Michigan State Spartans college football team

We've compiled computer rankings from the past 50 years. The rankings for Michigan State are shown below for each season the school competed at the highest level of college football. Create a single game matchup or build brackets made up entirely of Michigan State Spartans teams.

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Team ratings and rankings

This table shows how the computer ranking systems measure (rating) every season of Michigan State football. The rankings are the end-of-season rank for the team compared to the other teams of that season. Each rating system has it's own value range.

Michigan State football rankings
			Massey		Howell		Sorenson		TFS		Hatch		Loudsound		Jellyjuke		Squaregear		Entropy		CPI		Moore		Bihl		Sagedrive		Congrove		M Cubed
Season	Overall Rating	Record	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating
2021	0.529	11 - 2	10	8.29	9	0.79	9	11097	7	156.84	7	0.76	8	57.23	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	7	92.30	8	16.03	N/A	N/A	12	78.59	9	1.45
2020	0.458	2 - 5	43	7.07	101	0.31	45	8835	N/A	N/A	80	0.42	N/A	N/A	84	-0.38	79	0.47	110	37.53	94	0.00	100	59.11	53	1.35	N/A	N/A	52	71.50	83	-1.25
2019	0.536	7 - 6	42	1.73	50	0.59	37	26503	42	141.27	44	0.51	37	45.99	46	0.31	48	0.54	37	53.83	60	0.03	43	68.07	40	4.14	49	0.59	47	41.94	41	-0.04
2018	0.535	7 - 6	44	1.82	50	0.61	45	19848	42	142.46	38	0.52	48	42.34	47	0.29	52	0.53	35	54.98	64	0.03	48	71.77	41	4.46	51	0.58	44	44.55	49	-0.19
2017	0.666	10 - 3	13	2.11	12	0.78	12	28450	10	152.65	10	0.69	12	55.91	10	1.31	10	0.63	28	56.57	11	0.10	13	82.10	11	15.17	10	0.86	23	57.50	10	1.25
2016	0.418	3 - 9	79	1.49	94	0.44	83	17256	86	129.02	92	0.32	96	29.54	110	-0.97	103	0.44	78	67.00	111	0.00	53	67.47	95	-6.68	106	0.28	102	18.58	110	-2.43
2015	0.745	12 - 2	7	2.26	5	0.85	5	32593	5	157.49	5	0.78	1	66.20	4	1.58	4	0.66	15	85.00	4	0.15	16	80.82	6	18.46	4	0.95	5	73.37	5	1.55
2014	0.729	11 - 2	5	2.32	6	0.81	7	30739	7	154.05	10	0.73	7	60.40	6	1.43	8	0.64	8	90.74	5	0.13	7	87.31	6	17.43	7	0.88	7	74.28	8	1.49
2013	0.741	13 - 1	3	2.42	5	0.85	5	29414	6	151.86	6	0.76	3	60.97	3	1.63	5	0.65	14	85.13	5	0.14	7	87.09	4	19.02	4	0.93	2	77.25	3	1.72
2012	0.544	7 - 6	31	1.87	41	0.65	29	26599	36	93.55	31	0.58	50	44.59	40	0.44	41	0.55	29	77.99	53	0.03	32	73.92	41	4.84	48	0.62	51	42.05	47	0.04
2011	0.635	11 - 3	14	2.12	18	0.75	19	29683	19	99.83	17	0.66	17	53.99	17	1.04	21	0.60	13	85.99	21	0.07	13	80.54	15	12.70	19	0.78	16	64.55	19	1.11
2010	0.642	11 - 2	24	2.09	17	0.75	17	27152	19	95.53	12	0.70	13	57.09	15	1.29	10	0.63	15	84.65	11	0.11	48	70.09	15	13.54	11	0.86	23	56.62	12	1.40
2009	0.475	6 - 7	53	1.66	57	0.57	56	21166	56	84.33	60	0.45	64	38.00	69	-0.10	67	0.51	49	75.99	68	0.02	57	67.25	67	-0.76	67	0.49	64	33.65	61	0.09
2008	0.588	9 - 4	32	1.94	26	0.68	30	30301	24	100.58	28	0.61	23	50.13	23	0.81	22	0.59	25	80.96	27	0.06	42	70.24	25	8.35	20	0.73	29	49.95	16	1.05
2007	0.518	7 - 6	47	1.70	51	0.61	42	24142	43	88.71	46	0.52	47	41.98	51	0.30	51	0.53	48	77.84	50	0.03	27	75.97	45	3.09	51	0.58	55	37.44	44	0.47
2006	0.405	4 - 8	72	1.44	78	0.42	75	18662	74	79.76	80	0.33	80	31.39	82	-0.52	82	0.46	72	66.89	91	0.01	64	64.18	79	-4.84	83	0.35	83	22.60	79	-0.64
2005	0.499	5 - 6	40	1.79	45	0.58	43	27022	44	94.57	52	0.47	63	37.39	59	0.03	62	0.51	34	77.13	74	0.02	43	69.58	34	4.75	65	0.51	61	33.22	61	0.04
2004	0.454	5 - 7	59	1.50	67	0.53	66	22863	69	89.53	61	0.44	70	35.18	70	-0.18	71	0.49	68	67.89	75	0.01	57	65.90	66	-1.56	71	0.44	70	31.43	72	-0.28
2003	0.543	8 - 5	38	1.72	35	0.64	33	26945	32	94.86	34	0.55	31	46.48	34	0.51	34	0.55	35	77.71	41	0.04	42	66.79	33	6.12	36	0.65	48	46.12	39	0.56
2002	0.422	4 - 8	70	1.44	75	0.43	71	17203	70	109.52	72	0.35	73	33.09	73	-0.41	73	0.47	74	66.50	85	0.01	76	56.15	76	-4.66	76	0.38	85	21.63	73	-0.38
2001	0.543	7 - 5	38	1.84	45	0.62	41	27578	40	121.32	40	0.55	52	41.19	47	0.26	48	0.53	42	75.41	53	0.03	30	71.42	44	4.18	49	0.59	41	45.81	75	-1.09
2000	0.501	5 - 6	59	1.55	64	0.52	53	24702	53	114.70	45	0.51	55	38.92	56	0.12	54	0.51	56	72.84	60	0.02	44	66.54	47	2.22	61	0.52	56	38.11	63	-0.04
1999	0.720	10 - 2	4	2.28	5	0.82	5	35028	5	123.56	5	0.80	3	60.37	7	1.51	4	0.65	5	94.05	6	0.12	12	78.00	5	18.02	4	0.92	9	80.06	7	1.71
1998	0.527	6 - 6	28	1.88	35	0.64	34	7368	35	107.86	41	0.53	49	40.33	40	0.35	42	0.53	30	78.09	46	0.02	26	73.00	39	4.60	45	0.58	48	47.65	39	0.52
1997	0.551	7 - 5	31	1.86	28	0.66	26	5598	29	109.32	29	0.57	36	46.10	33	0.47	35	0.55	25	78.82	38	0.03	22	74.00	29	6.01	37	0.63	33	58.72	37	0.66
1996	0.513	6 - 6	34	1.87	35	0.61	37	7799	40	105.89	46	0.49	48	39.76	45	0.17	50	0.51	32	77.12	54	0.02	25	74.00	41	3.64	48	0.54	44	47.31	45	0.25
1995	0.546	6 - 5 - 1	29	1.95	36	0.63	25	8847	29	110.34	36	0.54	36	43.76	35	0.47	41	0.54	28	80.80	43	0.03	36	70.00	29	7.40	41	0.62	43	53.63	43	0.44
1994	0.493	5 - 6	29	1.80	36	0.61	34	3955	35	106.46	40	0.51	54	37.42	45	0.20	45	0.52	34	77.72	51	0.02	34	70.00	38	3.87	48	0.54	50	24.54	54	-0.01
1993	0.514	6 - 6	35	1.76	31	0.63	29	7983	29	109.55	31	0.56	34	42.37	30	0.40	32	0.54	30	75.72	39	0.03	44	66.00	30	5.84	36	0.60	33	26.42	27	0.71
1992	0.482	5 - 6	51	1.57	59	0.51	50	3878	53	100.48	38	0.50	58	35.08	53	-0.03	55	0.50	58	74.54	58	0.01	33	69.00	47	0.48	55	0.49	N/A	N/A	55	-0.07
1991	0.400	3 - 8	69	1.34	82	0.37	75	-568	76	92.10	75	0.31	84	28.51	75	-0.57	79	0.44	75	65.31	84	0.00	58	62.00	79	-6.45	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	83	-1.07
1990	0.592	8 - 3 - 1	15	2.04	21	0.71	20	7837	21	112.96	16	0.65	23	47.64	20	0.80	25	0.58	20	81.79	22	0.06	28	72.00	20	9.97	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	19	0.96
1989	0.599	8 - 4	16	2.06	18	0.76	18	8117	21	112.32	22	0.62	20	48.50	20	0.79	25	0.57	13	84.24	24	0.05	14	79.00	20	9.60	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	19	1.01
1988	0.545	6 - 5 - 1	23	1.90	31	0.64	26	5303	30	108.35	41	0.50	41	42.20	36	0.34	39	0.54	32	79.19	44	0.03	14	80.00	33	5.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	33	0.52
1987	0.673	9 - 2 - 1	11	2.10	10	0.81	9	11838	8	120.71	7	0.76	7	58.15	8	1.30	10	0.63	10	87.95	9	0.11	9	82.00	8	16.09	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6	1.60
1986	0.510	6 - 5	37	1.66	37	0.60	40	2883	43	104.52	36	0.53	42	40.97	43	0.16	45	0.52	43	74.36	45	0.02	33	71.00	44	2.16	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	41	0.32
1985	0.565	7 - 5	27	1.79	28	0.68	27	6101	24	112.12	28	0.60	30	47.19	30	0.54	30	0.56	28	79.89	33	0.04	23	75.00	28	6.89	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	36	0.55
1984	0.484	6 - 6	54	1.57	56	0.56	55	1255	53	103.46	50	0.48	57	37.40	60	-0.03	61	0.49	56	76.00	64	0.02	52	65.00	53	0.61	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	55	-0.09
1983	0.445	4 - 6 - 1	66	1.36	71	0.46	44	1497	54	102.40	65	0.37	59	34.80	61	-0.20	68	0.48	54	72.11	72	0.01	69	58.00	59	-1.10	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	54	-0.04
1982	0.392	2 - 9	54	1.51	82	0.41	73	-3386	79	93.25	79	0.30	101	20.31	96	-0.96	100	0.40	71	69.89	103	0.00	51	63.00	82	-6.34	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	91	-1.39
1981	0.479	5 - 6	73	1.29	71	0.55	54	2799	57	104.11	51	0.52	72	36.19	74	-0.03	72	0.49	61	75.74	80	0.01	39	65.00	67	0.79	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	73	-0.10
1980	0.412	3 - 8	70	1.37	87	0.47	78	-1754	81	97.40	99	0.30	105	27.01	108	-0.65	107	0.44	74	65.09	114	0.00	51	63.00	97	-4.76	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	108	-1.07
1979	0.493	5 - 6	50	1.51	75	0.54	45	4558	56	106.41	59	0.47	N/A	N/A	69	-0.03	72	0.49	52	71.25	83	0.01	41	66.00	60	1.32	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	69	-0.06
1978	0.622	8 - 3	12	2.20	19	0.75	15	11957	17	120.10	27	0.63	20	50.38	22	0.90	23	0.58	11	86.25	27	0.06	10	81.00	20	11.53	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	23	1.01
1977	0.580	7 - 3 - 1	26	1.82	30	0.71	22	9123	21	117.44	22	0.65	32	47.35	36	0.67	35	0.57	19	83.06	35	0.05	16	73.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	29	0.85
1976	0.458	4 - 6 - 1	60	1.38	73	0.52	43	3740	55	105.14	67	0.44	90	31.95	81	-0.22	80	0.48	52	70.93	88	0.01	54	63.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	79	-0.26
1975	0.568	7 - 4	31	1.69	30	0.70	19	9623	28	114.92	27	0.64	29	47.84	35	0.65	30	0.57	28	77.94	34	0.05	27	72.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	35	0.73
1974	0.602	7 - 3 - 1	14	2.00	21	0.73	16	10682	18	120.03	21	0.65	24	47.02	24	0.77	24	0.57	13	85.22	24	0.05	9	81.00	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	16	1.03
1973	0.489	5 - 6	28	1.77	54	0.58	42	4377	42	110.72	52	0.48	62	38.17	62	-0.03	66	0.49	38	74.28	70	0.01	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	55	0.13
1972	0.516	5 - 5 - 1	35	1.65	41	0.63	27	7526	29	113.00	42	0.53	47	41.43	49	0.21	49	0.52	35	77.36	61	0.02	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	36	0.40
1971	0.509	6 - 5	25	1.73	35	0.61	32	5118	32	110.67	31	0.57	54	38.27	46	0.18	48	0.52	30	76.62	52	0.02	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	47	0.23
1970	0.466	4 - 6	43	1.68	73	0.50	41	5326	46	108.99	68	0.42	68	37.71	73	-0.24	75	0.47	42	74.42	79	0.01	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	68	-0.02