Eastern Michigan vs Wisconsin
Eastern Michigan visit Wisconsin in Week 3. The model favors Wisconsin by 26.4. Win probability, the tale of the tape, and the all-time series, all from real data.
SP+ frames this as a clear mismatch: Wisconsin rates 1.9 (66th) against Eastern Michigan at -15.6 (121st), a spread that projects the Badgers by 19.9 points with an 89% win probability. The market prices the edge steeper. The consensus line sits at Wisconsin -24 with a 45.3 total and a 93% implied number, while the ProphetX exchange offers Wisconsin at -1750, or 95%. The four-plus point gap between the model margin and the -24 line is where the disagreement concentrates.
The unit ranks explain the lean. Wisconsin's defense grades 24th, comfortably the best position on the board against an Eastern Michigan offense ranked 121st; the Badger offense (107th) is the softer side. Eastern Michigan's defense (115th) offers little counterweight. Season form tracks the ratings: Wisconsin split at 36-9 over Western Illinois and 13-41 at Notre Dame, while Eastern Michigan sits 1-2 with a 7-35 loss at Michigan State. The lone series meeting, a 34-7 Wisconsin win in 2021, points the same direction.
Both projections stay modest, Wisconsin at 5.4 wins and Eastern Michigan at 5.2, so this reads as a favorite the market trusts more than the model does.
The model backs Wisconsin by 19.9 but the -24 line and 95% exchange price push the favorite further than SP+ will go.
Real consensus line across 3 sportsbooks. Spread and total are the current market number; the win probabilities are implied from the spread.
Real daily prices from the market to win this game, shown as Eastern Michigan's win price; Wisconsin's is 100 minus it (the same market's other side). Above the 50% line Eastern Michigan is favored, below it Wisconsin is, and each candle takes the favored team's color. Kalshi shows open-high-low-close candles (filled body closed up, hollow closed down). As of Sep 23.
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When do Eastern Michigan and Wisconsin play?
Week 3 of 2026, on Sep 19, 2026 at Wisconsin.
Who is favored?
The model projects Wisconsin by 26.4 (95% win probability), from SP+ ratings.
What is the all-time series?
Wisconsin lead 1-0 over the meetings in our records.
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