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Big Ten Football: Total Wins Odds According To Vegas

Can Michigan continue to win at a high-level, or will the Wolverines take a step back in 2024?

Christopher Breiler
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With several questions marks at a number of key positions, it’s clear that the general consensus in Vegas is that the Michigan Wolverines will take a bit of a step back in 2024. The Wolverines are replacing nearly 20 key contributors from the 2023 National Championship winning season, and former head coach Jim Harbaugh is now with the Los Angeles Chargers.

Back in Ann Arbor, Sherrone Moore is now the 21st head coach in Michigan Football history, and he’s assembled a new-look staff that includes seven new hires and just three remaining members from Harbaugh’s staff in 2023. Although the defense is expected to be elite once again, the Michigan offense returns just one starter (tight end Colston Loveland) from last season.

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Can Alex Orji be the quarterback that Michigan needs in 2024? Will Donovan Edwards finally have the type of season that most fans believe he is capable of? Will an entirely new offensive line be able to continue the long line of success that is expected in Ann Arbor? These are all questions that will be answered in the months ahead. But for now, the belief is that Michigan will have some growing pains as they transition from the Harbaugh era to the Moore era.

Before we get to the wins odds, let’s take a look at Michigan’s 2024 schedule:

  • Week 1: Fresno State
  • Week 2: Texas
  • Week 3: Arkansas State
  • Week 4: USC Trojans
  • Week 5: Minnesota
  • Week 6: at Washington
  • BYE
  • Week 7: at Illinois
  • Week 8: Michigan State
  • Week 9: Oregon
  • Week 10: at Indiana
  • BYE
  • Week 11: Northwestern
  • Week 12: at Ohio State

Out of the 12 regular season games above, there are six games that are what I would consider to be “losable” games (in bold). That doesn’t mean that Michigan will lose those contests, it just means that those opponents each present a unique challenge for the Wolverines as they look to defend their status as reigning Big Ten Champions.

Given how difficult the schedule is, coupled with all of the turnover and significant changes that took place this off-season, it should come as no surprise that Vegas also anticipates the Wolverines stumbling once or twice in 2024.

Big Ten Conference Wins Odds (via Vegas Insider)

  • Ohio State 10.5
  • Oregon 10.5
  • Penn State 9.5
  • Michigan 9.5
  • USC 7.5
  • Iowa 7.5
  • Washington 7.5
  • Nebraska 7.5
  • Wisconsin 6.5
  • Maryland 7.5
  • UCLA 5.5
  • Michigan State 5.5
  • Illinois 5.5
  • Northwestern 5.5
  • Minnesota 4.5
  • Purdue 4.5
  • Indiana 5.5

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