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2022 Preseason Michigan State Spartans Rankings

Main Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
practicallybert	5
BigBoutros	6
GeauxTri	6
Maladroit44	6
RiffRamBahZoo	6
MoneyManeVick	7
No11223456	7
NotSoSuperNerd	7	25.52
wesman212	7
BlueFalcon89	8
rain_parkour	8
srs_house	8
A_Rolling_Baneling	9
ALStark69	9	-1
Arteza147	9
GilBrandt	9
Meany_Vizzini	9	Starting score: 15.0. #8/#15/#16 Tier level: #8-#13 Ceiling: #3 Floor: #51
physedka	9
placid_salad	9
tmothy07	9
turkishguy	9
ya111101	9
Acm0028	10
Cassiyus	10
Ch-i-ef	10
fourpinz8	10
monkeymatt1836	10
notyogrannysgrandkid	10
nw____	10	I don't really know what to expect from MSU this year. I am higher on them than some other people. I am also not exactly sure why that is. I could see this team winning 10 games. I could also see them winning 6-7, especially with how tough their schedule looks. At the end of the season, I will either look like a forward thinker or total idiot for ranking them in my preseason top 10. With my luck, it'll be the latter-- but I still felt strongly enough to "bet" the former by putting them here.
sasmith2015	10
Shrektastic28	10
aggiebruin27	11
boxman151515	11
chweris	11
deadtofall12	11
Hey_Its_Roomie	11
Jakesnake42	11
nburt13	11
not_folie	11
NyquillusDillwad20	11
PHubbs	11
pileatedloon	11
puffadda	11
Rakarei	11
TaylorLeprechaun	11
tdeff19	11
teddythe3rd	11
TheReformedBadger	11
TimeBroken	11
vanburen1845	11
wameron	11
12panther	12
arrowfan624	12
buckeyegold	12
CommodoreN7	12
dogwoodmaple	12
DrKennethJNoisewater	12
itsabearcannon	12
jjjoebox	12
Johnnycockseed	12
MahjongDaily	12
malowry0124	12
mellolizard	12
molodyets	12
Nathanael-Greene	12
Pikachu1989	12
PrimalCookie	12
RheagarTargaryen	12	Losing KW3 is a big loss, but he’ll be replaced with the former PAC12 player of the year and a 4* RB transfer from Wisconsin. If one of them doesn’t pan out, there’s 5 other RBs in the running back room. Returning starting QB and top WR from last year, along with several WRs with experience, a transfer TE from Illinois to go along with Hunt and Carr. The defense is returning 9 starters from last year and bringing in several transfers and a new pass rush specialist coach. Overall, the weaknesses of the team are the O-Line and pass defense, but those were issues last year too and the Spartans finished 11-2 with a win in the Peach Bowl.
scronko	12
Staind075	12
Striker743	12
T-Thugs	12
ThaCarter	12
thexraptor	12
ToeInDigDeep	12
bwburke94	13
captain_sasquatch	13
e8odie	13
EpicSchwinn	13
fo13	13
hypercube42342	13
ikindalikelemons	13
kflinderman	13
LeWoofle	13
Longvols	13
one98d	13
Our-Gardian-Angel	13
Pollaski	13
PromEmperorHarbaugh	13	Time to see if Mel Tucker's last season was an aberration. I'm leaning towards MSU being competitive throughout his tenure.
RegionalBias	13
SCRx	13
SpadeRyker	13	Losing Kenneth Walker is a tough pill to swallow but there's enough strength remaining on the offense to expect the Spartans to still be able to deal some damage to opposing defenses. I'm not sure I trust the defense still with the egregious secondary issues seen a season ago, but if that flaw gets just a bit less fatal then they should have another great season.
tdoger	13
thegreendalegelf	13
WolverineDDS	13
AlphaH4wk	14
BamaPride95	14
Blooblod	14
BosskOnASegway	14
CambodianDrywall	14
CFBHurts	14
Charlemagne42	14	The Spartans will meet expectations. They'll lose to Michigan, Ohio State, and Wisconsin, but beat everyone else and win their second-tier bowl game.
Chucky1539	14
cornholesurfer	14
cota1212	14
CptCheese	14
DarkLegend64	14
darkra01	14
Drexlore	14
jmac_21	14
MWiatrak2077	14
Omegaus492	14
Polarbear1914	14
PumpSmash	14
RavenclawWiz816	14
RobertNeyland	14
RollWarTideEagle	14
stesser	14
tauzeta	14
Thorteris	14
typicaliconoclast	14
WarEagle9	14
zacheiny	14
Zloggt	14
52hoova	15
Blazeth	15
Branzilla91	15
Casaiir	15
CockADoodleBOOM	15
coogs35	15
Corgi_Koala	15
corundum9	15
cyclonepsycho	15
Darth_Ra	15
Feral_Squirrel	15
galacticdude7	15
grjohnst	15
Helifino	15
HelioOne	15
icklebush	15
jlh2b	15
joebob431	15
King-Clover	15
LiptonCB	15
MrTheSpork	15	Great season and solid chunk returns; lucky (4-0 in one possession); coaching staff intact; good recruiting. Very similar to Wisconsin but statistically wasn't nearly as good. Balances out with returning personnel; UW gets the nod for long-term performance.
noahthearc	15	122.3 points -> NY6 Contender. By the numbers, Michigan State overachieved last year. This year, they may match their expectations by staying about as good as last year's run.
olmsted	15
peachios	15
relax_on_the_mat	15
Sometimeswelose	15
TheZachster	15
TrojanMan35T	15
UNC_Samurai	15
woakley	15	Top 50 in returning production, and finished strong with a win over Pitt last year that they can build on
crimsonlaw	16
djowen68	16
Hobbes_121	16
I_am_bot_beep_boop	16
Impudicity2001	16
JeromesNiece	16
Mr_Brews	16
nbingham196	16
nemoran	16
outthawazoo	16
plannedsickdays	16
T-nawtical	16
TDenverFan	16
thomasosu	16
TouchdownHeroes	16
VerySeriousBanana	16
Bank_Gothic	17
BlueSCar	17
Dropbackandpunt	17
HUSKEROYAL	17
NoMorning6152	17
ScarletFever333	17
sirgippy	17
SportingMoose	17
The_Horse_Joke	17
Xtremeloco	17
BallSoHerd	18
falconlover79	18
halldaylong	18
kamiller2020	18
KommanderKeen-a42	18
orbania	18
realclean	18
Texasagsman	18
admiraltarkin	19
bakonydraco	19	66.70
bretticus33	19	MSU had a stellar 2021 season but Mel Tucker still has work to do to make MSU perennially competitive. Watch out for RB Jarek Broussard who transferred from Colorado (where he played under Mel Tucker) as he replaces star Kenneth Walker. Broussard was an underrated star stuck on a terrible CU team.
GoBlueScrewOSU7	19
HarbingerOfFun	19
hascogrande	19
IceColdDrPepper_Here	19
JCiLee	19
lillipup03	19
owl_man	19	Mel Tucker reminds me of how I coach on NCAA football. For that reason alone I believe that he'll be successful. Which really maddens the Penn State fan in me. I do think the contract was a bit pre-mature though.
Red261	19
seaotter2	19
spsellers	19
SteemieRayVaughn	19
Hackasizlak	20
311polo	21
_fastball	21
dan4223	21
PalmettoFace	21
retnuh101	21
dabul-master	22
myghtymouse	22
badgers4194	23
Daigotsu	23
dicky_________seamus	23
StevvieV	23
COLU_BUS	25

Provisional Poll Voters

User	Rank	Reason
UVUboi2	7
drneilpretenamen	8
I-AMA-KarmaWhore-AMA	8
ManiacalBlazer	8
RaceScottRace	8	I always like State, but that defense left me scratching my head last year. If they could just figure that out, I think they'd be a real dark horse this year, but it's hard to forget about that Big Noon beatdown to the Buckeyes.
hdbutler	9
RealignmentJunkie	9
tapswitch	9
TheWorstYear	9
True_Ad5324	9
CallMeTheKing	10
donald_flap	10	MSU lost Kenneth Walker, and while that may be a big loss, I think they are good enough to be top 10. This is, however, a year for Mel Tucker to solidify himself as a high quality coach.
jaybigs	10
mcguffinman	10	What Mel Tucker has been able to do with Michigan in one year when we all thought MSU was going to go the way of the Seminole is nothing short of incredible. They don't have Walker anymore, but Tucker has proven that he's able to find gold from a pile of garbage.
secoja8	10
Terminal_BAS	10
catman1256	11
dusklord1	11	Despite losing Kenneth Walker, Michigan State returns a lot of its production. I think MSU will slip a little bit relative to last year, and will probably not be a NY6 team again without some luck, but I trust Mel Tucker to keep MSU near the top of the Big 10.
fredmerc111	11	Great year last year, Tuck is building a great culture.
IMissMW2Lobbies	11
Lobro986	11
spartan_mk	11
BananaBouquet	12
Butternades	12
ch1l1_ch33s3	12
ChaseTheFalcon	12
horaff	12
jthomas694	12	Solid returning QB, a lot of returning production on defense. Tucker will improve the secondary.
JustinMSU21	12
Matthias382	12
NeverDieKris	12
PaulMSURon	12
PleasantElevator8340	12
Ruhrgebietheld	12
Tatertaint	12
thetrain23	12
Archaic_1	13
camryn_16	13
DaveSoccer	13
Guhraffe	13
KyleAg06	13
MADBuc49	13
newSomberMan	13
perspicacious_crumb	13
sconbon	13
Steelthornn	13
Temporary-Profit-643	13
TheBeekman8	13
TXUSAW	13
Beck4ou	14
bethe2ndmouse	14
brucewaynewins	14
CanAWoodChuckChuck	14
colonel750	14
diehardcubforever	14
eeman0201	14
funf_	14
LamarcusAldrige1234	14
mdbryan84	14
Megalomanizac	14
Pure_Protein_Machine	14
RedassAddict	14
redrumsoxLoL	14
stevensmeister	14	Mel Tucker seems as a home run for Sparty so far. They did lose a lot, but also took in a solid transfer class.
thatoneguyD13	14
TommyTwoTaps	14
WBLwiffleball	14
wingen77	14
WitchKing17	14
zachw900	14
70277027	15
bannista7	15
Fantastic-Calendar-9	15
GoCardinals74	15
iDevourer	15
Is_Flacco_Elite	15
Jaymoney00	15
JBGolden	15
RJEP22	15	MCR: 20.62
the-robo-boogie	15
Vandelay_Industries-	15
ewolfy13	16
frone	16
giveupanddie	16
herrkatze5	16
JamoRedhead	16
nebsA1	16
The_Good_Constable	16
Valiantlycaustic	16
Xarathustria	16
beaver333	17
FourteenClocks	17
hershculez	17
noffinater	17
OSUfan88	17
PositivityKnight	17
romulusjsp	17
TadKosciuszko	17
the_lost_carrot	17	15.5 21.64285714 21.64285714 21.08333333 13.25 32 18.75 -14.875 60.125 11.9203
BRNXB0MBERS	18
DaewooLanosMFerrr	18
Dawg-Bite	18
Hippiehypocrit	18
mthompson2320	18
mynameisotis	18
PSUMediaPA	18
Sebene	18
Cade_Ezra	19
DownshiftGD	19
MaxMan1300	19
rocco2246	19
AnAngryPanda1	20
OldCoaly	20	They played well above their mean last year, should fall back a bit.
Dontworryaboutit1	21
ggskater	21
Harpua99	21
Muffinnnnnnn	21
pianoprofiteer	21
Devintheroaster	22
swdanley17	22
UCFData	22
washington_jefferson	22
asbestosman2	23
Igwanea	23
Huntkv	25
Sflabuckeye13	25

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