Spirits are high after Michigan’s 63-3 rout of Central Michigan.
The win also has oddsmakers believing in the Wolverines for the start of Big Ten play.
Michigan opened as a 1.5-point favorite for Saturday’s league opener at Nebraska (3:30 p.m. ET, CBS), suggesting fanbases should be in for a close game in Lincoln.
As of this writing, BetMGM and DraftKings both list U-M as a 1.5-point favorite, while FanDuel has ticked up to Michigan -2.5.
The total, or number of points projected to be scored, opened at 42.5 in Las Vegas and has moved up to 44.5.
Michigan (2-1) covered the spread for the first this season against CMU, easily beating the closing line of 27.5 points. Before that game, failed to cover as four-point underdogs at Oklahoma (a 24-13 loss) and 34.5-point favorites agains