319 Michigan State at Boston College

We expected this line to come out in the 3-4 range, so we will gladly take the current number in what is far closer to a coin flip game in our opinion. Michigan State enters play at 3-0 and have two top ten teams in Ohio State and Oregon on deck. They are coming off an easy 40-0 victory over Prairie View, while Boston College battled a very good Missouri team on the road. 

While the Spartans offense hasn’t blown anyone away, the defense is putting up some solid numbers. Through three games they have held the opposition to 2.24 ypc, and a 118.72 passer rating. Michigan State has already won at Maryland, a team we rank slightly higher than the Eagles. 

BC has looked good under Tom O’Brien, but he was a late hire so they couldn’t take full advantage of the transfer portal. And the season opening victory over Florida State doesn’t look nearly as impressive now. Last week as we mentioned, Boston College traveled to Missouri and gave them a good game. But the Tigers entered that contest a perfect 2-0 outscoring weaker opposition by a combined 89-0. They clearly overlooked BC, and almost paid the price for it. This Spartans team won’t make the same mistake. Just too many points to lay in what we expect to be a low scoring contest.

PLAY MICHIGAN STATE

Good to +6 -120