Northwestern vs Michigan State Odds & Live Scores - October 17, 2026

Northwestern at Michigan St

4:00 pm • Peacock

Northwestern Wildcats

Michigan State Spartans

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Northwestern 4-1	-7.5	-7.5-105	o49.5-108	-300
Michigan St 2-4	u48.5	+7.5-118	u49.5-112	+240

Saturday 4:00 p.m.

October 17, 2026

Spartan StadiumEast Lansing

46°Fahrenheit

0%Rain

4Wind

MSU +7.5-110

0.3u

NW o28.5-110

1.1u

Project 54.5 (full game); taking Chip offense w program revenge against Fitz. Big offensive advantages for Wildcats over Mich State D, Sparty bottom 15 in quality drives allowed. Big Rush EPA advantage for NW offense

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NCAAF Public Betting

Michigan St are 2-3 in their last 5 games.
Michigan St are 2-3 in their last 5 games against the spread
Michigan St are 1-1 in their road games against the spread
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Michigan St' last 5 games
The totals have gone OVER in 2 of Michigan St' 4 last games at home

Against the Spread (ATS) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Michigan St	3-3	2-2	1-1	1-1	2-2
Northwestern	4-1	3-1	1-0	2-1	2-0

Over/Under History

	overall	home o/u	away o/u	favorite o/u	underdog o/u
Michigan St	2-4	2-2	0-2	1-1	1-3
Northwestern	4-0-1	3-0-1	1-0	3-0	1-0-1

Straight-Up (ML) History

	overall	home	away	favorite	underdog
Michigan St	2-4	N/A	N/A	2-0	0-4
Northwestern	4-1	N/A	N/A	3-0	1-1

date	opponent	score	spread	over/under	moneyline
Oct 10th	ILL	L 37-38	+2.5 W	O 48.5	ILL +115
Oct 3rd	@WIS	L 3-31	+8.5 L	U 43.5	WIS +280
Sep 26th	NEB	L 13-31	+6 L	U 48.5	NEB +185
Sep 19th	@ND	L 10-27	+28.5 W	U 51.5	ND +2000
Sep 12th	EMU	W 35-7	-17.5 W	U 49.5	MSU -900