Following a 30-27 win over Penn State in the regular-season finale at Spartan Stadium, the Michigan State football team moved up one spot to 11th in the latest Associated Press Poll that was released on Sunday afternoon. The Spartans remained 13th in the USA TODAY/AFCA Coaches Poll.
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Spartans Ranked 12th in AP Poll, 13th in USA TODAY/AFCA Coaches Poll
Heading into the last week of the regular season, Michigan State is ranked No. 12 in The Associated Press Poll and No. 13 in the USA TODAY/AFCA Coaches Poll. The Spartans spent six consecutive weeks in the top 10 of both national polls before falling at No. 5/4 Ohio State on Saturday in Columbus. MSU has been ranked in the Top 25 for 10 straight weeks.
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Spartans Ranked Seventh in AP Poll, Eighth in USA TODAY/AFCA Coaches Poll
Following a 40-21 win over Maryland on Saturday in Spartan Stadium, the Michigan State football team moved up in the national rankings that were released on Sunday afternoon.
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Spartans Ranked Seventh By College Football Playoff Selection Committee
Michigan State is ranked seventh in the second week of the College Football Playoff Top 25 that was released by the CFP selection committee on Tuesday night. The Spartans fell four spots from No. 3 after losing at Purdue last Saturday, 40-29. The Boilermakers entered the rankings this week at No. 19.
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Michigan State falls to No. 8 in AP Poll, No. 9 in Coaches Poll
Unsurprisingly, the Michigan State Spartans have fallen a few spots in both the Associated Press Poll and the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll following the team’s loss on the road against the Purdue Boilermakers. MSU has moved down three spots to No. 9 in the Coaches Poll, after checking in at No. 6 last week. The Spartans also dropped three spots in the AP Poll this week, coming in at No. 8 after breaking into the top-five last week.
Source: The Only Colors
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Spartans Continue to Climb in National Rankings
Fresh off a 37-33 victory over then-No. 6 Michigan, the Michigan State football team continued to climb in the national rankings this week, moving up to No. 5 in The Associated Press Poll and No. 6 in the USA TODAY/AFCA Coaches Poll.
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MSU Football wins the bye week, climbs in both AP and Coaches polls
The Michigan State Spartans “won the bye week” by watching teams ranked higher lose and have thus moved up in both the Associated Press Poll and USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll. Following the stunning upset of previously No. 7/8 Penn State by Illinois and a loss to unranked Iowa State by No. 8/9 Oklahoma State, the Spartans enter this week at No. 7 in the Coaches Poll and No. 8 in the AP Poll.
Source: The Only Colors
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Spartans Move Up in National Rankings for Fifth Consecutive Week
For the fifth week in a row, the undefeated Michigan State football team has moved up in the national rankings. The Spartans rose two spots to No. 7 in the USA TODAY/AFCA Coaches Poll and one position to No. 9 in The Associated Press Poll.
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Michigan State football jumps two spots in latest AFCA Coaches Poll following road win over Indiana
They had to earn it, but Michigan State football was able to go to 7-0 on the season following a tough road win over Indiana. While the game was a little too close for comfort for many fans, a win is a win and it was enough to move the Spartans up two spots to No. 7 in the latest USA TODAY AFCA Coaches Poll.
Source: Spartans Wire
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MSU Football climbs into Top-10 in both AP and Coaches polls
The Michigan State Spartans’ explosive offensive performance yesterday in Piscataway helped the team climb into the top-10 of both the Associated Press and USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll for this week’s results.
Source: The Only Colors
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Spartans Jump to No. 11 in National Rankings
After its 48-31 win over Western Kentucky on Saturday night in Spartan Stadium to remain undefeated at 5-0 on the season, the Michigan State football team continued its rise in the national rankings by moving up to No. 11 in both The Associated Press Poll and the USA TODAY/AFCA Coaches Poll. It marks the highest MSU has been ranked since the 2018 preseason poll (No. 11, AP).
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Spartans Move Up in National Rankings
Following a 23-20 overtime win over Nebraska, the Michigan State football team moved up in the national polls this week. The Spartans, 4-0 for the first time since 2015 and 2-0 in Big Ten action, are ranked No. 16 in the USA TODAY/AFCA Coaches Poll and No. 17 in The Associated Press Poll.
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Spartans Enter National Rankings
The Spartans, 3-0 for the first time since 2015, are ranked 20th in The Associated Press Poll and No. 21 in the USA TODAY/AFCA Coaches Poll. This marks the first time MSU has been ranked since Sept. 29, 2019, when it was No. 23 in the Coaches’ Poll and No. 25 in the AP Poll.
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Spartans receive votes week 3 AP Coaches Poll
The Michigan State Spartans are still on the outside looking in at the top-25 poll results this week, but keep winning, especially at No. 24 Miami (FL.) this Saturday, and that could change ahead of a visit from Nebraska.
Source: The Only Colors
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Michigan State Spartans basketball fall to 12th in the AP Poll
Following Michigan State’s surprising 14-point loss to Northwestern, the Spartans fell from fourth in the AP Poll to 12th. Against Northwestern, the Spartans struggled on both ends of the floor. Aaron Henry led MSU in scoring with 11 points. There was no answer for Northwestern’s Boo Buie, who put up 30 points in Evanston. The Spartans received 839 points, falling behind Wisconsin and Rutgers.
Source: The Only Colors
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Michigan State up to No. 4 in AP college basketball poll
Michigan State went 3-0 last week and improved to No. 4 from No. 8 in the Associated Press college basketball poll, released Monday. The Spartans (5-0) defeated Duke, Detroit Mercy and Western Michigan.
Source: Detroit News
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Michigan State vaults to No. 8 in AP college basketball rankings
A pair of victories have vaulted Michigan State into the top 10, while a close shave likely has dropped Michigan out of the rankings for now. Michigan State (2-0) moved up five spots to No. 8 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 men’s basketball poll, released Monday.
Source: Detroit News
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Michigan State enters the season as No. 13 ranked team in AP Poll
It’s the official songbird of basketball season approaching — the first AP Poll. Your Michigan State Spartans will be entering the season as the No. 13-ranked team in the preseason AP Poll. That makes the Spartans one of seven Big Ten teams entering the season in the top-25.
Source: The Only Colors
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Michigan State finishes No. 9 in final Associated Press poll
For the first time since 1938, the college basketball season will end without an NCAA Tournament to crown a champion, after the 2020 tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus. So all we have left now is to do what was done for most of the history of college football and use a poll to judge where teams stand at the end of the season.
Source: mlive.com
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Poll voters may not love Michigan State this season, but computer rankings do
Michigan State made a nearly unprecedented tumble this season in terms of the Associated Press rankings when it went from No. 1 in the preseason to unranked earlier this month. Only one other team in modern poll history has previously made such a fall. But in most other ranking systems, the Spartans haven’t actually fallen very far at all.
Source: mlive.com