Michigan State
Michigan State Spartans (2-1)
Big Ten (0-0)
Live ELO
57
Down 8 since
SUN, SEP 13th

2026 Michigan State Spartans Impact Games

Impact Games are games that can move a team up or down the ELO Ladder (increase or decrease ELO Rank).
Direct Impact Games are head-to-head matchups for the team.

ELO Ladder

ELO Team ELO Pts
Needed
1
Texas
 164.4
25
Clemson
 90.5
38
South Carolina
 51.9
39
Pittsburgh
 51.8
40
Memphis
 50.3
41
James Madison
 47.5
42
Oklahoma State
 44.9
43
Kansas State
 40.4
44
North Dakota State
 37.2
45
West Virginia
 31.6
46
UCLA
 24.3
47
Georgia Tech
 16.1
48
Arizona State
 15.4
49
Mississippi State
 8.8
50
South Florida
 7.7
51
Western Michigan
 7.6
52
Cincinnati
 5.8
53
Appalachian State
 4.9
54
North Carolina State
 4.0
55
Florida State
 2.7
56
North Carolina
 2.0
57
Michigan State
 -
58
Iowa State
 -0.4
59
Marshall
 -1.0
60
New Mexico
 -3.4
61
UNLV
 -6.6
62
Northwestern
 -7.4
63
Colorado
 -7.9
64
Wisconsin
 -8.3
65
California
 -8.3
66
Louisiana
 -8.6
67
Baylor
 -12.6
68
Kentucky
 -14.6
69
Tulsa
 -18.0
70
Minnesota
 -18.0
71
Colorado State
 -20.7
72
UTSA
 -20.9
73
Connecticut
 -23.8
74
Boston College
 -24.8
75
Jacksonville State
 -26.0
76
Liberty
 -26.2
100
East Carolina
 -59.9
125
Western Kentucky
 -101.4

Direct Impact Games

NBC
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Michigan State
(2-1, 0-0 Big Ten)		 0 10 0 0 10
3 Notre Dame
(3-0, 0-0 Independent FBS)		 10 7 3 7 27
Notre Dame Stadium
Michigan State Wins:
Michigan State Loses:
35.5 ELO Points
-14.5 ELO Points