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East Carolina Pirates vs. Michigan Wolverines

The East Carolina Pirates and the Michigan Wolverines will both be looking to go 1-0 on the season when they meet at Michigan Stadium on Saturday.

Oddsmakers opened the Wolverines as -36-point favorites versus the Pirates, while the game's total opened at 52.5.

Michigan was a 51-45 loser in their most recent outing at home against Horned Frogs. They failed to cover the -8-point spread as favorites, while the total score (96) made winners of OVER bettors.

Last time out for East Carolina, they were a 53-29 winner as they battled Chanticleers at home. East Carolina covered in the match as a -7-point favorite, while 82 combined points moved the game OVER for totals bettors.

East Carolina:
Team record: 8-5 SU,8-5 ATS
East Carolina is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
East Carolina is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games
East Carolina is 7-3 ATS in its last 10 games on the road

Michigan:
Team record: 13-1 SU,8-5-1 ATS
Michigan is 4-2 ATS in its last 6 games
Michigan is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Michigan's last 6 games

Next up:
East Carolina home to Marshall Saturday, September 9
Michigan home to UNLV Saturday, September 9