If the oddsmakers in Las Vegas are correct, this year’s Michigan-Michigan State game may not be a close one.

The 14th-ranked Wolverines opened as 12-point favorites over the Spartans for Saturday’s game in Ann Arbor (noon, FOX) at Circa Sports, the sports book at Las Vegas properties The D and Golden Gate.

VegasInsider.com published the line Sunday afternoon. No other sports books in Nevada have reportedly set a line for the game as of this writing.

Both teams are headed in different trajectories this season. Michigan (7-2, 4-2 Big Ten) has won five of its last six games, including a 38-7 victory over Maryland on Nov. 2 (the Wolverines were on a bye this past week), while Michigan State has dropped four in a row.

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The latest loss for the Spartans (4-5, 2-4 Big Ten) came Saturday against Illinois, after they surrendered a 21-point third-quarter lead to lose 37-34. They are expected to be without star linebacker Joe Bachie, who has appealed his suspension by the Big Ten for failing a drug test.

Michigan is 5-4 against the spread this season. Michigan State is 2-7 against the spread.

The Wolverines won the last meeting between the two in-state rivals, a 21-7 game in East Lansing in 2018, and have won two of the last three games. Michigan leads the all-time series, 70-36-5, but has dropped its last two home games to the Spartans.