So, the Spartans drop to #23 in the USA Today coaches poll, and fall to #26 in the AP media poll. A well earned snubbing by the pundits.   Interestingly enough, the Spartans are also a 23-pt favorite over CMU this upcoming Saturday, as noted by VegasInsider.com.  Ohio State is favored by 16 over Colorado, Illinois by 13 over WMU, JoePa by 29 over EMU, Michigan by 9 over SDSU, Nebraska by 23 1/2 at Wyoming, Indiana  by 7 1/2 at North Texas, and Iowa by 18 over La-Monroe.  Here is the latest USA Today poll :

USA Today Poll
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Oklahoma (50)	2-0	1463
2	Alabama (4)	3-0	1402
3	LSU (5)	3-0	1373
4	Boise State	2-0	1212
5	Stanford	3-0	1208
6	Oklahoma State	3-0	1126
7	Wisconsin	3-0	1121
8	Texas A&M	2-0	1033
9	Nebraska	3-0	966
10	South Carolina	3-0	876
11	Virginia Tech	3-0	852
12	Arkansas	3-0	851
13	Oregon	2-1	804
14	Florida State	2-1	801
15	Florida	3-0	670
16	West Virginia	3-0	529
17	South Florida	3-0	485
18	Texas	3-0	464
19	Baylor	2-0	391
20	TCU	2-1	310
21	Michigan	3-0	243
22	Clemson	3-0	181
23	Michigan State	2-1	119
24	Georgia Tech	3-0	118
25	North Carolina	3-0	99

• Dropped from rankings: Ohio State 16, Arizona State 18, Auburn 19, Mississippi State 25

• Others receiving votes: Ohio State 92, Illinois 90, Houston 60, Miami (FL) 39, Iowa State 27, Missouri 22, California 21, Penn State 19, Utah 17, Arizona State 16, Auburn 14, San Diego State 14, Florida International 11, Vanderbilt 11, Mississippi State 8, Tennessee 5, Texas Tech 3, Notre Dame 3, Washington 3, Ohio 2, Northwestern 1