Michigan St Spartans FBS College Football Ratings & Rankings

College Football

Michigan St

Spartans

Good

C Overall Grade 76

Ice Cold

Brutal Schedule

Punchless

Dark Horse

2-6 Record

25% Win %

#81 FBS Rank#98 nat'l

19.9 Pts / Game

L 6 Streak

Next Up:
at Michigan, Sat Nov 7

Performance Rankings: FBS (National)

Michigan St Spartans has been rated by Versus for 20 seasons, from 2007-08 through 2026-27.

Winning season Losing season Current season Bars run from .500; # is the season-ending Versus rank

Versus divisional rankings begin in 2010-11; earlier seasons show the record only.

Season-by-season table

Season	Record	Win %	Versus Rank
2007-08	7-6	53.8%	—
2008-09	9-4	69.2%	—
2009-10	6-7	46.2%	—
2010-11	11-2	84.6%	#16
2011-12	11-3	78.6%	#19
2012-13	7-6	53.8%	#33
2013-14	13-1	92.9%	#3
2014-15	11-2	84.6%	#6
2015-16	12-2	85.7%	#5
2016-17	3-9	25.0%	#92
2017-18	10-3	76.9%	#10
2018-19	7-6	53.8%	#48
2019-20	7-6	53.8%	#43
2020-21	2-5	28.6%	#56
2021-22	11-2	84.6%	#8
2022-23	5-7	41.7%	#52
2023-24	4-8	33.3%	#69
2024-25	5-7	41.7%	#55
2025-26	4-8	33.3%	#75
2026-27	2-6	25.0%	#81

Rank	Team	W	L	Change
2	UCLA	7	0
6	Ohio State	6	1	1
7	Indiana	7	1	13
22	Northwestern	6	1	5
25	Wisconsin	5	2	12
31	Oregon	4	3	14
32	Iowa	5	2	14
34	Minnesota	5	2	14
35	Southern Cal	6	2	11
36	Nebraska	5	2
37	Michigan	4	3	4
40	Illinois	4	3	42
45	Purdue	3	4	6
69	Washington	4	3	12
89	Penn State	3	4	4
98	Michigan St	2	6	13
157	Rutgers	2	5	23
173	Maryland	2	5	42

Date	Opponent	Outcome
Fri Sep 4	vs Toledo (6-2) Mid-American	W30-20
Sat Sep 12	vs Eastern Michigan (4-5) Mid-American	W35-7
Sat Sep 19	at #10 Notre Dame (6-1) (#10 nationally) FBS Independents	L10-27
Sat Sep 26	vs Nebraska (5-2) Big Ten	L13-31
Sat Oct 3	at #25 Wisconsin (5-2) (#25 nationally) Big Ten	L3-31
Sat Oct 10	vs Illinois (4-3) Big Ten	L37-38
Sat Oct 17	vs #22 Northwestern (6-1) (#22 nationally) Big Ten	L21-24
Sat Oct 24	at #2 UCLA (7-0) (#2 nationally) Big Ten	L10-28