Michigan State is 3-0 this season and ranked as high as it's been since the days of Bubba Smith. But the Spartans are also 0-3 against the spread, after giving up three straight back-door covers. MSU might find itself in a similar position this week, when it hosts in-state rival Central Michigan Saturday afternoon in East Lansing.
Point spread: The Spartans opened as 28.5-point favorites, according to sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark. (Line updates and a matchup report can be read here.)
College football pick, via Odds Shark computer: 36.