Angelique S. Chengelis, Connor Earegood, John Niyo, and Bob Wojnowski of The Detroit News predict the outcome of Saturday’s MSU-Rutgers game.

The Game returns to Columbus with major postseason implications as Ohio State looks to end a three-year losing streak to Michigan and move ahead in the College Football Playoff picture. Let’s check in with the latest prediction for the game from an expert analytical football model that projects scores and picks winners.

The Buckeyes need a win to reach the Big Ten title game, while the Wolverines can salvage an underwhelming 2024 season with a huge road upset. Michigan has concocted a winning formula against Ryan Day the past three years, but does it have enough ingredients to do so again this year? Here are score predictions from MLive’s beat writers:

The Game” goes down on Saturday, but with less stakes on one side.  After several years of a College Football Playoff level game between Michigan and Ohio Stat

It was far from an ideal finish to propel Michigan State into the 12th game but the outlook is clear. Win and the Spartans reach a bowl game in coach Jonathan Smith’s first seas

MSU’S PLAYCALLERS VS. RUTGERS’ PLAYCALLERS. That’s right, we’re taking this matchup off the field and up to the skybox. This game pits two programs of relativ

Rutgers (6-5, 3-5 Big Ten) is coming off a 38-31 home loss to Illinois on Nov. 22. MSU leads the all-time series between the schools,10-5s. Rutgers won the most recent meeting, 27-24 in 2023 in Piscataway,