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2018 Week 2 Michigan State Spartans Rankings

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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

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