Michigan State football vs. Indiana: Prediction, preview, how to bet

Michigan State's defense has improved the past four weeks. Indiana's offense has struggled recently. It's unclear who will start at quarterback for Indiana. The Hoosiers are last in the Big Ten and 127th nationally at 85.8 yards per game on the ground. They haven't scored more than 300 yards of total offense since September.

MSU has rushed for more than 100 yards each of the past two weeks and nearly 200 yards in last week's win over Rutgers. The Hoosiers are worse defensively against the pass, but they've been getting run on, too, allowing 176 yards per game on the ground in each game in the last five.

Indiana has lost seven straight games. The Hoosiers have been beaten by Penn State and Ohio State. Michigan State has a better team. Michigan and Indiana play each other on Saturday at 3:30 p.m.

Last week, Ben Patton hit only the third and fourth field goals of the season for the Spartans. Last week's field goal unit seemed to have a jolt of confidence. This week feels like it might be too.

It's forecasted to be 24 degrees at kickoff on Saturday. The temperature is going to impact the crowd size and it'll likely impact this game. Michigan State was practicing outdoors in 73 degrees a week ago.

Michigan State is going to get a sixth win and is bowl-eligible.