It's officially rivalry week here in the state of Michigan and for the fourth year in a row, experts in Las Vegas expect Michigan football to come out on top over Michigan State.

The battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy, which was announced as a primetime kickoff (7:30 p.m., NBC/Peacock) in East Lansing on Saturday, Oct. 25, will come with Michigan as 12½-point favorites, on FanDuel Sportsbook's early line.

The Wolverines have won three straight games over the Spartans − 29-7 in 2022, 49-0 in 2023 and 24-17 at home in 2024 − and look to make it four straight for the first time in nearly two decades, when Michigan won six consecutive games under Lloyd Carr (2002-07).

MSU was actually the last team in the rivalry to win four straight, a stretch that ran from 2008-11 which began th

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