Michigan State favored by 15 over CMU

Out of Leroy's Casino in Las Vegas, the MSU Spartans are an early 15-point favorite over CMU in next week's game in Spartan Stadium. NOTE: Less than 1,000 tickets remain for the game - it will likely sell out this week, so get your tickets over at msuspartans.com.

Joe Pa is favored by 28 at home over Syracuse; Northwestern is favored by 18 at home over EMU; Iowa is favored by 7 at Iowa State; Wisconsin is favored by 9.5 at home over Fresno State; Minnesota is favored by 5 at home over Air Force; Indiana is favored by 1 at home over WMU... The Big Ten underdogs in week 2? Notre Dame is favored by 5 at scUM; Purdue is a 10 point underdog at Oregon. FYI - Illinois plays out of the Division, hosting FCS team Illinois State this week, and no line is posted.

National statistical comparison of Michigan State after week 1:

Category	MSU Rank	Actual	National Leader	Actual	Conf Rank	Big Ten Conference Leader	Actual
Rushing Offense	47	175.00	Air Force	474.00	4	Purdue	315.00
Passing Offense	17	318.00	Arkansas	447.00	3	Penn St.	379.00
Total Offense	25	493.00	Tennessee	657.00	3	Purdue	535.00
Scoring Offense	20	44.00	Air Force	72.00	3	Purdue	52.00
Rushing Defense	22	62.00	Arizona St.	-5.00	3	Penn St.	28.00
Pass Efficiency Defense	24	81.66	Arizona St.	22.64	1	Michigan St.	81.66
Total Defense	14	160.00	Arizona St.	37.00	1	Michigan St.	160.00
Scoring Defense	10	3.00	Boston College	.00	1	Michigan St.	3.00
Net Punting	2	51.50	La.-Lafayette	53.00	1	Michigan St.	51.50
Punt Returns	32	11.60	SMU	79.00	3	Purdue	30.00
Kickoff Returns	87	17.00	Florida	65.50	10	Minnesota	28.00
Turnover Margin	T-43	.00	Arizona St.	5.00	4	Michigan	2.00
Pass Defense	12	98.00	Eastern Mich.	8.00	1	Michigan St.	98.00
Passing Efficiency	21	177.76	Notre Dame	290.44	2	Northwestern	179.41
Sacks	T-17	3.00	California	6.00	3	Indiana	4.00
Tackles For Loss	71	4.00	Southern California	16.00	10	Penn St.	13.00
Sacks Allowed	T-1	.00	Pittsburgh	.00	1	Michigan	.00
T=tied at this ranking

Individually, Greg Jones is 5th nationally in tackles per game at 14; Kirk Cousins is 6th in passing efficiency at 207.48; Blair White is 7th in receiving yards per game at 162 ypg; Keith Nichol is 35th in passing efficiency at 149.67...