Gameday central: No. 23 Michigan vs. Central Michigan

No. 23 Michigan Wolverines football is set to take on Central Michigan Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor. Here’s everything you need to get ready for kickoff.

Game information: Michigan vs. Central Michigan

Venue: Michigan Stadium
Kickoff: 12:01 p.m. ET
TV: Big Ten Network
Stream: Fox Sports App
On The Call: Jeff Levering (play-by-play), Jake Butt (analyst) and Brooke Fletcher (sideline)
Radio: LEARFIELD Michigan Sports Network, anchored by WWJ 950 AM in the Detroit area, with Doug Karsch (play-by-play), Jon Jansen (color) and Jason Avant (sideline) on the call. Karsch and Jansen are regular contributors to TheWolverine.com. Click here for the full list of radio affiliates to find the station in your area. The radio broadcast can also be streamed through MGoBlue.com.
Series Facts: This is the fifth meeting between Michigan and Central Michigan. U-M holds a 4-0 lead in the series. The last meeting was in 2013, and Michigan won by a score of 59-9.

Michigan vs. CMU: Depth charts, rosters and stats

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BetMGM betting line

Michigan is a 27.5-point favorite, with the over/under for total points set at 42.5.

The Wolverines are 0-2 against the spread this season, while CMU is 1-1. The Chippewas won outright as 14-point underdogs over San Jose State, 16-14, in the opener, and fell 45-17 as 21.5-point underdogs last week at Pittsburgh.

TheWolverine.com predictions

Chris Balas: U-M 37, CMU 10
John Borton: U-M 31, CMU 9
Clayton Sayfie: U-M 52, CMU 7
Anthony Broome: U-M 38, CMU 3
Doug Skene: U-M 31, CMU 10
Ethan McDowell: U-M 38, CMU 13

Ann Arbor weather

Weather.com projects it’ll be 74 degrees and cloudy at noon ET, with a 15-percent chance of precipitation and 5 MPH winds out of the southwest.

For tailgating purposes, it’ll be 55 degrees and mostly cloudy at 8 a.m., before rising to above 60 by 9 and 70 by 11.

Game promotions

Parents Weekend

Championship Recognitions – Men’s Gymnastics (Big Ten & NCAA), Paul Juda & Fred Richard (NCAA Champions), Men’s Basketball (Big Ten), Women’s Tennis (Big Ten)

Hero of the Game – Mark Hechler (U.S. Army, World War II Veteran)

On-Field DJ – DJ Array

Marching Band Halftime Show – Wicked ft. SMTD Musical Theatre Dept. and Percussion Ensemble

Facts of the week

Michigan is 36-1 against teams from the MAC, with all 37 games coming at The Big House. The Wolverines have outscored opponents from the conference 1,355-360. The lone loss came Oct. 11, 2008, a 13-10 setback to Toledo, which had a 100-yard interception return for a touchdown in the first quarter.

Associate head coach Biff Poggi, 66, will serve as the interim head coach during Sherrone Moore’s suspension for this game and next week’s tilt at Nebraska. Poggi, a multi-millionaire and former hedge fund manager, was the head coach of the Charlotte 49ers from 2023-24, posting a 6-16 record.

Quote of the week

“This game matters because it’s not just for us at this point. It’s for him. It’s a place that he coached at. It matters that much more because he’s not there. We know that it’s not going to feel right. So for us we have, I don’t want to say a fully angry mentality, but yeah, we’re not happy with it. We intend to have a moderately pissed off approach to this game.”

— Michigan junior tight end Zack Marshall on Sherrone Moore missing this weekend’s game