Taylor Ankle out indefinitely
Michigan
DL Mario Ojemudia Achilles out for season
WR Brian Cole Undisclosed “?” Saturday vs. Northwestern
DB Channing Stribling Undisclosed “?” Saturday vs. Northwestern
RB De’Veon Smith Leg “?” Saturday vs. Northwestern
DB Dymonte Thomas Undisclosed “?” Saturday vs. Northwestern
FB Joe Kerridge Leg “?” Saturday vs. Northwestern
LB Mike McCray Undisclosed “?” Saturday vs. Northwestern
TE Tyrone Wheatley Undisclosed “?” Saturday vs. Northwestern
RB Wyatt Shallman Undisclosed “?” Saturday vs. Northwestern
OL Logan Tuley-Tillman Dismissed dismissed from team
DT Bryan Mone Leg out indefinitely
Consensus Pick (ATS)
Northwestern: 70%
Michigan: 30%
Free College Football Pick
This is a real low total line for a college game and sometimes they go the opposite with the defense and special teams picking up points. That said, we think that both teams will have to not only claw for every point, they have to claw for every yard. Northwestern is really beat up on the offensive line and even if the starters play they’re facing a team that has back to back shut outs and has allowed a total of 14 points in their last four games! On the other side of the ball the Wildcats have faced some decent offenses allowing 35 points in their five matches and holding a good offensive team in Stanford to 6 points!
Take the UNDER 35 @ INTERTOPS – FUNDING YOUR NEW ACCOUNT COULDN’T BE EASIER!
