Date/Time: Sat, September 15 / 08:05:00 PM ET, Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MichiganIt’s time for some NCAA Football betting action. This Saturday night, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will hit the road for East Lansing for a high voltage game vs. 10th-ranked Michigan State Spartans.
The No. 19 Fighting Irish will try to achieve their first 3-0 start since 2002 but first, they will have to snap a nine-game losing streak against Top ranked teams when it visits No. 10 Michigan State.
Notre Dame hasn’t won a game vs. Top 10 teams since scoring a victory over Michigan in 2005. On top of that, The Irish are 2-11 on the road against Top 10 rivals in the past 16 seasons.
The Irish finished the season with an unimpressive 8–5 record and were invited to the Champs Sports Bowl, falling 18-14 vs. Florida State. However, things point to a different outcome this season. So far, Notre Dame has scored to straight victories vs. No. 24 Navy (50-10) in the 2012 Emerald Isle Classic held in Dublin, Ireland and against No. 22 Purdue (20-17) at the Notre Dame Stadium.
Meanwhile, the Spartans, who won 10 of the last 15 meetings, kicked off the 2012 NCAA football season with two consecutive wins over Top 20 ranked teams. The team opened the season at home with a close 17-13 victory over No. 13 Boise State. Last week, the Spartans increased their winning record to 2-0 after defeating No. 11 Central Michigan 41-7 at Shorts Stadium in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
Michigan finished the season 11–3, 7–1 in Big Ten play to be champions of the Legends Division. They represented the division in the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game where they lost to Wisconsin 39–42. They were invited to the Outback Bowl where they defeated Georgia 33–30 in three overtimes. Despite their consistent record during the regular season, Michigan State lost its last match vs. Notre Dame 31-13 in South Bend.
Game Odds:
Notre Dame: +5½-110, ML +180
Michigan State: -5½-110, ML -220
Game Total: 44, o/u-110
The game marks the 76th all-time meeting between the two teams since 1897. Notre Dame leads the overall series 46-28-1. While Notre Dame established a clear dominance over Michigan St., the Spartans have managed to get things even in the last decade, winning in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010 and the Irish claiming victories in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009 and 2011. Michigan State’s current ranking is its highest going into a game against Notre Dame since 1979, when the Irish defeated the No. 7 Spartans 27-3.
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