The Michigan football team will begin another week as a favorite in the eyes of Las Vegas oddsmakers.
The 14th-ranked Wolverines opened as 9-point favorites for their nationally televised game game Saturday at Northwestern (4:30 p.m. ET, FOX), according to VegasInsider.com.
As of Sunday evening, the spread had widened to Michigan -12 1/2 at the Wynn in Las Vegas, after the Wolverines throttled Nebraska, 56-10, in Week 4.
More college football openers @WynnLasVegas:
Syracuse at Clemson -20
Virginia Tech at Duke -3
BYU at Washington -17
Michigan -9 at Northwestern
Ole Miss at LSU -13.