June 9, 2026

Michigan State competed with everyone last year — except Ohio State: Buckeyes schedule breakdown


COLUMBUS, Ohio — Our Ohio State football schedule breakdown has reached Week 6 and the first road game of the season for the Buckeyes, at Michigan State. Ohio State at Michigan State, Oct. 8, TBA. The Spartans finished 11-2 last season and at No. 9 in the final AP poll after beating Pitt in a New Year’s Six Bowl in the Peach Bowl. It was the best Michigan State football season in six years in just the second year of head coach Mel Tucker, and it put Tucker on the radar of a lot of other major programs looking for head coaches. That led Michigan State to give Tucker a 10-year, $95 million extension that helped reset the head coaching market. So yeah, good year for the Spartans, good year for the boss. Michigan State returns eight starters on defense and five on offense, signed a top-25 recruiting class, and…

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