Michigan State favored by 12 over Northwestern The Enlightened Spartan: Michigan State favored by 12 over Northwestern

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Michigan State favored by 12 over Northwestern

Fresh off the Spartans' ruining the Illini homecoming, 24-14, the Big Green returns to East Lansing for its own homecoming this week as a 12-point favorite over Northwestern. Ohio State is favored by 14 at Purdue; Iowa favored by 2 at Wisky; Joe Pa by 15 at home over Minny; Illinois by 2.5 at Indiana. FYI, Southern Cal is favored by 8 at Notre Dame. And, Michigan faces 1-3 Delaware State, ranked #187 by Jeff Sagarin. Speaking of Sagarin, here is his rankings of the Big Ten, including schedule strength:

#8. Ohio State, SS = 37
#9. Iowa, SS = 30
#21. Wisconsin, SS = 31
#28. Joe Pa, SS = 113
#37. scUM, SS = 47
#44. Michigan State, SS = 26
#54. Minnesota, SS = 46
#86. Indiana, SS = 61
#91. Purdue, SS = 23
#95. Northwestern, SS = 139
#112. Illinois, SS = 25

Here is your latest AP Poll for week 7, through October 11, 2009

RKTEAMRECORDPTS
1Florida (50)5-01490
2Alabama (10)6-01430
3Texas5-01395
4Virginia Tech5-11283
5Boise State5-01199
6USC4-11161
7Ohio State5-11048
8Cincinnati5-01038
9Miami (FL)4-1970
10LSU5-1947
11Iowa6-0919
12TCU5-0917
13Oregon5-1776
14Penn State5-1597
15Nebraska4-1576
16Oklahoma State4-1559
17Kansas5-0551
18Brigham Young5-1490
19Georgia Tech5-1453
20Oklahoma3-2432
21South Florida5-0330
22South Carolina5-1319
23Houston4-1192
24Utah4-176
25Notre Dame4-175

Dropped from rankings:
Auburn 17, Mississippi 20, Missouri 24

Others receiving votes: Pittsburgh 58, Auburn 55, West Virginia 46, Mississippi 28, Wisconsin 27, Missouri 25, Arkansas 16, Central Michigan 6, Arizona 5, Michigan 5, Oregon State 2, Navy 1, Idaho 1, Stanford 1, Texas Tech 1

INJURY UPDATE: It's a bummer, but Glenn Winston is done for the year with a torn knee ligament (ACL). That's a big blow to MSU's kick return game; Winston was also the most physical of the MSU running backs this year.

1 comment:

  1. Notice that all three of our losses show up in the top 33 and all of them could likely end up in the top 25 at some point this year. Not saying that it justifies the way we lost to Notre Dame and Central, but ...

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