Northwestern at Michigan State

Michigan State comes into this game at 19-3, and is off an inexcusable loss to Penn State. The Spartans have played well enough to put games in the win column, but have been under-achieving ATS. The Spartans have not played up to the expectations given to them by the odds-makers, as they are 8-2 SU in their last 10, but just 3-7 ATS. Northwestern has done a good job hanging around lofty pointspreads against some of the top teams in the Big-10 as they lost on the road to Indiana by just 12, Wisconsin by 12, and Ohio State by 11. Michigan State has a big showdown with Purdue who is currently 9-1 in the Big-10 and they may not be completely focused for this one. We will ride the big dog here!