MSU-Rutgers Prediction, 5 Determining Factors from LSJ’s Graham Couch

Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal provides his prediction for MSU-Rutgers on Saturday

Michigan State football will play one final time at Spartan Stadium on Saturday with the opportunity to clinch a bowl berth.

The Spartans host Rutgers on Saturday afternoon in a must-win game for Michigan State to reach bowl eligibility. Michigan State comes into this game with a 5-6 overall record and needs to beat Rutgers to reach the minimum six wins to go bowling.

Michigan State is a slight favorite in this matchup with Rutgers. As of Friday afternoon, the Spartans were listed as a 1.5-point favorite over the Scarlet Knights.

Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday and the game will be televised on Fox Sports 1.

Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal is back one final time for the regular season to offer his thoughts on this matchup between Michigan State and Rutgers. Click here to see how Couch believes this game will play out and who he has winning in the end.

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ESPN’s SP+ predicts winner of MSU-Rutgers game

Michigan State football may be favored by the betting books, but SP+ is giving the edge to Rutgers this week

Michigan State football may be favored by the betting books, but SP+ is giving the edge to Rutgers this week.

Bill Connelly of ESPN released his week 14 predictions from SP+ — which is a statistics-based algorithm for rankings teams and predicting outcomes — and it predicts the Scarlet Knights to beat Michigan State. SP+ is predicting the final score to be 25-21 in favor of Rutgers.

Michigan State comes into this matchup in need of a victory to reach bowl eligibility for the first time since 2021. The Spartans are 5-6 overall and 3-5 in Big Ten play this year.

Michigan State is favored by 1.5 points, according to FanDuel. The line has moved down slightly since it opened earlier in the week.

Kickoff between the Spartans and Scarlet Knights is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. The game will be televised on Fox Sports 1.

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MSU Basketball vs. Rutgers: LSJ’s Graham Couch provides his determining factors, prediction

Check out LSJ columnist Graham Couch’s prediction for this matchup between Michigan State and Rutgers

Michigan State needs to get back in the win column, and has a great opportunity to do so on Sunday.

The Spartans will host Rutgers on Sunday afternoon, looking to snap a two-game losing streak. Michigan State sits at 9-7 overall and 1-4 in conference play, and desperately needs to take care of business against Rutgers.

The Scarlet Knights enter this game sitting at 9-6 overall and 1-3 in Big Ten play. Michigan State is listed as a double-digit favorite in this matchup.

Every game, Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal provides his breakdown of the matchup with key determining factors and a prediction. So how does he feel about this matchup between the Spartans and Scarlet Knights?

Check out Couch’s prediction for this matchup between Michigan State and Rutgers by clicking on the tweet below:

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MSU Basketball vs. Rutgers: Stream, broadcast info, prediction for Sunday

Check out all of the key game details for this matchup between the Spartans and Scarlet Knights

Michigan State basketball returns home for a key conference matchup against Rutgers on Sunday afternoon.

The Spartans have dropped back-to-back road games in the past week, including a narrow defeat at top 10 Illinois earlier this week. Michigan State is 9-7 overall and 1-4 in conference play.

Rutgers enters this matchup after picking up its first conference win of the year against Indiana earlier this week. The Scarlet Knights are 9-6 overall and 1-3 in Big Ten play.

Can Michigan State bounce back Thursday’s narrow loss at Illinois with a victory over Rutgers? Check out my prediction and all of the key game details for this matchup between the Spartans and Scarlet Knights below:

MSU at Rutgers: LSJ’s Graham Couch provides his determining factors, prediction

Check out LSJ columnist Graham Couch’s prediction for this matchup between Michigan State and Rutgers

Michigan State football is back this week and looking to snap a three-game losing streak.

The Spartans will travel to Rutgers on Saturday, with kickoff scheduled for 12 p.m. ET. Michigan State was on a bye last week, and enters this meeting at 2-3 overall on the year. Rutgers is coming off a loss last week at Wisconsin, and is 4-2 overall on the year.

Every week, Graham Couch of the Lansing State Journal provides his breakdown of the matchup with five key determining factors and a prediction. So how does he feel about this week’s matchup between the Spartans and Scarlet Knights?

Check out Couch’s prediction for this matchup between Michigan State and Rutgers by clicking on the tweet below:

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Michigan State at Rutgers: Will Spartans bounce back after bye?

See how the Spartans Wire staff sees the MSU-Rutgers game playing out this weekend

Can Michigan State pick up its first win in over a month?

The Spartans return from the bye week in another underdog situation — this time at Rutgers. Michigan State is looking to snap a three-game losing streak and win for the first time since early September.

Rutgers comes into this game with a much more impressive 4-2 record but has dropped two of their last three games — at Michigan and Wisconsin. The Scarlet Knights are listed as a near touchdown favorite over the Spartans in this matchup.

See what the Spartans Wire staff thinks in our weekly Michigan State predictions below:

Michigan State vs. Rutgers: Can Spartans pick up a second straight win on Saturday?

See our predictions for Michigan State’s home matchup against Rutgers this week

Michigan State picked up a massive road victory last week and now will look to build off that this week against Rutgers.

The Spartans upset Illinois last week to improve to 4-5 on the season and 2-4 in Big Ten play. Michigan State entered the game as a heavy underdogs but they put together a resilient effort to pick up the win.

Now the Spartans will turn their focus to Rutgers as the Scarlet Knights come to town. Rutgers is also 4-5 on the season and looking to pick up a must-needed win to keep their bowl hopes alive.

Can Michigan State build off last week’s momentum and get back to .500 on the year with a win on Saturday? Here are our score predictions for Michigan State-Rutgers and how we see this Big Ten battle playing out: