College GameDay's 'Bear' provides key stats to know for Week 5 in the B1G
There’s a ton of exciting games on the docket in the B1G for Week 5.
The slate will kick off with a matchup of undefeated teams when No. 5 Iowa travels to face Maryland on Friday night.
On Saturday, No. 14 Michigan will head to Wisconsin and No. 11. Ohio State visits Rutgers. In primetime on Saturday, No. 17 Michigan State hosts Western Kentucky and No. 4 Penn State welcomes visiting Indiana.
College GameDay’s Chris Fallica, aka the Bear, recently provided some key stats to know for Week 5 in the B1G:
Under Ryan Day, Ohio State is 8-0 straight up and 6-1-1 ATS as a road favorite. All eight wins came by at least 13 points…
— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) September 30, 2021
Michigan State is 1-13 ATS with four outright losses in its last 14 games as a home favorite…
— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) September 30, 2021
Dating back to 2014, Northwestern has been a double-digit underdog 17 times. The Wildcats have gone 13-3-1 ATS in those games with seven outright wins…
— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) September 30, 2021
Graham Mertz in two games vs Power 5 opp:
1 TD, 6 INT, QBR of 8.6, 51.3 comp pctTD+20 yard passes 5
INT+sacks 9— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) September 30, 2021
Only Georgia has allowed fewer offensive TD this year than Wisconsin…
— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) September 30, 2021
Michigan last week in 2nd half vs Rutgers:
outgained 231-42, 0 points, 0-5 on 3rd down, 2 YPP, McNamara 1-5, 7 yards passing…— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) September 30, 2021
The age-old bad offense/great defense debate. Iowa has faced teams that rank 92nd, 86th, 62nd and 42nd in total offense. Kent State is 42nd and its numbers are bolstered by facing VMI…
— Chris Fallica (@chrisfallica) September 30, 2021
Michigan, Michigan State, Maryland, and Penn State are all undefeated in the B1G East and Iowa is first in the B1G West heading into Week 5.
