The Big Green soundly defeated Bye this week, vaulting to #14 in the Associated Press poll, and #16 in the BCS.  Next up:  at Nebraska, a team Michigan State has never defeated in seven tries.  The ES says:  bring it on.  If State is to advance to the Big Ten title game, it has to win these tough tests on the road.  Timing is very good, with the Spartan defense surging and the offense with Connor Cook improving.  MSU and Nebraska will kickoff this Saturday at 3:30 pm ET on ABC.

As such, the #14 Spartans are early 3-1/2 point favorites at Nebraska.  Other odds (the ES is using the early "Open" line from Vegas Insider), include: Wisconsin by 18-1/2 hosting Indiana; Penn State by 20-1/2 hosting Purdue; Michigan by 1 at Northwestern (although the alternate line shows NW by 3); Ohio State by 32 at Illinois.

Below is the AP Poll.

AP Top 25
RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	Alabama (56)	9-0	1472
2	Florida State (3)	9-0	1418
3	Ohio State	9-0	1310
4	Baylor	8-0	1303
5	Stanford	8-1	1272
6	Oregon	8-1	1139
7	Auburn	9-1	1109
8	Clemson	8-1	1049
9	Missouri	9-1	1012
10	Texas A&M	8-2	909
11	South Carolina	7-2	857
12	Oklahoma State	8-1	780
13	UCLA	7-2	669
14	Michigan State	8-1	633
15	UCF	7-1	596
16	Fresno State	9-0	588
17	Wisconsin	7-2	503
18	LSU	7-3	470
19	Louisville	8-1	467
20	Northern Illinois	9-0	396
21	Arizona State	7-2	362
22	Oklahoma	7-2	285
23	Texas	7-2	185
24	Miami (FL)	7-2	121
25	Georgia	6-3	78

• Dropped from rankings: Notre Dame 24, Texas Tech 25

• Others receiving votes: Ole Miss 68, Minnesota 60, Nebraska 16, Duke 11, USC 10, Washington 9, Ball State 7, Virginia Tech 5, Brigham Young 3, Notre Dame 2, Houston 1

And, below are the BCS standings, notably sans Michigan, sans Notre Dame, sans Southern Cal, and sans Florida.  Thank goodness.   Big Green is at #16. 

		BCS		Harris Poll			USA Today			Computer Rankings
RK	TEAM	AVG	PVS	RK	PTS	%	RK	PTS	%	AVG	A&H	RB	CM	KM	JS	PW	%
1	Alabama	.9958	1	1	2625	1.0000	1	1546	.9974	1	1	1	2	1	2	1	.990
2	Florida State	.9619	2	2	2514	.9577	2	1485	.9581	2	2	2	1	2	1	2	.970
3	Ohio State	.8926	4	3	2373	.9040	3	1401	.9039	4	4	4	4	6	5	3	.870
4	Stanford	.8689	5	5	2240	.8533	5	1307	.8432	3	5	3	3	3	3	4	.910
5	Baylor	.8618	6	4	2304	.8777	4	1376	.8877	5	3	6	5	7	4	8	.820
6	Oregon	.7665	3	6	1968	.7497	7	1162	.7497	6	6	5	8	5	7	6	.800
7	Auburn	.7206	9	9	1843	.7021	9	1069	.6897	7	8	8	6	4	8	5	.770
8	Clemson	.7200	7	7	1940	.7390	6	1164	.7510	9	9	7	9	10	13	9	.670
9	Missouri	.7118	8	8	1855	.7067	8	1083	.6987	8	7	10	7	8	9	7	.730
10	South Carolina	.5584	12	12	1417	.5398	12	830	.5355	10	10	9	12	13	10	12	.600
11	Texas A&M	.5473	15	10	1582	.6027	11	898	.5794	13	15	16	13	12	17	14	.460
12	Oklahoma State	.4671	14	11	1545	.5886	10	965	.6226	22	14	20	18	NR	22	25	.190
13	UCLA	.4548	19	16	1026	.3909	15	641	.4135	11	13	13	17	11	11	11	.560
14	Fresno State	.4317	16	13	1124	.4282	14	646	.4168	14	17	17	11	25	12	13	.450
15	Northern Illinois	.3505	18	18	825	.3143	21	445	.2871	14	24	12	20	17	6	10	.450
16	Michigan State	.3417	17	15	1090	.4152	16	620	.4000	21	18	21	15	22	23	22	.210
17	UCF	.3411	21	19	791	.3013	19	468	.3019	16	16	11	14	19	16	16	.420
18	Oklahoma	.2926	10	20	732	.2789	17	510	.3290	17	12	15	16	23	NR	23	.270
19	Arizona State	.2833	22	22	475	.1810	22	262	.1690	12	11	23	10	9	18	15	.500
20	Louisville	.2806	20	14	1104	.4206	13	653	.4213	28	NR	18	NR	NR	NR	NR	.000
21	LSU	.2757	13	17	919	.3501	18	476	.3071	24	NR	19	NR	16	21	21	.170
22	Wisconsin	.2612	24	21	674	.2568	20	460	.2968	18	22	22	NR	18	19	18	.230
23	Miami (FL)	.1471	11	23	457	.1741	23	228	.1471	25	21	NR	21	21	NR	24	.120
24	Texas	.1092	NR	24	247	.0941	24	176	.1135	25	20	14	24	24	24	NR	.120
25	Georgia	.0857	NR	25	102	.0389	NR	44	.0284	22	19	24	22	15	25	20	.190