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Gameday central: Michigan football vs. Texas

clayton-sayfieby:Clayton Sayfie09/07/24

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No. 10 Michigan Wolverines football will host No. 3 Texas Saturday at The Big House. Here’s everything you need to get ready for kickoff.

Game information: Michigan football vs. Texas

Venue: Michigan Stadium (107,601)
Kickoff: 12:10 p.m. ET
TV: FOX
Stream: Fox Sports App / Watch college football games live on Fubo — try for free
On The Call: Gus Johnson (play-by-play), Joel Klatt (analyst) and Jenny Taft (sideline)
Radio: LEARFIELD Michigan Sports Network, anchored by WWJ 950 AM in the Detroit area, with Doug Karsch (play-by-play), Jon Jansen (color) and Jason Avant (sideline) on the call. Karsch and Jansen are regular contributors to TheWolverine.comClick here for the full list of radio affiliates to find the station in your area. The radio broadcast can also be streamed through MGoBlue.com.
Series Facts: This will be only the second meeting between Michigan and Texas. The Longhorns won the only previous matchup, 38-37, on a field goal as time expired in the 2005 Rose Bowl. U-M’s Chad Henne went 18-for-34 passing for 227 yards and 4 TDs while Braylon Edwards had 10 catches for 109 yards and 3 TDs in the loss.

Michigan vs. Texas: Depth charts, rosters and stats

DEPTH CHARTS, ROSTERS & STATS: Click to download a printer-friendly PDF!

Texas is a 7-point favorite, with the over/under for total points set at 41.5 points. The Wolverines are +225 on the moneyline.

Michigan is an underdog for the first time since Ohio State was favored by 9.5 points in Columbus in November 2022.

The Wolverines are 4-2 against the spread in their last six and 5-0 straight up in their last five games at home. The total has gone over in eight of the Maize and Blue’s last 12 outings.

The total has gone under in four of Texas’ last five road tilts. Texas is 4-1 against the spread in its last five outings.

TheWolverine.com predictions

Chris Balas: Texas 26, U-M 20 (U-M +7, o41.5)
John Borton: U-M 23, Texas 20 (U-M +7, o41.5)
Clayton Sayfie: Texas 28, U-M 17 (Texas -7, o41.5)
Anthony Broome: Texas 20, U-M 16 (U-M +7, u41.5)
Doug Skene: Texas 27, U-M 21 (+7, o41.5)

Weather report: Ann Arbor, Mich.

Weather.com projects it will be 56 degrees and partly cloudy at kickoff, with a 1-percent chance of precipitation and 14 MPH winds out of the northwest.

For tailgating purposes, it will be 48 degrees and partly cloudy with a 7-percent chance of precipitation at 8 a.m. It’ll get up over 50 degrees after 9 a.m.

The high temperature for the day is 59 degrees at 5 p.m.

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