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Power ranking 10 candidates for Michigan State football’s head coaching job: Version 1.0

Ranking MSU’s potential head coaching candidates:

Following a massive USA TODAY investigation, Michigan State athletic director Alan Haller announced to the public that the University plans to fire Mel Tucker for cause, which would imply that a coaching search is imminent, if not already underway.

At no slight to acting head coach Harlon Barnett, it’s only natural that there  has been a lot of chatter already amongst the Michigan State fan base and media around who could be the next man up to be the long-term head coach at MSU.

In this series, we will be ranking the potential candidates that could be in the running to take over Michigan State’s job. The list will be capped at ten names (for now) along with a few other honorable mentions, and will fluctuate based on how coaches are performing this season along with any rumored or confirmed interest from the Spartans:

Washington State HC had high praise for Wisconsin’s running back duo

WSU head coach is impressed with Wisconsin’s running backs:

The No. 19 Wisconsin Badgers are set to travel west this weekend for a tough road matchup at Washington State.

The Cougars are coming off a dominant 50-24 win over Colorado State during which star quarterback Cam Ward threw for 451 yards, rushed for 40 and accounted for four total touchdowns (three passing, one rushing). Washington State is a quality team, and obviously bested Wisconsin in Madison last season.

Cougars head coach Jake Dickert was speaking about the matchup Monday and had high praise for the Badgers’ lethal Braelon Allen, Chez Mellusi duo at running back.

Related: Big Ten starting quarterback rankings after Week 1: Where’s Mordecai?

“I’m not sure there is a better two tailbacks on the same team in the country than what Wisconsin has,” Dickert said.

Allen and Mellusi combined for 298 yards and four touchdowns in Saturday’s 38-17 win over Buffalo. The two were the engine of Wisconsin’s offense, and were nearly unstoppable as the game reached the third and fourth quarter.

The duo will go up against ESPN SP+’s No. 51-ranked defense on Saturday, one which allowed only 37 yards on 20 carries to Colorado State last Saturday.