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2018 Week 2 Michigan State Spartans Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
52hoova	6	I had them #4 last week, you can read my reasoning in last week's ballot. They looked bad against Utah State, but it's hard for me to drop them too much. Starting to doubt they are as good as I thought they were, but not going to move them way down on a one-game sample size if that one game was a win.
ToLongDR	7
brobroma	9
CockADoodleBOOM	9
grjohnst	9
I_am_bot_beep_boop	9
itsabearcannon	9
strikersteve60	9
Ticklebump	9
Corporal_Hicks	10
DarkLegend64	10	-3
Hobbes_121	10	Michigan St would have dropped down due to a close win to Utah St, however the two teams directly in front of them for me both lost outright (Miami, Washington) so they ended up +1 (had ND leap them). Think they're better than a 7 point home win to Utah St. We'll see next week with a trip to Arizona St. 
HUSKEROYAL	10
jshokie1	10
monkeymatt1836	10	Michigan State had a close Friday night opener against the Utah State Aggies, as is tradition. Spartan faithful should be used to these games by now, as they tend to open the season in very vanilla fashion. 
orboth	10
Plneapple	10
RegulatorRWF	10
T-nawtical	10
THECrew42	10
thegreendalegelf	10
Acm0028	11
Blooblod	11	Like Penn State, Michigan State looked unimpressive against a team they probably should've blown out--but to be fair they did at the beginning of last season to and they went on to win double digit games. Not going to overreact here.
BlueSCar	11
BUSean	11
CoopertheFluffy	11
Extra_Excrement	11
RatherBeYachting	11	Looked awful against Utah State, should have lost that game and I'm tempted to move them down, except the next year also looked bad.
RobertNeyland	11
standrew5998	11	The only reason Michigan State is above Penn State is that they won in regulation, and by a touchdown.
stripes361	11
teddythe3rd	11
WarEagle9	11
Xtremeloco	11
AllHawkeyesGoToHell	12
DonnieNarco	12
GenialGiant	12	Michigan State is helped by the teams below them losing; needing a late score to overcome a lesser opponent is never a good sign, but that's especially true when your opponent went 6-7 last season.
runujhkj	12
TheReformedBadger	12
aubieismyhomie	13
BosskOnASegway	13	Playing down is Michigan State's signature move.  Some teams passed them, others ahead fell, keeping them flat for now.
CambodianDrywall	13
CFSparta92	13
d_mcc_x	13
deadtofall12	13
flipadelphia17	13
galacticdude7	13
Mythic514	13
Pikachu1989	13
retnuh101	13
ScarletFever333	13
seaotter2	13
TheJeemTeam	13	Only Tier H team
TotalEconomist	13	63
wesman212	13
ya111101	13
bgr308	14	Michigan State won a game that was a lot closer than many Spartan fans think it should have been. The defense could have been better, with Utah State converting on over half of their 3rd downs and passing for over 300 yards. However, the defense stifled the run game, but allowed 2 rushing TDs. QB Brian Lewerke played well, although he threw a pick six. Michigan State fans should be grateful for Connor Heyard, as he scored 2 TDs that allowed MSU to survive the scare against the Aggies. Expect MSU to still make noise in the B1G East, as they host Michigan and Ohio State.
bwburke94	14
captain_sasquatch	14	Was this MSU's tradition of nearly shitting the bed early or are they bad again? Which option is correct? See what I did there? I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt here and I hope they're not bad again.
CertifiedSheep	14
chceman	14
chrisb19	14	a rough go against Utah St but not as bad as other teams. Still in a wait and see mode on Sparty.
dan4223	14
Feral_Squirrel	14
goblue10	14
Harmbert_	14
JCiLee	14
kdcoltred	14
ndhuskerpower	14
Our-Gardian-Angel	14
PureCFR	14
ryker888	14
SCRx	14
TanzaniaMagic	14
toocleverbyhalf	14
TopheryG8er	14
typicaliconoclast	14
ucieaters33	14
woakley	14	Back to back Big 10 teams that are lucky to be undefeated. Michigan State hung on against Utah State with a week one scare that seems to be tradition for Sparty now. They drop 1 spot because of that, but again I wont panic until I see more. 
alextoyalex	15
BorisNumber1	15
boxman151515	15
Branzilla91	15
Everythingpossible	15
f0gax	15
Fifth_Down	15
Hackasizlak	15
Helifino	15
JeromesNiece	15
laminak	15
mellolizard	15
nemoran	15
Rainbow_Beefcake	15
TheZachster	15
3RDnKING	16
BobDeLaSponge	16
CarbonCamaroZL1	16	Barely getting by a cupcake and not looking particularly great doing it. Some bias here, but MSU do not look like a Top 15 team yet but they have the potential to be with Lewerke.
Cassiyus	16	-4
Charlemagne42	16	Oof. Almost losing to Utah State at home is not a good look.
chweris	16
coreyfra	16
DanNeverDie	16
dicky_________seamus	16	Good lord they did not look good. 
flyingcrayons	16
G-manP	16
icklebush	16
jlh2b	16
jmac_21	16	Michigan State is good, not sure how good, but they're always solid. We'll have to keep an eye out for them moving forward.
KingKliffsbury	16
pileatedloon	16
Polarbear1914	16
puffadda	16
Red261	16
TaylorLeprechaun	16	+0
tdeff19	16
Wurst_Law	16
Bill3ffinMurray	17
buttforaface	17
cfbguy	17
conchobor	17
Ghost_of_Dude	17
hascogrande	17
jnoobs13	17
moistats_	17	Ugly win to say the least, but a W is a W
nickknx865	17	Watching the USU-Michigan State game, I noticed something -- USU was able to keep up with Michigan State's players athletically. That doesn't bode well for the Spartans, but I have faith in Mark Dantonio to correct things and keep the Spartans in at least fringe Big Ten East contention.
Rakarei	17
remwin	17
royrules22	17
sasmith2015	17
ShogunAshoka	17
spsellers	17
taloncarde	17
Techwid	17
Texasagsman	17
xelphin	17
Chris-P-Creme	18
DEP61	18
Disregardskarma	18
GatorAndrew	18
HelioOne	18
Johnnycockseed	18
lebaronslebaron	18
Miami_da_U	18	Dont think they did all that well in any aspect vs a bad opponent. 
PalmettoFace	18
pmartin0079	18
SCsprinter13	18
SSJRoshi	18
TheTeamCubed	18
was_saying_boo_urns	18
AaronRodgers16	19
alsonamedbort87	19
bakonydraco	19
BallSoHerd	19
BrutonGaster77	19
buckeyes75	19
cajunaggie08	19
LeinadSpoon	19
relax_on_the_mat	19	Struggled against a bad G5.
soonerfreak	19
A-Stu-Ute	20	I know Utah State. They aren't bad. They aren't that good either. Struggling against them isn't best.
atchemey	20
Daigotsu	20
DarthYoda2594	20
G-Aardvark	20
JonesUCF34	20
LEGEN--wait_for_it	20
Mario_Speedwagon	20
MrTheSpork	20
TDenverFan	20
tmart12	20
vanburen1845	20
WeenisWrinkle	20
Wescat	20
admiraltarkin	21
dabul-master	21
FellKnight	21
owl_man	21
PaulWall31	21
RiffRamBahZoo	21
SometimesY	21
uwbjb	21
W_Is_For_Will	21	Utah State more like u so boring. Not impressive.
cmdrcaboose2	22
Fmeson	22
kelling928	22
UNC_Samurai	22	MDOT has asked the unions to hire the Spartans' offensive line - they're confident they can't block road construction.
djowen68	23
doormatt26	23
Dropbackandpunt	23
srs_house	23
eclectic_tastes	24
Greflingorax	24
Hey_Its_Roomie	24	MSU sneaks in with a surprising struggle against Utah State. Perhaps they are far more than I would expect from them, and Michigan State will prove its worth, but for now, they are scraping by.
PHubbs	24
surreptitioussloth	24
HarbingerOfFun	25
plannedsickdays	25
studio_sally	25	0.694
trumpet_23	25

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason

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