Michigan vs. Fresno State game predictions by an expert college football projection model.
Defending national champion Michigan returns to the field on Saturday to kick off the 2024 college football season from the Big House against Fresno State in a highly-anticipated opener that finds the Wolverines debuting a new head coach and plenty of new talent on the field.
What do the experts think of the matchup? For that, let's turn to the SP+ prediction model to get a preview of Michigan vs. Fresno State with the latest betting information for the game.As expected, the simulation models clearly favor Michigan to care of business in the opener. That includes College Football Power Index, a computer prediction model that uses data points from both teams to simulate games 20,000 times and pick winners.
The index estimates that Michigan is 16.5 points better than Fresno State on any field in both teams' current composition, not enough to cover this line.
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