Wyoming at Central Michigan
Central Michigan (1‑1) hosts Wyoming (1‑1). The market has Central Michigan favored by 1.5.
How they got here
Last two games
Wyoming · 1-1
Picked #111 in the preseason · now #130.
1-1 in its last two — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
W 21–13 vs Northern Colorado #251 of 669
won by 8 as a 23.5-point favorite
L 13–35 @ Colorado State #84 of 669
lost by 22 as a 3-point underdog
Last two games
Central Michigan · 1-1
Picked #120 in the preseason · now #131.
1-1 in its last two — but nothing on this résumé beats a top-40 team yet.
W 13–10 vs Colgate #169 of 669
won by 3 as a 18.5-point favorite
L 7–38 @ New Mexico #72 of 669
lost by 31 as a 11.5-point underdog
What’s at stake
Wyoming
- Wyoming hasn’t beaten a ranked opponent since 2023.
Central Michigan
- Central Michigan hasn’t beaten a ranked opponent since 2016.
The series
Wyoming leads the series 2-1
3 meetings since 2000 · Wyoming won the last meeting
- 2017 · neutral siteWyoming 37–14
- 2002Central Michigan 32–20
- 2000Wyoming 31–10
Face-off
What each fanbase carries into this one.
Wyoming
The chip · vs the national mediaCowboy fans are tired of being filed under 'cold, remote, forgettable' by people who've never had to play a December night in Laramie. They say the altitude humbles every recruiting-ranking darling who comes to War Memorial thinking it'll be easy.
What this game touches
The 4-8 slip after the Bohl steadiness. Craig Bohl built a decade of bowl trips and toughness, then handed off to Jay Sawvel — and 2025 backslid to 4-8, no bowl, the kind of season that tests whether the program's altitude-and-grit identity still wins games or just describes them.
Central Michigan
The chip · vs the blue bloodsCentral Michigan fans watched Brian Kelly and Butch Jones build their national coaching reputations here before cashing out at bigger programs -- and watched Antonio Brown become an NFL star after leaving Mount Pleasant. The program did the hard part of the development; other places got the return.
What this game touches
Losing Brian Kelly, then Butch Jones, to bigger jobs. Both coaches who built the program's 2006-2009 MAC title run left Mount Pleasant for larger programs -- Kelly eventually to Notre Dame and LSU, Jones to Cincinnati and Tennessee. The pattern repeats the same wound every mid-major program with real success knows: the program is often the proving ground, not the destination.
Best players
Wyoming
- Ethan Stuhlsatz (LB) · 26 tackles
- Gary Rutherford (LB) · 14 tackles
- Jones Thomas (S) · 13 tackles
Central Michigan
- Xavier White (LB) · 17 tackles
- Mayson Hitchens (LB) · 15 tackles
- Darrell Bryant Jr. (DB) · 13 tackles
The line, and the room
Wyoming fans are feeling better about their season (55th percentile) than Central Michigan fans are (0th) — even with Central Michigan favored here.
Home −1.5 · O/U 39.5
Conditions
77°F · 13 mph wind
Central Michigan is worth +6.6 points (±3.8) more at home than on the road since 2018 — top third of FBS, 89th percentile.
56% at home, 28% on the road against FBS opponents (20–16 home, 13–34 away).
Our model gives every stadium the same flat 2.3-point home edge (why); the books use about 3. Against the closing line this stadium reads +3.3 at home vs. away over 72 games — inside the ±6.9 noise, so the flat number is the honest one here.
The visitors travel about 1,069 miles to get here.
Recent games
Central Michigan
- Wk 1Lat New Mexico7-38
- Wk 2Wvs Colgate13-10
Wyoming
- Wk 1Lat Colorado State13-35
- Wk 2Wvs Northern Colorado21-13
Trajectory
The market
Book hold: 4.5%