The Maryland Terrapins (3-0) travel to The Big House to battle the No. 4 Michigan Wolverines (3-0) in Ann Arbor Saturday at noon ET (FOX). Below, we analyze Tipico Sportsbook‘s lines around the Maryland vs. Michigan odds, and make our expert college football picks and predictions.
J.J. McCarthy has finally been named by coach Jim Harbaugh as the starting QB moving forward for the Wolverines. After easily dominating 3 non-power 5 teams to open the season, Michigan will have a bit of a test against undefeated Maryland, who also has not played a strong schedule this far.
With very few games posing a challenge, all 7 members of the Big Ten East are undefeated. Only Penn State (Auburn and Purdue) has played 2 challenging opponents while Ohio State did beat a faltering Notre Dame. This means, we do not know very much about any of these teams yet, other than they can win games they are supposed to.
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Maryland at Michigan odds
Provided by Tipico Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Wednesday at 11:12 p.m. ET.
- Money line (ML): Maryland +520 (bet $100 to win $520) | Michigan -750 (bet $750 to win $100)
- Against the spread (ATS): Maryland +17.5 (-115) | Michigan -17.5 (-105)
- Over/Under (O/U): 65.5 (O: -105 | U: -115)
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Maryland at Michigan picks and predictions
Prediction
Michigan 41 Maryland 21
Money line
NO BET. The ML is too high to make a play on this game.
Against the spread
PLAY MICHIGAN -17.5 (-105).
Michigan may not have been challenged while beating Hawaii, Colorado State and UConn, but they dominated in those games.
The Wolverines have only given up a total of 13 points in the 3 games. This is good against any team. Maryland is better, but they are not yet to the level of keeping it close on the road against Michigan.
Michigan can name their score in this game. If the defense continues their path of dominance, do not expect this to remain close after halftime. This is my favorite wager on this game.
Over/Under
LEAN UNDER 65.5 (-115).
Both teams have good offenses. We will need to see how good the Maryland defense is in this game.
With both offenses being good, Michigan will rely on the run game to shorten the game. Maryland will try to force throws with QB Taulia Tagovailoa which, if not successful, will lead to too many short drives for the Terrapins.
It is only a lean. But give me the UNDER in Ann Arbor.
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