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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
bretticus733 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
dschinghiskhan 22
swdanley17 22
UCFData 22
asbestosman2 23
Igwanea 23
Huntkv 25
Sflabuckeye13 25
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