The Michigan State Spartans (3-3, 0-3 Big Ten) are in poor form after dropping their third straight game to open Big Ten play against UCLA.
Coach Jonathan Smith and his team are in desperate need of a spark and they’ll have to try and find it against the toughest team remaining on their schedule — No. 3 Indiana.
The Hoosiers (6-0, 3-0) are one of the hottest teams in the country, having just downed Oregon on the road for one of the biggest wins in program history.
Two teams on different trajectories will meet in Bloomington on Saturday (3:30 p.m. ET, Peacock) with MSU entering as massive 26.5-point underdogs, according to FanDuel odds on Sunday.
This is far and away the heaviest underdog the Spartans have been this season. Last year the Spartans opened as 26.5-point underdogs against