While they don’t deserve to go bowling, there’s a slim chance we could see Michigan State football play in the postseason this year.
The Spartans dropped their final two games of the regular season to finish 5-7, one game short of gaining bowl eligibility. Losing this past Saturday at Penn State was an expected result after Michigan State let a 17-point lead slip away against lousy Indiana the week prior.
Despite not earning six wins, there is an outside chance Michigan State could find itself in a bowl game should it want to accept a bid if offered. At the moment, three unfilled spots (only 79 teams finished 6-6 or better and there are 82 bowl spots) will go to 5-7 teams as determined by the Academic Progress Report (APR) rankings. Michigan State is near the top of that list among the 5-7 teams.
Here’s the relatively unlikely path to a bowl game for Michigan State: