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WK 3 · 2025FINALOPENER CAPTURED WED 3:46 PM ET

Week 3 · 2025 season

Central Michigan @ Michigan

The OVER 42.0 cashed. The full grade is below.

The verdict

SAT, SEP 13 · FINAL · MICHIGAN STADIUM
Central Michigan7-62%
Michigan9-498%
CMUNATL RANKMICH
0.1no rank
Overall rating
no rank0.2
0.1no rank
Offense rating
no rank0.2
-0.0no rank
Defense rating
no rank0.1
-7.4no rank
Pace
no rank-5.7
10%no rank
Returning PPA
no rank40%
#7979th
Power rank
40th#40
#113113th
Recruiting rank
6th#6

Cell color follows national rank:top 4091st or worse.

Open total42.0
Model total46.4
EDGE OVER 42.0 · HIT

RATINGS AS OF: CMU wk 17 · MICH wk 17 · RANKS PRINTED IN EVERY TINTED CELL

Model margin (home)
+31.1
Open spread
-27.5
Close spread
-27.5
Close total
42.5

Graded, all four markets

Every market grades against the close. The edge is the only one we badge as a pick; the other three ride along for calibration.

CMU3
FINALMichigan Stadium
MICH63
  • WinMichiganWIN HIT
  • ATSMichiganATS HIT
  • TotalsOVER 42.5TOTAL HIT
  • EdgeOVER 42.0EDGE HIT
Where these numbers come from

One model scores every FBS game: a win probability, a projected margin, and a projected total, built from as-of team ratings (offense, defense, pace, returning production, recruiting). Ratings on this page are snapshots from the week shown, with zero future information baked in.

The totals edge compares the model's total to the opening number. A gap of 3 or more points earns the badge, and it's the only pick on the card. Win and spread numbers are predictions we publish for the record, unbadged. The ATS lean stays tracked but unbadged: it has never beaten the closing line, even though the model beats the opener by about half a point of line value.

All four markets grade against the closing line once the game goes final. The full ledger lives on the track record.

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