MSU ranked #13 by coaches to kick off 2012 season

The Spartans start out the 2012 season with the coaches giving Michigan State gridders a preseason #13 ranking, right behind #8 Michigan and #12 Wisky. Nebraska is #16 and Notre Dame is at #24. Coaches love that big Spartan Defense as well as our coach, the Doctor Mr. MD. GO BIG GREEN!

RK	TEAM	RECORD	PTS
1	LSU (18)	0-0	1403
2	Alabama (20)	0-0	1399
3	USC (19)	0-0	1388
4	Oklahoma	0-0	1276
5	Oregon	0-0	1258
6	Georgia	0-0	1061
7	Florida State	0-0	1055
8	Michigan	0-0	1023
9	South Carolina	0-0	981
10	Arkansas	0-0	948
11	West Virginia	0-0	833
12	Wisconsin	0-0	743
13	Michigan State	0-0	717
14	Clemson	0-0	598
15	Texas	0-0	549
16	Nebraska	0-0	501
17	TCU	0-0	499
18	Stanford	0-0	497
19	Oklahoma State	0-0	476
20	Virginia Tech	0-0	461
21	Kansas State	0-0	398
22	Boise State	0-0	271
23	Florida	0-0	250
24	Notre Dame	0-0	166
25	Auburn	0-0	66

Others receiving votes: Washington 64, Louisville 46, Georgia Tech 35, Cincinnati 32, Texas A&M 28, Baylor 23, Utah 22, Mississippi State 21, SOUFLA 12, NCSTATE 11, Louisiana Tech 10, Brigham Young 10, Virginia 9, Houston 7, Southern Miss 6, Rutgers 5, UCF 5, Tennessee 3, Missouri 3, FLAINTL 3, Northern Illinois 2, TEXASTECH 1

Rank: NR. 5-6 Overall/3-5 Big Ten.
Date	Opponent	Result
Sep. 2	W. MICHIGAN	W, 35-13
Sep. 10	AKRON	W, 52-0
Sep. 17	at Washington	L, 28-39
Sep. 24	MINNESOTA	L, 7-34
Oct. 1	at Maryland	L, 13-27
Oct. 8	OHIO ST.	L, 20-49
Oct. 15	WISCONSIN	W, 34-28 (2ot)
Oct. 29	at Michigan	L, 7-29
Nov. 5	at Illinois	W, 23-15
Nov. 12	RUTGERS	W, 27-21
Nov. 19	INDIANA	L, 31-39 2ot
Nov. 26	at Penn St	4/FS1

Rank: #9 .11-2 Overall, 7-2 B1G Ten PEACH BOWL CHAMPS.
Date	Opponent	Result
Sep. 3	at N'western	W, 38-21
Sep. 7	Y'GSTOWN ST.	W, 42-14
Sep. 14	at Miami (Fl.)	W, 38-17
Sep. 21	@ Nwestern	W, 31-10
Sep. 28	NEBRASKA	W, 23-20 OT
Oct. 2	W. KENTUCKY	W, 48-31
Oct. 9	at Rutgers	W, 31-13
Oct. 16	at Indiana	W, 20-15
Oct. 30	MICHIGAN	W, 37-33
Nov. 6	at Purdue	L, 29-40
Nov. 13	MARYLAND	W, 40-21
Nov. 20	at Ohio St	L, 7-56
Nov. 27	PENN ST	W, 30-27
Dec.31	Pittsburgh, Peach Bowl	W, 31-21

Rank: None. 2-5 Overall
Date	Opponent	Result
Oct. 24	RUTGERS	L, 27-38
Oct. 31	at Michigan	W, 27-24
Nov. 7	at Iowa	L, 7-49
Nov. 14	INDIANA	L, 0-24
Nov. 21	at Maryland	CANCELED
Nov. 28	N'WESTERN	W, 29-20
Dec. 5	at Ohio St.	L, 12-52
Dec. 12	at Penn St.	L, 24-39

Rank: None. 7-6 Overall, 4-5 B1G Ten
Date	Opponent	Result
Aug. 30	TULSA	W, 28-7
Sep. 7	W. MICH.	W, 51-17
Sep. 14	ARIZONA ST.	L, 7-10
Sep. 21	@ Nwestern	W, 31-10
Sep. 28	INDIANA	W, 40-31
Oct. 5	at Ohio St.	L, 10-34
Oct. 12	at Wisconsin	L, 0-38
Oct. 26	PENN ST	L, 7-28
Nov. 9	ILLINOIS	L, 34-37
Nov. 16	at Michigan.	L, 10-44
Nov. 23	at Rutgers	W, 27-0
Nov. 30	MARYLAND	W, 19-16
Dec. 27	Wake Forest, Pin Stripe Bowl	W, 27-21

Rank: None. 7-6 Overall, 5-4 B1G Ten
Date	Opponent	Result
Aug. 31	UTAH ST.	W, 38-31
Sep. 8	at Arizona St.	L, 13-16
Sep. 22	at Indiana	W, 35-21
Sep. 29	CMU	W, 31-20
Oct. 6	N'WESTERN	L, 19-29
Oct. 13	at Penn State	W, 21-17
Oct. 20	MICHIGAN	L, 7-21
Oct. 27	PURDUE	W, 23-13
Nov. 3	at Maryland	W, 24-3
Nov. 10	OHIO ST.	L, 6-26
Nov. 17	at Nebraska	L, 6-9
Nov. 24	RUTGERS	W, 14-10
Dec. 31	vs Oregon, REDBOX BOWL	L, 6-7

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Rank: #12 AP, #13 USAT, #17 BCS. 11-3 Overall. 7-1 Big Ten. OUTBACK BOWL CHAMPIONS
Date	Opponent	Result
Sep. 2	YOUNGSTN ST	W, 28-6
Sep. 10	FLA ATLANTIC	W, 44-0
Sep. 17	at Notre Dame	L, 13-31
Sep. 24	C MICHIGAN	W, 45-7
Oct. 1	at Ohio St	W, 10-7
Oct. 15	MICHIGAN	W, 28-14
Oct. 22	WISCONSIN	W, 37-31
Oct. 29	at Nebraska	L, 3-24
Nov. 5	MINNESOTA	W, 31-24
Nov. 12	at Iowa	W, 37-21
Nov. 19	INDIANA	W, 55-3
Nov. 26	at Northwestern	W, 31-17
Dec. 3	Wisconsin. B1G TEN CHAMPIONSHIP	L, 39-42
Jan. 2	Georgia. OUTBACK BOWL	W, 33-30 (3ot)

Rank: #7 AP/USA. 11-2 Overall. 7-1 Big Ten. BIG TEN CHAMPIONS
Date	Opponent	Result
Sep. 4	WESTERN MICH.	W, 38-14
Sep. 11	Fla Atlantic (at Ford Field)	W, 30-17
Sep. 18	NOTRE DAME	W, 34-31 (ot)
Sep. 25	NO. COLORADO	W, 45-7
Oct. 2	WISCONSIN	W, 34-24
Oct. 9	at Michigan	W, 34-17
Oct. 16	ILLINOIS (HC)	W, 26-6
Oct. 23	at Northwestern	W, 35-27
Oct. 30	at Iowa	L, 6-37
Nov. 6	MINNESOTA	W, 31-8
Nov. 20	PURDUE	W, 35-31
Nov. 27	at Penn State	W, 28-22
Jan. 1	vs. Alabama (Capitol One Bowl)	L, 7-49