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UTEP at #19Michigan

Prediction · week 3, 2026 · Sat Sep 19, 2:30 PM CT / 3:30 PM ET · Michigan Stadium

Updated Tue Oct 13, 7:56 PM CT

Result

Final: Michigan 52, UTEP 17

Closest: SP+ (Michigan by 32.5, missed by 2.5). 2 of 2 models named the winner.

Both models favor Michigan. The line, shown for comparison only, has Michigan by 35.0.

No call was made for this game: Our model had no number for it before kickoff.

SP+ has Michigan by 32.5 and Elo has Michigan by 24.9. SP+ and Elo are 7.6 points apart.

This page was first built after kickoff, so these are the week's projections as recorded then, from the same weekly ratings the season record scores.

Every model

ModelSaysMissed by
SP+ Closest
UTEP -16.2 vs Michigan +13.8
Michigan by 32.5 ✓2.5
Elo
UTEP 1143 vs Michigan 1702
Michigan by 24.9 ✓10.1
Our model · experimental
no snapshot for this game
n/a–
Line (benchmark)
pregame line
Michigan by 350.0

Each margin is from the same weekly ratings the team pages use: SP+ and Elo from their rating gap, the home team given 2.5 points (none at a neutral site); Our model is this site's experimental rating; the line is the market's pregame margin, shown as a benchmark and never part of Our call. ✓ when a model named the winner, ✗ when it did not; Closest marks the one nearest the final margin (an exact tie goes to the first listed). How these work ›

Key injuries

No injury list was recorded for this game: its page was first built after kickoff.

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